Western Carolina Rescue Ministries sends an eNewsletter every month to provide updates on our community, partnerships, sponsorships, volunteer and donation highlights, events, testimonies, and monthly miracles. To ensure you are in-the-know, we’ve created this library of past publications for easy reference. Sign up for our eNewsletter here. Click below for updates from previous months: April…
Have you ever thought about how much we let our past and our failures define us? Or maybe it’s what others say about us? Too often, even our own bad days get a vote in who we believe we are. Stuck in all that noise, it gets easy to lose sight of something simpler. Your…
Earlier in my life, I made some bad choices that led me into some bad habits, and eventually, one of those habits became an addiction. Over time, it cost me just about everything I had, including my relationship with my children and my home. That’s a big part of how I came to Western Carolina…
For most of my life, addiction was all I knew or really cared about. I started using drugs when I was sixteen and before long addiction became the center of everything for me. I felt like I was chasing freedom except that my addiction slowly took away every good thing in my life like my…
In April of 2016, I was invited to a meeting in downtown Asheville that brought together leaders from Buncombe, Henderson, and Haywood counties: about 60 people representing government agencies, hospitals, and community organizations. Western Carolina Rescue Ministries was the only shelter invited to the table. During that meeting, a senior leader from Mission Hospital shared…
It’s strange how often we think we know what we need. We map it out. We feel it strongly. We move toward it with confidence. Yet, if we’re honest, there have been plenty of times when things we thought would satisfy us didn’t. Times when we chased something, even worked hard to make it happen,…
There was a time not long ago when I woke up in a hospital with no memory of how I got there. I had been found in the middle of the street, barely clothed, in the freezing cold. A stranger called for help. I don’t remember her face, but I know now that moment may…
“Several years ago, many of us watched the rescue of thirty-three miners trapped deep underground in Chile. For seventeen days, no one knew if they were alive. Then a drill broke through, and they sent up a note: ‘We are well… the 33.’ It would take another sixty days to bring them out, one at…
When I was young. There was a lot of chaos, a lot of hurt, and I learned early how to survive instead of how to be healthy. By the time I was a teenager, I was already out of the house most nights, just trying to find somewhere to belong. That’s when I was introduced…
Here’s a little secret: I love kids. And not just my own kids or grandkids. I love them so much that I get mushy around them. I especially love the kids we serve here at Western Carolina Rescue Ministries. I like to make a point to take off my, “Executive Director Hat,” and put on…
Devotion by Micheal Woods, Executive Director As we step into a new year, I want to share something with you that I pray will take up residence directly in your soul. It is a truth that not only activates your faith but also grows it. This simple and powerful phrase can renew your life: Yes,…
