Page 11 - 2021 Missions Brochure

Gospel Mission Food Pantry Marietta High On Hope Tim Craft

High on Hope, a ministry to those who battle drug
The pantry continues to serve the Marietta area with food, addiction in the Mid Ohio Valley, has expanded this past
toiletries, clothing and more. This local pantry serves over year by getting a building in Parkersburg where they can
200 people weekly in Marietta. Jeff and Candy Waite do an meet regularly. They continue to do many outreaches
excellent job of touching people’s lives for Jesus, offering and plan to do more as pandemic restrictions lift. The
prayer and free Bibles to anyone who comes for food team has traveled to Akron and Logan, WV. They have
assistance. They also have a clothes closet and do local helped hundreds of addicts get treatment. Outdoor
shoebox gifts for needy children at Christmas. meetings are regularly held at the City Park, Point Park
and Civitan Park. Tim and Abby Craft are working on a
treatment facility for women in Vincent, OH, that they hope to launch in early
2022.
Our support this year will go to a new project called Reach the Streets, a monthly
opportunity to feed people.
Latrobe Street Mission Parkersburg
Young Life Kirk Wilson
The Latrobe Street Mission in Parkersburg continues to
house many people each night who have no place to stay. After essentially being forced to close last year due to the
Additionally, the separate facility for sober living opened pandemic, Young Life is coming back strong. Young Life is a
on October 1st, 2019. A sober living facility is a safe place to relational ministry to high schoolers. They are now meeting
rehab. This will serve as an interim environment between on Wednesdays for Game Night and on Thursdays for Open
rehab and mainstream society for men who have already Gym at South Parkersburg Baptist Church, conveniently
been through treatment. Our funds will help maintain all that is being done at located beside the high school. Kirk Wilson leads this
the Mission to provide shelter to those who are needing this temporary housing. outreach and is happy to report WildLife (an equivalent
outreach to junior high age students) is ready to kick off at
Jackson Middle School in Vienna.
The third branch of this ministry is Young Lives, a mentorship program to support
Kim Duskey’s Bible Club and come alongside teen moms.

Kim Duskey is a teacher in a local school who Fellowship Of Christian Students Joe Duskey
has been leading the Bible Club for many
years. She genuinely cares for her students Joe is the student leader of a new group at Fort Frye high
and their families. In addition to an after- school where he is reaching out to other students. Their
school club, she tries to expose the children weekly meetings are sponsored by his aunt, Stephanie
to Christian outreach events and help them Lang. The group is served pizza each week at a cost of $50
learn about the Operation Christmas Child and Joe would appreciate support for this outreach.
shoebox ministry.