We experienced a homeless death in a highly personal way this weekend. One of our teams arrived first on the scene after Wanda's passing. Her tent mate Tray believes it was due to Fentanyl.

We had a packed house during this last outreach and were thankful for many who took part in this gospel ministry. We are also thankful for those who filled the need for lunches to be distributed as part of our outreach. This has continued to be one of the biggest tools for gospel conversations. It can be very difficult to engage someone in meaningful conversation when they are too hungry to focus. A huge thank you to those of you who serve our ministry in this way.

Life on the street is physically taxing. Many folks don't last long, either because of the hardened conditions or from their days of substance abuse. On this outreach, we learned that two of our homeless community died in the last two weeks, John and Theone (pictured above). We had many months of sharing the gospel with these folks but we don't believe that either made a decision for Christ prior to their passing.

It's officially Spring and we've been busy here at Hope680. With Palm Sunday and Easter rapidly approaching we've condensed our prayer email imparting the highlights. Please join us in lifting these individuals up to the Lord in prayer. May the seriousness and joy of the season resonate with each one as they are faced with the truth of Christ's death and resurrection.

We are so thankful to everyone who participated in our Second Annual Walkathon Fundraiser on Saturday, March 9th, 2024! We had a wonderful morning together in fellowship raising money for gospel proclamation work.

Thank you for your faithful prayers for our ministry. The Lord was kind to stop the rain while we were out ministering to the homeless. This allowed us to have better conversations with those we encountered. It's our desire to see people find freedom from the bondage of sin and despair and turn to Jesus. Their need can sometimes be overwhelming but we know God is greater.

It was raining during our last outreach on Saturday, February 17th. We find that usually means many of the homeless can be hesitant to come out of their tents, so we generally see fewer people. We prayed in advance that we would have more significant conversations with those we did speak to. God was kind to provide several great gospel conversations. Thank you for your faithfulness to lift the homeless of Contra Costa County up to the Lord in prayer.

For our latest outreach, we had a great turnout of volunteers. Teams were sent to Central and North Concord, Martinez, and an exploratory trip as far as Vallejo. The Lord was kind providing some great conversations with several people. There were moments we witnessed the Holy Spirit working in the hearts of people, softened towards us and the gospel. Thank you for praying for our front-line ministry! Continue to pray the seeds planted will find good soil.

it's hard to believe that we are already at the end of January. We had a great group of volunteers and thankful to all those who braved the rain and mud to share the gospel with the homeless for our first outreach of 2024. May the seeds of the gospel find good soil. Please pray with us for good Bible study candidates for our RV ministry this year!

The Lord blessed us with a clear day for our last outreach of 2023. We were thankful to end the year with a strong time of ministry. As our morning concluded, we spent a little extra time reflecting on what the Lord has done this year. We give praise to the Lord for your ministry of prayer and support. Thank you for being an important part of this ministry.

Our teams report your faithful prayers have an impact on the spiritual battle for the souls within the homeless community. We continue to see the progression of hearts softened towards the gospel and are grateful to be a part of this front line ministry. It's our desire to see the fruit of the gospel and lives changed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for being a part of this ministry for the lost.

Thank you to all the people who came to NorthCreek Church this past Saturday to drop off your donations as part of Hope for the Holidays. We are grateful to God for His provision for our ministry. At the same time, our teams trudged through rain and mud on Saturday to offer hot coffee, food, and the gospel to all they encountered.

The cool weather seems to have finally come to stay and we have started switching out what we offer from t-shirts to jackets and sweaters. If you have jackets, sweaters, or blankets you want to donate to our ministry we have a special drop-off day and time during the 'Hope for the Holidays' event at NorthCreek Church on Saturday, November 18th. Click the link below for more information. We would greatly appreciate help restocking our winter supplies.

Thank you for your continued vitally important prayers on behalf of our ministry which enables us to sow gospel seed among the growing homeless population in Contra Costa County. Our hearts are burdened but hopeful as we trust God to prepare those we encounter during our outreaches. Please lift up these folks to the Lord with us, that God would open their eyes to His great love and desire for a relationship with Him.

On this particular outreach the Lord allowed us to give the gospel to 42 people. Through direct conversation, or a gospel tract in their blessing bag, much gospel seed was sown. 13 large print Bibles along with smaller New Testaments and other gospel materials were distributed.

Hope680 is very much a frontline ministry. We get special opportunities to share the gospel with people who have never heard it before and those who have heard the name Jesus but don't understand who he is or what he came to do.

We had a full house of volunteers on Saturday and the gospel was proclaimed nearly 50 times. Our four outreach teams distributed many Bibles to the homeless. We continue to trust God that the gospel seeds scattered will be sown where God has ordained and the people who received Bibles will be drawn to read them.

This ministry continues to be a ministry of relationships. It is important to us that we demonstrate the gospel while we preach it. We often times encounter familiar faces and we have the joy of seeing them go from unresponsive to open and friendly over several weeks of interactions. We know that our consistency is important to build trust with them.

We have an incredible praise report to share with you today. We want to tell the story of Glen. We are especially thankful for our faithful volunteers who provided a friendly and familiar face to build a relationship with Glen this year. We know that God used the faithfulness of our Martinez team for His glory in Glen's life.

It's been four weeks since our last outreach event, so we were extra thankful to go out this weekend and continue handing out sandwiches, water, blessings bags, and the gospel message to the homeless.