August 2024

Dear Friends of God’s Resort,

We are so grateful for you and your partnership in loving people and helping them, through this Christ-centered community, choose freedom from the past and reach their potential as children of God. May God bless you!

If you meet James, you meet a true man of God, but it wasn’t always that way. His father abandoned him when he was very young, and he was raised by a busy, overwhelmed mom. When his grandma died, who was his stability, anger and rebellion took over. In that lost place, evil influences in his life led him to alcohol, drugs, and sex. He says he hit bottom and worse several times, finding himself waking up in an alley with absolutely nothing, or living in a drainage ditch or a drug trap house.

After breaking his probation for the third time and in jail facing prison time, he finally cried out to God, and God answered immediately! God delivered James from the darkness before he ever got out of jail! “Jesus is my everything! He didn’t just get me off meth, but got me out of all the things that had twisted themselves around me as a result of the dark world I had lived in. He brought me into the light!” After a time in the Forge, as part of our partnership with them, he came to live at God’s Resort!

James had his transition celebration recently and what a party it was!! We celebrate his complete reconciliation with his family! We celebrate his stable employment and financial stability! We celebrate that fact that he is now a homeowner and has a bright future ahead of him!

James said about God’s Resort, “God’s Resort has been the greatest blessing to me! I needed this community that cares about me and wants me, because this is where I am finding healing. The Refuel Prayer service on Tuesday nights has especially helped me have break through moments with God that have helped me grow in Him.”

Without your support and prayers, we could not do what we do! James and many more need the community and love they find here!

Love and prayer,

Jay St. Clair Executive Director

In September and October, we host two significant events that we would love for you to attend.

First, on September 21st, from 9am-noon, join us for Love Your Neighbor Day. This is anopportunity to help us with various service projects at God’s Resort and to join us as we serve some of our neighbors.
SIGN UP HERE
For questions,
email Jon-Michael@godsresortjoplin.org
or call 417-553-4080Then, on October 4th (6pm), 5th(10am), or 6th (2pm), join usfor one of three identical events at our annual Celebration and Tours – We Believe for MORE.Come hear and see what has been happening at God’s Resort, and why we believe God is wanting to do “immeasurably MORE than we can ask or even imagine” (Eph. 3:20)!  We hope you can make it out!

To RSVP for the Celebration and Tours,
email sherri@godsresortjoplin.org
or call the office at 417-553-4080

We are hiring!

We are currently seeking a part-time Life Transition Coordinator (25hpw) to work with some of our men. We are also seeking a part-time Facilities Staff (25hpw)AND a full-time Facility Manager to join our team and help us achieve our values of providing safe, affordable, and dignified housing for our residents! The full-time position has a starting salary above $50,000, plus a benefit plan that includes matching401k. See job summaries below! Interested applicants, please upload your resume and fill out the application here: https://godsresort.org/about/employment/. Thank you!

JOB TITLE: Life Transition Coordinator | Part-Time – 25hpw
JOB SUMMARY:
As the primary contact and coordinator for some of our male residents, this part-time Life Transition Coordinator will help residents develop a personalized stability plan, move forward in their growth goals, and connect with appropriate mentors and community resources to aid in their development. Life Transition Coordinators seek to help their assigned residents attain their goals, ultimately supporting them in their transition from God’s Resort into the future God has for them.

JOB TITLE: Facilities Staff | Part-Time – 25hpw
JOB SUMMARY:
The Facilities Staff help maintain God’s Resort apartments, houses, grounds, buildings, and equipment to ensure that the campus is dignified, safe, and fully functional. Duties include various maintenance, grounds keeping, and renovation roles. The qualified individual will partner with the Facilities Manager in coordinating contracted service providers and facilities volunteers(including leadership of service group projects).

JOB TITLE: Facilities Manager | Full-Time
JOB SUMMARY:
The Facilities Manager helps maintain and oversee God’s Resort (GR) apartments, houses, grounds, buildings, and equipment to ensure that the campus is dignified, safe, and fully functional. Duties include overseeing facilities staff and volunteers, negotiating contracts with service providers, inspecting facilities to meet safety regulations, coordinating renovations and updates, and performing manual work. Advanced mechanical skills preferred (e.g., plumbing, HVAC). The Facilities Manager will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively work with employees, residents, volunteers, and vendors.

Financial Peace Classes

Many come to live at God’s Resort with significant debt, little or no savings, and credit scores that need a boost. From day one we begin to help them track their spending, and move towards living on a budget if they are not currently doing so. A key resource we offer in this area are our Financial Peace Classes that we offer several times a year which are designed specifically for our residents. Over the last 12 months we have had over 20 residents graduate from this four-part class! We are grateful for key volunteers Doyle and Glenda Still and Erin Taylor who help lead these classes! Donors of God’s Resort help support this class as we offer an incentive of $100 off of a month’s rent for those who graduate. Here are pictures of some of those graduates!

One of our primary focuses with our residents is helping them gain and sustain financial freedom.

Supplies Needed for New Residents

Could you help us provide needed items for new residents to help us prepare their homes for them to move into at God’s Resort? Here is a list of supplies that we currently need. Supplies can be dropped off at the God’s Resort Community Center (1501 S. Pearl, Joplin) Mon-Thurs, 9-noon or 1-4, and Friday, 9-noon. Thank you for any items you can provide!

  • Laundry Baskets

  • Pizza Pans

  • Serving Bowls

  • Twin Comforters (black or white)

Sunday Night Fellowship

Sundays at 5:30 pm
*No Sunday Night Fellowship Sept 1 or Sept 22

Bible Study

Mondays at 6:30 pm
*No Bible Study Sept 2

Refuel Prayer Service

Tuesdays at 6:30 pm

Recovery Meeting

Wednesdays at 6:30 pm

Coffee & Chat

Thursdays at 5:9:00 am

Men’s Bible Study

Saturdays at 8:30 am
*No Men’s Bible Study Sept 21

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

First Saturday of the month 8:30 am

Women’s Bible Study

Saturdays at 8:30 am
The Blessing House at God’s Resort
1505 S Pearl, Joplin, 64804
*No Women’s Bible Study Sept 21