Operation Dynamo and The Collective Power of One I love history. I’m the guy that is up at 4 am watching the History Channel, because no one in my house will watch it with me. History has much to teach us, and recently I was reminded about one of the most pivotal points in [...]
Every year we share the message of God’s love with children living in domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters and poverty-stricken areas of Dallas using fun, inspiration-filled Easter baskets. We invite you to join with us in serving these children in any of the following ways: Donate candy or other items for the baskets Donate a [...]
Here’s a note from Charla Dixon, who leads the Vickery Kids’ Club program on Tuesday nights: We’ve had several couples and some of their kids coming the past couple of weeks to volunteer at Kids Club. One of the men is leading the songs (also volunteers for Crossroads). They had gone on the “His Camp” [...]
Out of an overflow of ideas and passion came BOOKTOWN! Take a moment to read this FRONT PAGE article on Readers2Leaders and all the work that has already taken root in West Dallas. Incredible to see God’s plans flourish so quickly! http://readers2leaders.org/images/dallasmorningnews.pdf
After a mission trip to New Orleans while in high school, Heather Rich was greatly affected by the stories she heard: violence, drugs, broken relationships, on and on. Matthew 25:40 became alive to her, “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of [...]
Vickery Kids Club Christmas Market – Collecting Gifts until Dec. 8th! Every Tuesday night in the Vickery Meadow area of Dallas, we have Kids Club where refugee and inner-city kids living in that apartment community get to hear God’s word and see how it can apply to their lives. At Christmas, we try to extend our [...]
We had a great training event / info session for Mercy Street Mentors last Wednesday! About 40 people gathered around some great Chick-fil-A wraps to hear from local experts on mentoring kids within the unique West Dallas setting. We recorded the live Q&A from the event, providing some great tips, ideas, and explanations for helping kids in [...]
Are you already mentoring a West Dallas child through Mercy Street? Or have you considered becoming a mentor? Please join us as Watermark hosts their annual Mentor Equipping and Training event on Thursday, October 13th from 6:30-8:30 p.m! For those already mentoring, we will have a panel discussion to help encourage us and make us [...]
Are you already mentoring a West Dallas child through Mercy Street or have you considered becoming a mentor? Please join us as Watermark hosts their annual Mentor Equipping and Training event on Thursday, October 13th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. We will have a panel discussion to help encourage us and make us more effective mentors. At [...]
