Unwanted Furniture?

If you live in the St. Louis area and have extra furniture, clothes, toys, or kitchen items etc.. that you don't need, Rise Together Ministries is in need of your stuff! Worku, from Ethiopia, runs this organization that our church works with and he ministers primarily to African refugees. Over 4,000 refugees/ immigrants come to St. Louis yearly with nothing. "Many immigrants lose their sense of identity as well as their possessions when they flee their country in the midst of war, racial oppression or religious persecution. We meet their immediate needs by providing furniture to their empty apartments and teaching them how to be creative, to provide for themselves. We want to restore them to the glory of being God’s image-bearers. Our after-school tutoring, community mentoring and skill development programs help many of the immigrants to recognize their importance in this new community."

If you call Worku, he will come to you and pick up your furniture with his trailer. After our garage sale last week, we had several big furniture pieces left. He came out to Chesterfield and took it all and he told me that there are TEN families on a waiting list for furniture. TEN! So look around, if you have something your not using, give him a call!

Contact: Worku-314-520-3049

yesuswodaje@gmail.com

From their web site:

Our Vision

Redemption

We serve immigrants and refugees coming to America for a chance to start their lives anew. We have an opportunity to show them the person and true meaning of Christ. Our counseling program points to Christ for healing and seeing life as worth living. Reconciliation The work of reconciliation lets us clearly see God’s kingdom in the present. The American church is often unaware of the coupled beauty and pain in the experience of “new Americans.” The immigrant community brings a fresh perspective in worship and Scripture study. Rise Together seeks to advance God’s vision of uniting nations and cultures for the mutual benefit of the world church.

A Gateway City

Saint Louis is a city of broad diversity. The many languages spoken in South St. Louis and the booming ethnic restaurant industry are signs of the blessings newcomers bring. Each year, the city welcomes close to 4000 new immigrant, refugee, and transient residents. St Louis is second in the nation in the ratio of foreign born to native born citizens. In the midst of such extraordinary diversity, many local churches are neither aware of nor prepared to meet this people’s unique range of needs. The joyful calling of the body of Christ is to unite across national borders and personal tension. Rise Together Ministries seeks to enable our appendage of the body of Christ to join with the new members that have come into our midst. Through an array of programs, this group bridges the difficult gaps that refugees face in order to acclimate to American life. Since its founding in 2006 by Worku Geremew, an Ethiopian immigrant, Rise Together Ministries has been working steadily to improve the lives of our new neighbors.

Rise Together Ministries 3646 Fairview, Saint Louis, MO 63116

Mailing Address: PO Box 170211 Saint Louis, MO 63110

Phone: 314-520-3049

Email: risetogetherministries@gmail.com