When we opened Zoe’s Place in 2009, we always knew God wanted us to do more. We just didn’t know when or how to do all of what He put in our hearts to do. When we closed our year-round store, we began to see how God wanted us to focus more on the ministry work, rather than the retail. While we are still in the assessment and planning stages for some of our programming, there are great things on the horizon! Remember: Little by little, a little becomes a lot!
Our Mission: To show God’s love in practical ways that bring hope, restoration, and wholeness to our community.
How we’re doing this now:
Community Closet (presently closed)
The Bible says in James “ Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, ‘Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well’ – but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?” One practical way we showed God’s love, and brought hope to those around us, was through our Community Closet. Since Zoe’s Place closed, we no longer have a physical location to store, organize and disperse these types of items to those in need in our community. If you have an idea about how we can re-open this closet in our community, please reach out to us! We are always looking for new ways to partner with other ministries and organizations so we can continue being an effective resource for others.
Small Group Bible Studies:
You are invited to join us for a very special Bible Study program called The Healing Journey. This program runs for 29-weeks and is as intense as it is life-changing. Men and women meet separately, and all small group conversations are completely confidential. By partnering with our local church, Life Church Lehigh Valley, we are able to provide FREE childcare + simple refreshments during Bible Study each week. Healing Journey presently meets at Life Church’s Macungie campus on Tuesday nights. New classes begin every year in September or October + registration is required. Want to learn more? You can visit www.HisHealingLight.org to see a sample lesson and testimonies from those who have been through the class already. To register for our next class, call/text us at 610-392-2934.
The purpose for these Bible Studies is to help you grow closer to God, find healing for past trauma and broken relationships, and to bring you into healthy relationships with others. Too often we feel alone in life. While salvation is meant to be a very personal and individual experience, life is meant to be lived as part of a community. God saves us individually, but He designed us to live corporately. We need each other! We are here to love you, support you, pray with you, and help you in any way we can. Don’t go through life alone. Come and be a part of our family!
Blended Family Support Group – Common Ground
FACTS:
___1 in 2 traditional marriages ends in divorce
___75% of those divorced will remarry
___1300 new step-families are formed every day
___More than 50% of children age 13 + under live in a step-family household
___67% of 2nd marriages end in divorce when there are children involved
___50% of women + 30% of men are still intensely angry at their former spouses
___75% of step-families say there aren’t enough resources available for step-families
Today, there are MORE step-families in America than there are nuclear-in-tact-families. Blended families have become the norm, and let’s be honest…. Blended families are hard. But you don’t have to figure it out alone!
Join our confidential support group for real-talk on issues such as:
* Custody + legal matters
* Child support + finances
* Step-parenting
* Co-parenting
* Teen issues
* Blended families in the Bible
…and so much more.
We meet 1x month for dinner + small group time in the Lehigh Valley. Dinner is FREE for the whole family, and child care is provided. Sometimes there are games + prizes, sometimes a craft or activity, sometimes a movie or teaching video, and sometimes just time to talk. Everything we do is designed to encourage and support you + strengthen your blended family so you can beat the odds! Blended doesn’t have to equal “broken,” and while no two blended families are alike, there is a common ground we share that helps us understand each other, and learn from each other.
When we can’t be together physically, you can find us on social media in our Facebook Group called “Common Ground: Blended Family Support Group for Christian Blended Families” where you are free to post questions, get advice, share successes, and hopefully be encouraged to laugh a little more even when the days are nothing but challenging.
Mentoring Programs:
A good mentor is one who cares for, believes in, and encourages you. It is a person who you enjoy being with, who has more experience than you have in one or many areas, and wants to see you win in life! Rich and Niki love working with individual & couples in a mentoring capacity. But their desire is to also train others as mentors to produce a mentoring program that will reach and help many more than they could on their own.
As part of their mission to bring restoration and wholeness to communities, this program will extend to individuals and families, and can focus on spiritual matters, education and career goals, family issues, finances, relationships, business, work apprenticeship, ministry, parenting and more. Once this program develops more fully, those looking for a mentor will be asked to complete an application to see if an appropriate mentor-mentee match can be assigned for them, and to see if they are ready for the commitment which a mentoring relationship requires.
