[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/ugBoZW6xNYk'] Ethan: Finding Purpose in Life Ethan has believed in God since he was a little boy. “But my whole life was a struggle to find Him,” he says. “I was looking in all the wrong places.” He developed a destructive lifestyle that included alcohol and drugs...
[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/qTcM5I8cagQ'] Eldra grew up in the “projects” of Chicago, surrounded by gang violence that influenced his life. “You drink, you gamble, you sell drugs… That was my routine,” he explains. Although his grandmother taught him about Jesus, “I chose the streets instead of a spiritual...
[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dI5ZKTXDeg&t=1s'] “I was broken when I came here. I had no life left in me.” Fran’s father died when she was 15, ending years of sexual abuse. But it didn’t end the damage that was done to her sense of worth and self-esteem. At 17, she started drinking…...
[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/DhBC9VjQel0'] “David struggled with life,” says his father, Rick. “He had everything we thought we could offer. We tried so many things to help him get better.” But nothing seemed to make an impact...
You are invited: Rockford Rescue Mission's 55th Anniversary Celebration will feature Special Guest Speaker Tonier Cain. After surviving a childhood of unspeakable sexual abuse, unrelenting violence, drug addiction, 83 arrests, 66 convictions, and betrayal by systems that were charged with helping, Ms. Tonier Cain stands before...
Join us at the Rockford Rescue Mission for our Domestic Violence Forum on March 7th from 9AM-3PM. 44% of the women staying at Rockford Rescue Mission's Women's Crisis Center report needing shelter due to Domestic Violence and Relationship Conflicts. Pastors and ministry leaders can feel very much...
Help us reach our goal of $110,000! Rockford Rescue Mission's 21st Annual Evening of Hope Telethon is January 24, 2019 from 7-9 p.m. Mark your calendars and tune into WTVO Channel 17 to see how your gifts restore hope and change lives in the Rock River Valley....
Come visit with us! Tour Rockford Rescue Mission and enjoy a delicious lunch with Executive Director Sherry Pitney. Tours are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month, beginning at 11:15 a.m. and concluding at 1 p.m. To reserve a spot, call 815-965-5332....
Come help us celebrate transformed lives! Restoration Celebrations are special evenings. held twice a year, to honor graduates of our Men's and Women's Life Recovery Programs. Honorees have remained successful in recovery for at least six months following completion of the program. Please join us to celebrate...
“I go by a new name now,” says Rex, a recent graduate of our Life Recovery Program. “Resurrected Rex,” as he refers to himself today, describes perfectly the transformation that has taken place in his life since coming to the Mission. At age 28, he surrendered...
