WANT
TO…
Help
BY INEZ KIRCHNER
WRITER
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON brings the hope
of a warm house, filled with families sharing
a hot meal, memories, and good tidings for
the upcoming year. The season also proves
difficult for the many that are facing loss,
spiritual darkness, disease or financial strife,
and one local non-profit is making it’s
mission to spark hope once again.
If you happen to be on
the Westside or Eastside of
San Antonio on any given
Saturday, you may see a
crowd of Dream Center
volunteers walking the
streets and going door to
door, as part of the ministry’s
Adopt-a-Block
Partnering agencies work with DreamCenter
to fix breakfast and prepare meals on a
weekly basis.
program. Knock, knock,
knock. “It’s the Dream
Center, just seeing if you need anything today.”
Seeing a need and filling it encompasses what
the Dream Center does every day. The mission of
the Dream Center, with ministries and local leadership
in San Antonio, Los Angeles, and New York, is
to help people dream again, and reach those
dreams. “It’s hard for people to do the regular,
mundane things of life, let alone dream if they don’t
have food, housing or clothing,” said Dream Center
Founder and CEO, Pastor Warren Beemer. With an
encouraging word, hand up, or as Warren says, “a
wheelbarrow full of resources,” the Dream Center
provides assistance and basic needs, such as food,
shelter, medical care, and clothing to help the
homeless and struggling families get back on their
feet, and live to fight another day. “I believe God
has an intersection set in the lives for everyone,
and I just want to help them survive until they
reach that intersection.”
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for
you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and
not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Join
The
Dream
Center
4 www.saBeacon.com December 2018