Zechariah House Recognized by Suns News
The Zechariah House in Parma, Ohio was recently featured in an article by Jack Marschall, columnist for the Sun News. Read about the recognition he gave the important work of Maggie’s Place Ohio.
Loving One Another in the Moment
Just over a week ago, one of our moms went into labor. The staff members were in a meeting at the time, so we heard the news when a house coverage volunteer came to find us. Upon learning that she needed to go to the hospital, one of the other staff members “went with haste” to take…
Christ, Christmas, and Maggie’s Place
According to a 2012 report by National Alliance to End Homelessness, on any given night, over 636,000 people in the United States are homeless. 37% of these individuals are members of homeless families. That’s over one third. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of…
This Year’s Christmas Will be Biggest Yet
I just want to say thank you for helping give my child a wonderful holiday. – Maggie’s Place alumnae mom in response to last year’s Christmas Thanks to the generosity of supporters like you, Maggie’s Place current and alumnae families will have gifts to open under their tree. This year almost 200 families were adopted in…
Authentic Gratitude
A few weeks ago I was talking with a mom when we were interrupted by a volunteer who had a question. I love the spontaneity that occurs in the day-to-day life of community – how you learn little gems about our moms when you least expect it. The volunteer, who serves regularly in our homes,…
Lessons in Thoughtfulness from Maggie’s Place Moms
Monika was my first contact mom at Maggie’s Place. I’ll be the first to admit that it took me a while to get the whole how-to-effectively-communicate-with-moms thing, and Monika bore the brunt of this learning. I remember one particular meeting when neither of us were communicating well – we were both frustrated and not able to…
Why I love our moms
What do I love about our moms? I feel as though I can go on for days about this. But I will just share a couple short stories about some amazingly loving moms here at The Zechariah House! One of our moms, Amanda, could tell that I was having a really stressful, terrible, horrible, no…
Faithfulness Comes Easily When in Solidarity
For a little over a month, many of the current and alumnae moms have been training for A Race for Maggie’s Place, held on October 7th. The program, called Fit Moms, was an opportunity for them condition with other moms while receiving free babysitting for their children. Sounds simple enough, right? Wrong. The sessions were…
Why I chose to live simply this month
Written by Liz, alumna MissionCorps member When I saw the Maggie’s Place Facebook post about the resumption of “Simple September” this year, I both smiled with joy and cringed a little with guilt. Having lived in the houses as a staff member myself, I know that Maggie’s Place already lives a solid commitment to simple living, reliance on…
It really is that simple.
Peace, Unity, Adaptability….and Simplicity?!? A common prayer in the Maggie’s Place community is “For Peace, Unity, and Adaptability in our homes and in our hearts.” It’s a prayer that goes to the heart of how to have a thriving community life. When we are in the midst of hard community change, we toss around jokes…