Community Outreach
While many in our community do not need shelter and recovery, they do sometimes
need a place to turn for help. Our goal is to reach out to these individuals and families with
assistance and encouragement to stabilize their lives before they fall through the cracks.
Food: We provide three meals a day in our dining hall for our residents, opening our
doors also to the homeless and impoverished community. A hot, nourishing meal-served
with Christ's love and compassion-will help satisfy their physical and spiritual hunger. We
also distribute grocery boxes to qualifying low-income individuals and families. Each box
contains enough food for several meals.
Clothing: Our Community Outreach Center offers free clothing to qualifying men,
women and children in need.
Medical Center: In partnership with Christ Health Center, The
Foundry Medical Center offers comprehensive pharmacy services and
free health-care services for our residents.
Medical Center: Because many others in our community cannot afford health insurance or the high cost of medical
care, we also provide health-care services for the working poor at a flat
fee of $25. Staffed by a full-time doctor and nurse, our traditional family
practice cares for minor and chronic illnesses that might otherwise go
untreated.
Holiday Celebrations: The Foundry provides an atmosphere of
hope and love during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter seasons. We
celebrate each of these holidays by hosting a traditional feast complete
with turkey, dressing and all the trimmings. During Thanksgiving, families
seeking grocery assistance receive extra food items to make a special
holiday dinner in their own homes. We also provide gifts at Christmas
for our residents, their children and little ones from the community to let
them know they are loved.
Worship Center
We believe true and lasting change in our residents, the homeless and working poor can
only come through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Our ministry seeks to reach these hurting
people for His Kingdom.
Worship Services: Every Thursday evening and Sunday morning, services are held in
our 550-seat Worship Center. Led by Rev. Bill Heintz and The Foundry Worship Band, these
worship services keep the message of God's amazing love and His gift of forgiveness in the
forefront of this ministry and in the hearts of our residents, their families and the community.
All are invited to praise His name with us! (A nursery is provided for children, infant to 5.)
Family Matters: Families of our residents need encouragement and strength during the
12- to 18-month recovery program. Family Matters is a Christ-centered support group that
gives husbands and wives, sons and daughters, moms and dads, a better understanding of
addiction and the recovery process, offering an avenue for sharing questions and concerns.
The group meets in our Women's Center each Sunday morning before worship service.
Children's Church: Children are invited to attend our special children's program during
our regular worship services.