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Listening with Compassion, Serving with Love
To our community, For more than 60 years, the Urban Mission has sought to provide a living witness of what it means to act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God. Justice As a faith-based organization, we define justice as it is found in the Bible. In Isaiah 1:17, God sets the standard for justice through the words of Isaiah, “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.” As members of the Urban Mission staff, who are also people of faith, we have a...
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The Urban Mission is always accepting donations of the following items: Personal Hygiene ItemsFirst aid suppliesPaper productsPersonal care productsCleaning productsBath linens, Hand & bath towels, washclothsLaundry productsMops/brooms/bucketsPampers (all sizes)Good or new furniture and appliancesDishes/pots & pans/silverwareAnything that makes a house a home To arrange for a donation pick up, please complete the following form: If you have questions, please email store@urbanmission.org.
read moreSummer Mobile Food Pantry for Children
Our Children’s Mobile Food Pantry is back for another year! The pantry will operate as a nine-week program available for children, ages 1 – 18, on Wednesdays and Fridays of each week until August 14th. This year’s program will be in partnership with Checker Cab, which will be providing a delivery vehicle and driver on Fridays of each week. We are grateful for Karen D’Anniballe and her staff for making this possible! Food items are made available through partnerships with Trinity Health System, Wal-Mart Distribution Center No. 7017 and...
read moreBack to School Bash DRIVE THROUGH
It’s official! This year’s Urban Mission Back to School Bash will be held as a “drive through” event. We’ve had to make some changes this year due to COVID-19, but we’re still excited to offer this service to the community. We’re also to happy to share that many of our local school districts are providing school supplies for students. As a result, our distribution will be specifically for 5th graders – 12th graders. Any items we receive for younger children will be distributed to local schools...
read moreHealth and Safety Updates
Important health and safety update: The health of our community, our customers, our staff, and our volunteers is of the utmost importance to the Urban Mission. For the past several weeks we have been implementing new strategies, approaches and options in connecting our services to our neighbors during this public health threat. Out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of taking care of each other, the following information details how each of our ministries are currently functioning to proactively reduce the risk of community spread...
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As we have learned throughout the years, anything that happens at the Urban Mission is a direct result of the support of others, like you, who have felt called to pray and give and serve and care and connect to those in need. To build upon our 2020 theme of being “connected,” we would like to enhance the way we connect with you by seeking your feedback. – How can we make your giving experience more meaningful?- Are there new ways you would like to connect with us?- What events or activities would you enjoy attending? These questions...
read moreTies & Tiaras Prom Extravaganza!
Have you heard about this event? To serve our school aged teens, we are hosting a prom gown and tux/suit giveaway on Saturday, March 28th at the 7th Street Plaza. If you or someone you know, has gently used gowns or suits that you would like to donate, we are currently receiving these items and other donations (shoes, ties, jewelry, purses) at our War Memorial Building, 423 North Street, in downtown Steubenville. If you’d like to participate in this event by volunteering or donating a gift card or other items, please contact...
read moreHealth & Hope Wellness Clinic
We are excited to announce the most recent updates to our Health and Wellness ministry. Beginning in February, the Urban Mission will welcome Christina Bouchet, a Licensed Practical Nurse who will provide basic health screenings to our community out of our nurse’s station at the Unity Kitchen. As Christina shared with our team, “the goal of this clinic is to show the love and grace of God through simply caring for those among us who feel forgotten.” The clinic will be a bridge for clients to receive health resources and education...
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We are excited to introduce to you our theme for 2020 – “CONNECTED.” We know that anything we do at the Urban Mission is a direct result of others who have felt called to pray and give and serve and care and advocate. We are all connected as sisters and brothers. When one falls, we all fall. When one succeeds, we all succeed. A meaningful term for this is the South African term, “ubuntu,” meaning, “I am, because we are.” The idea of Ubuntu has existed in the oral cultures of Southern Africa since the 1800s, but it took on a deeper,...
read moreIt’s a New Year!
2020 is here and the Urban Mission is eager to serve our community in new and exciting ways! We are also in the season of Epiphany which means the Christmas season is over and we are now called to do the “work of Christmas.” We invite you to reflect on this short litany called “The Work of Christmas” composed by Howard Thurman, an African-American theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. As you prepare your hearts and mind for the new year, may you remember these words – “When the song of...
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The Urban Mission is a non-profit, faith community that provides food, shelter and other essential services to the low income population of the Ohio Valley.
We invite you to learn more our work, staff, and ways to get involved.