Lighthouse Ministries

Residential rescue and recovery programs: Lighthouse Ministries has been providing shelter meals and program services for 45 years. The 139 shelter beds in the sprawling lakeland campus include 66 beds in the gospel rescue mission for homeless men 53 beds for women in the recovery life learning campus addiction recovery and 20 additional beds for men in recovery. Many of the Lighthouse Ministries' clients are hard to reach individuals - often with complex barriers to self-sufficiency - who without this agency might otherwise be forgotten or left behind. Because poverty affects many aspects of a person's life we provide resources to overcome those obstacles through meeting the basic needs of food clothing and shelter as well as education through our Lighthouse adult learning center program internship employment jobs for life training and preparation and preschool for the children of our residents in addition to the community. Lighthouse Ministries creates rescue and recovery environments for at-risk people we serve to have dignity and a better quality of life through the power of the gospel. Our end goal is to provide a complete continuum of care with exceptional opportunity for independent living. Continued on schedule o

Preschool and xtreme kid's clubs: Lighthouse Ministries offers an accredited community preschool program at our lakeland campus and an afterschool program called Lighthouse xtreme at 3 different locations in the community for both resident and community children. Lighthouse xtreme kid's clubs facilitate the successful relational physical and cognitive development of disadvantaged at-risk children in local impoverished neighborhoods in lakeland. Our Lighthouse xtreme clubs proactively reach kids by offering them a safe place where they can come to play eat and just hang out with other kids without fear of being picked on or left out. Kids can sit with leaders who care about and who will really listen to them and learn about god's presence power and purpose in their life even in the most difficult situations. Daily afterschool and weekend activities are designed for developing safe and nurturing environments within the child's neighborhood where local adults parents can volunteer to help in the development of these children. Continued on schedule o

Community outreach programs: our thrift stores house our hope centers that distribute food boxes to individuals as well as local partner agencies churches and civic clubs. Other agencies receive these food boxes from us for distribution to individuals at their locations to expand our reach outside the hope centers. This outreach provides material relief to the poor and at-risk residents by way of these food boxes that include food items for four people for four days. Our goal is to offer accessible food distribution 5 days a week to address the many food deserts located in specific neighborhoods. In addition our hope centers offer material aid such as clothing household items furniture and referrals for other needs. Partnering with other agencies churches and local governments we seek to distribute additional resources to individuals and families that they refer to us. Continued on schedule o