Women's Trip - Manchester: 26B4A1003MA (Homeless Ministry)

Many of the women living on the streets of Manchester, NH, are facing layers of hardship that go far beyond homelessness. They struggle with addiction, mental health challenges, and deep past trauma that has left them without stable support systems.

They struggle with addiction, mental health challenges, and deep past trauma that has left them without stable support systems. Many move between shelters, temporary housing, or the streets—seeking safety, dignity, and a sense of belonging. Despite the harshness of their circumstances, these women carry incredible resilience and powerful stories of survival. Ministries all over the city are coming together to meet their needs, bringing the light and love of Jesus into dark and broken places.

New Hampshire is a state rich in history that comes alive in the fall. The city of Manchester offers a unique multicultural opportunity with a growing New American and refugee population. Since 1994, New Hampshire has welcomed and resettled nearly 8,000 refugees, primarily from Afghanistan, Syria, Burma, Iraq, and Somalia.

 

Yet, within the heart of southern New Hampshire, there’s also great brokenness—poverty, drug and alcohol addiction, and widespread hopelessness. Our ministry partners and local churches share one goal: to see the city and its people transformed by the love of Jesus.

Will you come and be a part of helping women experience the healing power of Christ through empowering them to share their stories and encourage one another?

You’ve got a story to tell. It’s significant, powerful, and you want it to count for something.

You know about women who are suffering and being victimized, and your heart breaks for them.

That's exactly how Ruth and her team felt on the very first Beauty for Ashes trip in 2014. They wanted to see women set free from the lies they had believed for years. On that trip, Ruth met a woman named Nancy. She realized this new friend had a story in need of God’s redemption. After her time with Ruth, Nancy began believing God's truth — her story does matter.

Psalm 107:2 says “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.” Since 2014, Beauty for Ashes has reached over 5,000 women in 25 countries because of people like you, who are willing to share their story of redemption. We’ve hosted hundreds of retreats and small groups around the world, and have seen our curriculum proven as an effective tool God is using to foster lasting change in the lives of women.

God longs for His daughters to join Him in an intimate relationship. He desires to walk with them through healing and remind women of the identity and hope they have in Him.

If you want to join a Christ-centered community of women committed to taking God’s love to all of the nations, then it’s time for you to join us in Manchester, New Hampshire.

As a participant on this domestic mission trip, you will join your team in New Hampshire enjoying the warmth of new friendships and the expectancy of how God will move. You will personally experience Beauty for Ashes ministry through a time of authenticity, vulnerability, hope, and healing as you allow God to use your story to empower you and your team.

Your team will:

• Serve meals for local adults experiencing homelessness. 

• Host Beauty for Ashes retreats for women experiencing homelessness and create spaces for God to bring hope, healing, and redemption to the stories of local women.

• Be equipped to share about topics such as worth, identity, healing, and forgiveness with others through storytelling and vulnerability.

• Build meaningful relationships within your team and those with whom you minister.

• Gain a deeper understanding of who God is and who you are as His daughter.

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