{"id":44532,"date":"2024-04-30T05:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=44532"},"modified":"2024-04-29T21:12:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T01:12:50","slug":"part-5-lighthouse-ministries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/04\/30\/part-5-lighthouse-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 5 &#8211; Lighthouse Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"200\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lighthouse-Ministries-logo.jpeg?resize=348%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44533\" style=\"width:543px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lighthouse-Ministries-logo.jpeg?w=348&amp;ssl=1 348w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Lighthouse-Ministries-logo.jpeg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lighthouse Ministries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Services<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Private housing for women, and women with children in transition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immediate beds, food, and showers for 36 men each night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Life skills, counseling, pastoral care, continued education, and addiction recovery programs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preschool and afterschool care, and transportation for families at the shelter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On-the-job training and potential for part-time to full-time employment for program participants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lighthouse Ministries in Lakeland sits just north of downtown between Tennessee and Kentucky Avenue. The compound offers a wide variety of service to men, women, and families and helps provide residents with a wide variety of services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women with children have the opportunity to stay in one of 17 apartments or two common rooms with 18 beds in them. There are 36 open beds for men at the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lighthouse also holds an onsite preschool for the women and staff at Lighthouse. This provides moms with the much-needed childcare so that the women can work, continue education, attend addiction recovery groups, or spend time with a licensed mental health counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents have the opportunity to stay for free up to three nights a month (or seven dollars per night after that), or they can commit to a 14-24 month transitional program. Residents that come to stay for the night are welcome to snacks, a hot dinner and breakfast, showers, a warm bed, and a chapel service each evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long-term residents have to commit to a free 14-24 month \u201clife learning program,\u201d but they must commit to have between $3,500 and $5,000 in savings and work their way from part-time employment to full-time employment opportunities so that they can be eligible for permanent housing opportunities outside of Lighthouse Ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lighthouse helps employ their residents through their outreach centers and thrift store. At their Hope Centers, they help families with prayer, spiritual support, and identification of needs as well as material aid as far as food, clothing, and household items. They also offer referral services to those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Family Stores are thrift stores in Central Florida that help fund the mission of Lighthouse Ministries and provide vital, on-the-job training for the residents of their transition program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How You Can Help<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are plenty of ways for individuals and groups to be involved with Lighthouse Ministries in Central Florida. Volunteers are welcome to help in their stores or at their central campus in numerous ways. They can help with everything from preparing meals in the kitchen to spiritual advancement and administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find more information by visiting their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousemin.org\">lighthousemin.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lighthouse Ministries Services Lighthouse Ministries in Lakeland sits just north of downtown between Tennessee and Kentucky Avenue. 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