Power at The Mission

God's love has, throughout, been shown in amazing and heroic ways.

It is Jesus, telling a mob, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

It is Pat Withrow, our founder, opening his home to vagrants and vagabonds.

It is a firefighter, racing up a stairwell in a burning building on 9/11, intent on saving people he does not know--even if it costs him his life...which it does.

You can find God's love everywhere...even in a bag of mulch.

One of the most important acts of service here at The Mission are those that require workers to get their hands dirty by making our campus look nice. You may think, 'Hey, it's just a bunch of flowers and some mulch. What's the big deal?"

Our guests come from broken lives. They live in poverty, their daily existence a portrait of broken glass, cracked sidewalks, cigarette butts and sirens. When they come here to Union Mission, they deserve a place that is warm and inviting. In short, we want our guests to arrive here resting in the arms of God.

It's why we strive to give everyone we see a smile, a kind word, an opened door. And it's why beautification projects, as trivial as they may seem, are so important to us.

So a big 'thank you' goes out today to the three team members of the West Virginia Power who are spreading mulch in our flower beds. It may not seem like much. But God's love isn't always witnessed in great acts of heroism. Very often, it's a still, small voice.

God's love in a bag of mulch? That's real Power.