Darkness to Hope

Restoring homeless & hurting lives through God’s love

Providing Rescue, Recovery, Restoration and Re-engagement for men experiencing homelessness, addiction, poverty or other life challenges.

Since 1950, Union Rescue Mission Wichita has worked to offer men experiencing homelessness and the associated challenges, restoration through Christ. Our services and programs help them find healing.

2023 Year in Review

We invite you to visit our facility, take a tour, and experience the love and care occurring at URM – thanks to your giving and serving. You will get a firsthand look at what God is doing here! URM provides our guests with clean clothing, meals, shelter in a safe, warm environment, bible study, educational programs, job preparation, and minor medical help when its needed. We strive to be so much more than a homeless shelter … salvation and life change happens here! We had 92 decisions for Christ made this last year!  Praise the Lord.

Below, you can see some highlights of the numbers of men served over the past two years due to your support!

Category Calendar Year 2023 Calendar Year 2022 + or – Percentage
Unique Guests 1,514  1,429 +5.9%
First Time Guests 737 656 +12.3%
Unique Program Men 352 305 +15.4%
Avg. # of Guest/Night 159  156 +1.9%
Total Nights of Lodging 58,150 57,767 +0.6%
Total # of Meals 103,108  108,878 -5.6%

# of Volunteers/Hrs             304 / 8,045

 

Thank you for your prayer and support in 2023, and please continue to keep us in your prayers!

Our Work In Wichita

hot-meals
Hot Meals

Around 300 meals served each day to those in immediate need

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Safe Shelter

170+ stays in our shelter & transitional housing each day

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Self Sufficiency

Rescue, recovery & restoration lead to re-engagement & stability