Calvary Rescue Mission

We had our annual visit from our friends with Oh Yeah! Missions from Oklahoma Friday night. They provided and served a great meal and led chapel. Pastor Scott Ridgeway shared a message from 2 Timothy 3 and 2 men prayed for salvation.

It was a fun night of worship and fellowship Thursday night at Calvary Rescue Mission with Central Church. Central’s Koinonia Class provided, cooked and served hamburgers, hotdogs, baked beans and potato salad. Central’s Student ministries led chapel with high school junior, Clark, sharing God’s Word. At the end of chapel 5 men surrendered their hearts to Christ.

Great night Wednesday night as two neighboring churches worked together to love on the men at Calvary Rescue Mission. Friends from Central Church served a delicious dinner (provided by Carrabba's Italian Grill in Collierville) and friends from Harvest Church led chapel. Our friend Pepper Horn shared God's Word and 6 men prayed for salvation!

We were asked several times when we were going to once again offer shirts withe CRM logo. We now have some shirts available in M, L, XL and 2 XL. The shirts are 100% cotton, short-sleeve polo shirts. They are offered as our gift to anyone who donates $25 or more. We are unable to ship them, but we offer them when you visit the mission. Please let us know if you need a different than we carry and we will order it when we place our next order.

This week's Prayer Letter for Calvary Rescue Mission:
Dear Prayer Warriors,
I hope this letter finds you well and resting in the Lord’s care.

One of the great mysteries we all wrestle with is how a good and sovereign God can ordain every detail of our lives—down to the smallest moment—while allowing seasons that feel so painful, confusing, or even unjust. How do we hold God’s complete control together with our very real suffering?

Last Sunday, my pastor led us in the old hymn “This Is My Father’s World.” The words have stayed with me all week:

“This is my Father’s world.
O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.”

Those lines remind us that nothing escapes the Lord’s authority. He is still on the throne. And yet, if we’re honest, that truth alone doesn’t always bring comfort. We still find ourselves asking, “But why, Lord? Why this struggle? Why this pain?”

Thankfully, the very next verse gives us the hope we long for:

“This is my Father’s world:
The battle is not done;
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
And earth and heav’n be one.”

There it is—our comfort and our strength.

Yes, Christ has already won the decisive victory at the cross. But the final chapter is still unfolding. One day Jesus will return to make all things right. He will judge evil, defeat Satan forever, wipe away every tear, and bring His children into a peace that will never end. Until that day, we walk through suffering with open eyes: it is real, but it is also temporary.

Our suffering is never wasted. It draws us closer to Jesus. It deepens our faith. It shapes us into the men and women He has called us to be. It is for His glory—and somehow, mysteriously, for our good too. Through hardship we learn a depth of hope and trust we could never gain in easy times.

This truth is especially meaningful here at Calvary Rescue Mission. The men who walk through our doors often carry heavy burdens and painful stories. Yet in the middle of their hardest days, they are learning the same sweet reality you and I are learning: our Father is still writing the story, and He is writing it well.

So together—whether you’re a faithful donor, a dedicated volunteer, a prayer warrior, or one of the men in our care—we can sing with confidence:

This is my Father’s world…
The battle is not done;
Jesus who died shall be satisfied,
And earth and heav’n be one.

Let’s keep trusting Him, even when the road is hard. Let’s keep serving, giving, praying, and loving—because we know the end of the story is beautiful beyond words.

“Though he slay me, I will hope in him.” Job 13:15a (ESV)
Thank you for standing with us. Your prayers, support, and love mean more than you know.

Grateful in Christ,
Tim Schlum
Assistant Director, Calvary Rescue Mission

Please continue to join us in prayer for our many needs as well as our praises, including:

Please donate boxer briefs (medium - extra large)

Please donate razors (twin blades)

Please donate small pants (30 inch - 34 inch)

Please donate Purell hand sanitizer

As the Lord expands our ministry to homeless men in our city, would you consider partnering with Calvary Rescue Mission through a financial gift if you are not already supporting us?

Please pray for more local churches to get involved by 'owning a night’ at Calvary Rescue Mission. This involves providing the meal, serving the meal, and leading a chapel service. Consider asking your church leadership if they would get involved at Calvary Rescue Mission (if they aren’t already).

Anyone wishing to make a donation may do so in any of several ways:
Secure online donations by going to our Calvary Rescue Mission website. (https://calvaryrescue.org/)

We are now setup to receive stock donations, so please email: [email protected], if you’re interested in donating any stocks

Mail checks to: Calvary Rescue Mission, 960 S. Third St, Memphis, TN 38106;

Designate Calvary Rescue Mission as your charity of choice on your Kroger card (https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards) so that a portion of their corporate giving will come to us.

Our June 2026 Newsletter

Jordan Griffin from Eastside Community Church shared a message from 2 Corinthians 7 Thursday evening during chapel. After chapel 5 men responded to God’s invitation for salvation!

Our friend Josh Kelly from B’rit Hadasha Messianic Jewish Synagogue visited Calvary Rescue Mission Wednesday and shared a message from Luke 16 during chapel. At the end of the message 4 men‘s names were added to the Lamb’s Book of Life.

This week’s Prayer Letter for Calvary Rescue Mission:
Dear Prayer Warriors,

Tonight I had the privilege of preaching from 2 Thessalonians 3:6–15 to the men at Calvary Rescue Mission. The message, titled “Your Job Is Not Finished,” was a stronger word than usual—but a necessary one—delivered with love, conviction, and great hope for the transforming work God wants to do in their lives.

The Apostle Paul wrote to believers in Thessalonica who had grown idle, dependent, and spiritually stagnant. They had essentially checked out and “mailed in” the rest of their lives. Paul’s response was clear and direct: reject idleness, work diligently, and live in a way that honors Christ before a watching world.

That same challenge speaks powerfully to us today.

At Calvary Rescue Mission, we are not simply providing meals, beds, and shelter. We are laboring for full restoration. We are praying that these men rediscover purpose, responsibility, discipline, and dignity as they learn to work hard for Christ.

Our goal is never long-term dependency, but lasting life transformation.

A central truth we emphasized tonight is this: Calvary Rescue Mission is a launchpad, not a retirement home.

Thanks to your faithful generosity, the men receive warm meals, clean clothes, showers, discipleship, and counseling. But we pray these blessings become stepping stones to the next chapter God has prepared for them—steady employment, restored relationships, personal stability, faithful involvement in a local church, and ultimately becoming a blessing to others.

We closed by looking at Luke 16:10–13 about managing the gifts God has given you. Everything belongs to God, and He calls us to be faithful with what He entrusts to us. Many of the men struggle to see what they’ve been given, thinking only in financial terms. Yet God has given each of them an able body, unique gifts, and skill sets. They too are stewards and managers of what the Lord has placed in their hands. My challenge to them tonight was: Are you managing the gifts God has entrusted to you well?

Your giving, serving, praying, cooking, mentoring, and volunteering are beautiful acts of stewardship that God is using in big ways.

Please continue to pray specifically for:

Men to reject passivity and embrace responsibility
Open doors for employment and restored family relationships
Spiritual growth and genuine repentance
Wisdom for our staff as we balance compassion with accountability
Endurance and encouragement for our faithful volunteers

Many of these men have known deep hopelessness. Yet we believe the Gospel changes people. We believe Christ restores dignity. And we believe no man’s story is over as long as God is still at work in him.

Thank you for standing with us. Thank you for loving these men enough to serve them faithfully and point them toward something far greater than survival—a transformed life in Jesus Christ, where they reject idleness and work hard to the glory of God.

Grace and peace,

Tim Schlum

Assistant Director, Calvary Rescue Mission

Please continue to join us in prayer for our many needs as well as our praises, including:

Please donate boxer briefs (medium - extra large)
Please donate razors (twin blades)
Please donate small pants (30 inch - 34 inch)
Please donate Purell hand sanitizer

As the Lord expands our ministry to homeless men in our city, would you consider partnering with Calvary Rescue Mission through a financial gift if you are not already supporting us?

Please pray for more local churches to get involved by 'owning a night’ at Calvary Rescue Mission. This involves providing the meal, serving the meal, and leading a chapel service. Consider asking your church leadership if they would get involved at Calvary Rescue Mission (if they aren’t already).

Anyone wishing to make a donation may do so in any of several ways:

Secure online donations by going to our Calvary Rescue Mission website. (https://calvaryrescue.org/)

We are now setup to receive stock donations, so please email: [email protected], if you’re interested in donating any stocks

Mail checks to: Calvary Rescue Mission, 960 S. Third St, Memphis, TN 38106;

Designate Calvary Rescue Mission as your charity of choice on your Kroger card (https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards) so that a portion of their corporate giving will come to us.

Neither snow nor rain nor fractured ankle stays this faithful messenger from sharing the Gospel at Calvary Rescue Mission. Tuesday night was Taco Night provided and served by our friends from IIndependent Presbyterian Church They also led worship during chapel and our own Assistant Director Tim Schlum shared a message from 2 Thessalonians 3, in spite of having to wear a boot for his fractured ankle.