Labor

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  Children Homeless Labor Unique Ministries

  KETURAH’S HAVEN

  My story started in Jamaica when I was 17. I left home because I disliked my parents’ strict rules. When I left to live with my brother, I found myself in a situation that was not conducive to a young girl. After four weeks, he tried to return me to my parents. Halfway there, I decided I was old enough and responsible enough to find a job without having a place to live. A man near my father’s age offered me a big job. I thought he would protect me, but he took me into his home, and I lost my innocence. He… Read More

  May 7, 2025
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  Labor Loss Of Loved One Other Unique Ministries

  WHAT ABOUT US

  On February 25, 2021, my life changed forever. My oldest son was gunned down and killed. I remember going to the scene and seeing my son with his head lying back in the car. The first thing that came to my mind was, please let him be okay, but he wasn’t. He died at approximately 5:17 pm. I asked, “Where is my grandson?” At the time, he was only two years old and had been in the car with my son. The officer said, "He’s okay, but we don’t want him to see you like this.” Those images are still in my head to… Read More

  April 23, 2025
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  Labor Unique Ministries Verbalizing the Gospel

  THE REFUGE COFFEE HOUSE

  In the most unlikely time, 2020 during a global pandemic, God called us to open a coffee shop in Quincy, Michigan. Such irony for two faithful Maxwell-House-only coffee drinkers whose BFF is Betty Crocker. God showed us it would not just be a coffee shop, but a ministry He was calling us to pioneer. Our quaint town is a very rural community—not the most likely place for a business to flourish—but God! We believe obedience brings blessings, and have seen that truth repeated throughout our coffee journey. We purchased our building in August of 2020 and opened the next spring. We could… Read More

  April 16, 2025
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  Labor Overcoming Obstacles

  RECOVERING FROM TRAUMA

  Growing up, my life was filled with instability and pain. My family was trapped in a cycle of generational trauma: alcoholism, domestic abuse, and emotional scars. Chaos and danger were constant companions, and the trauma became the theme of my existence. When I was 18, I found my oldest brother after he had taken his own life. That experience left an indelible mark on my soul. As I got older, I held on to the hope that life could offer something more. This search led me to God, and while faith didn’t immediately erase my PTSD and depression, it gave me a… Read More

  February 26, 2025
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  Food Labor Unique Ministries

  MAMA SUE’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN

  Sue Garrett never set out to make her cooking a business. But God had other plans for her. She had always shared pictures of what she was serving for dinner on her personal Facebook page. Being from the South, she loved to cook and share meal ideas with her friends. In July 2020 and in the middle of the pandemic, some owners of a vegetable farm came to her and asked if they could make a video of Sue preparing some dishes with their vegetables. She did and they put it on their Facebook page. And she put it on her page.… Read More

  February 19, 2025
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  Labor Overcoming Obstacles Unique Ministries

  THE CHRISTIAN COMEDIAN

  The sound of a basketball swishing through the hoop is like music to a shooter’s ear. For a comedian, it’s the sound of laughter. It’s the ultimate feedback, the confirmation that the audience “gets you” and enjoys what you’re doing. Growing up in a middle-class home, I craved acceptance and recognition, though I often felt lost in a large family and school. Bullied and overlooked, I struggled with feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. But there was one thing that always helped: laughter. It could lift my spirits, no matter how bad I felt. In high school, I began using humor to connect… Read More

  February 12, 2025
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