Director, Barb Hanneke
Director, Mike Weaver
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Our Story
The Harbor story began with a holy conflagration burning in the hearts of God's people in a county of mounting challenges.
There is no doubt that Scripture mandates the care of the poor, the infirmed, the widow and the orphan. It is one of the most primary components of the activity of God's people during this age of grace. The fellowship and maturation of God's people are to result in "His Kingdom Come" in the places where His people gather. Churches, organization, clubs, retailers and professional agencies have partnered to write the Harbor story - which began separately in the hearts of two churches who would merge and one day become the Blue Water Free Methodist Church. Having been given several opportunities to evaluate the impact of their individual churches in the areas they served, they realized they had fallen short. They began to pray that the Lord would raise them up to be obedient to His mandates. Shortly thereafter they merged, and as a result of the most extraordinary circumstances, they were able to purchase the Sparlingville Elementary School in which to inaugurate their new church. The first dollars collected were assigned to the development of the Church's mission to feed, clothe, tend and care for the needs of the poor, the infirmed, the widow and the orphan. This was quite contrary to the "last" dollars and priority usually given to missions. But what a difference it made! Harbor Impact Ministries opened in June of 2010. Monthly we serve an average of 450 families or 1,200 people. As the need for the services of Harbor Impact Ministries multiplies, so does the need for increasing support. We have been blessed by and continually look to the generosity of our community. |
Our Partners
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AGENCIES
Blue Water Area Rescue Mission Blue Water Community Action Agency Community Enterprises Community First Community Mental Health Community Services Coordinating Body Council on Aging Department of Health and Human Services Early On Food Bank of Eastern Michigan Head Start Health Department Library Systems Loan Closets Lake Huron Medical Center McLaren Hospital Mid-City Nutrition New Life Christian Academy Operation Transformation People’s Clinic Port Huron Public Schools RESA Woodlands RESA Great Start Readiness Program Safe Horizons Stone Soup Food Pantry St. Clair County Library Association United Way CHURCHES
Blue Water Christian Church Blue Water Free Methodist Church Crossroads Community Church, China Twp. Colonial Woods Faith Lutheran First Congregational of St. Clair Gateway Griswold Street Baptist Hillside Wesleyan Hope Community Church Immanuel Lutheran, St. Clair In His Grace Jesus Lighthouse Light of Christ Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Emmett St. Matthew United Church of Christ Zion Cathedral Church |
ORGANIZATIONS
American Legion Curves Community Foundation Fairy Godmothers Foster Grandparents Humane Society Kathy's Paws Kiwanis Lions Women's Life Chapters Women's League St. Clair Optimists Rotary Salvation Army Charles Schoor VFW Post 796 Charles Schoor VFW 796 Auxiliary BUSINESSES
Aldi's Angler's Blue Cross/Blue Shield Bombas (socks) Dentists: Pradco, Easton and Cotter Cargill Salt Delta Dental Dorsey House Gallagher Glen Eden Memorial Park Dollar Tree of Marysville F. C. Simpson Lime Co Grondin's Dr. Coleen Guilliat Home Depot Howard Heritage Estate Sales Kristi’s Kloset Kroger Lawson's Liquidations Mary Maxim Meijer Marysville Meijer Lenox Meijer Fort Gratiot Menard's My Pillow North River Veterinary Clinic Dr. Michele Raymond and family Pizza Hut TJ MAXX Treasure Estate Sales UPS Vinckier's |