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Volunteer Highlight: Ashley
How long have you been volunteering at The Foundry? I have been volunteering at The Foundry for about three years. During this time, I have primarily led small groups and participated in serve opportunities through my church. Why are you so passionate about The Foundry? Being able to share God with these ladies is a joy
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I'm Still Here
I’m Still Here Cars weave around you on the interstate like bumper cars. Your Amazon packages are arriving faster than you remember ordering them. Color options on your calendar have run out. Work and social life are in a constant slugfest over who has priority. Even church is rushed, in and out of the service,
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Let’s Go for a Walk
Let’s Go for a Walk Ah, the oppressive summer heat is fading, and I can feel fall in the air – let’s go for a walk! While we walk, let’s share our hopes, disappointments, and fears. Or, while we walk, let’s tell funny stories and giggle like children. Or, while we walk, let’s enjoy nature
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Is it fact, or is it truth?
Is it fact, or is it truth? If you have had the pleasure of making my “humble” acquaintance (lol), you may be aware that I am a huge fan of graphic t-shirts. Many of which have been printed from my thoughts. One of my graphic tees asks a question. “Is it Fact or is it
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Betsy Kopecky, Volunteer Highlight
I have been volunteering at The Foundry for 21 years. I love being a small part of showing the hope and mercy of the Lord to the women at The Foundry. The Lord has sent me a ‘gift of encouragement’ many times, and if I can be a bringer of encouragement to the women, it
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David: Fifty for Fifty
David: Fifty Stories for Fifty Years I had lived more than half my life lost in addiction. I first got high when I was 13 years old, then spent the next 17 years of my life chasing that escape from life, trying to fill a void. I’ve seen both sides of addiction. The best way
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The Acumen of Acceptance in Accountability
Accountability is typically not an attractive word. Much of the negative emotional reactivity to recovery comes from misinformation about what words mean.
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Judd Drake, Stories of Reshaped Lives
Judd Drake, a graduate from The Foundry has returned to the same organization as a full-time staff member in order to show the love of God.
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Gradine: Stories of Reshaped Lives
Gradine, a reshaped life Gradine grew up in a dysfunctional home, often witnessing her father abuse her mother. She began using alcohol at age 16 to numb her feelings of fear and despair. “There was no one to discuss the pain with,” she says. Her drinking escalated when she graduated from high school and moved
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Next Level Conference
The Next Level Conference is a radical worship experience created for participants of The Foundry Ministries, and other area recovery programs, to encounter God in a new way. This year, the conference was hosted at The Foundry Worship Center on August 19th and 20th. Both nights were filled with powerful worship and transformational messages. Each
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Alana: Stories of Reshaped Lives
Alana, a reshaped life Alana dealt with addiction to pain medication and heroin for almost 10 years. She tried many times to win the battle against it on her own, but was unsuccessful in her attempts. After spending time in jail and learning her husband was filing for divorce, she realized she could not overcome
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Monthly Prayer: My God is Patient
Join us for our September Prayer: My God is Patient. 2 Peter 3:9 says that while God is quick to keep his promises, he is still patient with us.
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10 Ways to Survive the Holidays
by Julia Charleston It’s mid-September, which means the holidays are just around the corner. Thanksgiving sneaks up on me every year and catches me off guard. Then, six short weeks later, it’s CHRISTMAS! and year after year, I become so overwhelmed I barely have time to breathe, let alone enjoy the festivities. Rather than run
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Faithfulness
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Proverbs 3:3-4 Devotion Great is Thy Faithfulness is one of my favorite hymns. When I hear the tune and
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Sweet Home Heroin
There’s an epidemic in our country tearing through families like a tornado in a Kansas town, bringing about incredible devastation to all who are in it’s path. An astounding 91 Americans die every single day from opioid overdose, which gives this non-discriminating killer the #1 cause of accidental death in the United States. Beating out gunshot
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Hope and a Future
“For I know the plans I have for you…plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 Welcome to Hope and a Future – The Foundry Blog. We are so happy you stopped by. Come on in and have a look – take a peek inside The Foundry walls and the work we do
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Finally Fulfilling God's Call
“God was always part of my life… I always believed in Him,” John says. “But I always felt guilt and shame.” Abused and neglected as a child, he began using drugs to cope with the turmoil he felt inside. As he grew older, addiction took control, causing him to behave in ways that filled his
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Seek Peace
Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. 1 Peter 3:11 (ESV) DEVOTION The French Quarter of New Orleans is one of the most spiritually dark places I have ever visited. You begin to physically feel the weight of darkness the moment you enter the outskirts of
