computer training, money manage-
ment classes, basic English classes, a
new job training program — Careers
Now Construction — and more.
There are also women and youth
mentoring groups and a summer
program and after-school study club.
Robinson said about 50 new families
a month turn to the Center for some
sort of assistance. Some 4,000 baskets
of food are distributed annually and
over 13,000 meals are served through
the dining room.
“No one is turned away,” she
said. “We’re Christ-centered, and
anybody who works here is also a
Christian, but nobody’s turned away,
and they’re not even asked about a
belief. You’re helped first, absolutely
always. But after we help somebody,
then we also ask, ‘Can we pray with
you? Can we share Christ with you?”
Anyone interested in volunteering
with the Center may attend a volun-
teer orientation meeting held the first
Thursday of each month at 2:30 p.m.
at the Center, located at 629 Palo
Pinto St. in Weatherford. Anyone
seeking general or specific informa-
tion about Parker County Center of
Hope or the services offered may
learn more at centerofhopetx.com.
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Robinson said she expects the
Center to be in its new home by the
end of next year, if not sooner. She
said about seven months of construc-
tion remains to be done.
Reflecting back over the past 20
years, she said: “Even to be where we
are … it blows my mind! To think, a
little-bitty nonprofit, and what God
has done. You don’t realize it when
you’re in the day-to-day, how big
it is, but when you stop and think
about it and you look back at what
has happened, it’s just a miracle.
My favorite verse that I always try to
squeeze in is Ephesians 3:20 — ‘the
God of more than you can ask or
even imagine.’ We’ve seen it over
and over and over and over. God has
done that for us. …”