“What’s your addiction?”

“Heroin.”

CHARLENE WILLIAMS KNOWS HOW IT FEELS TO BE TORN … BETWEEN DOPE, AND HOPE.

Charlene Williams: “My drug of choice was heroin. And I would do a little bit, and I would put it away so I wouldn’t get sick in church, and I would go to church.”

A UNITED METHODIST “SAVING STATION” LIKE THIS ONE HELPED CHARLENE RECOVER. NOW SHE’S A COUNSELOR, HELPING OTHERS FIGHT THEIR ADDICTIONS.

Charlene Williams: “We can get you into a recovery program. We can find out what you want to do in life, if you’d like to go back to school. All the dreams you lost because of drug addiction, we’re going to help you revive some of those dreams, or if you have some new ones, we’re going to help you with those.”

THIS OUTREACH PROGRAM IS PART OF THE “LOVE THE HELL OUT OF BALTIMORE” INITIATIVE, MOVING THE CHURCH INTO THE STREETS, AND GIVING THESE NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG, A GLIMPSE OF ANOTHER SIDE OF LIFE.

The Rev. Mark Waddell: “I’m thrilled to hear about lives changed and to see children instead of watching crap games and drug deals, watching something that was really fun and maybe filled them with a little wonder and a little of the mystery of God.”

IT’S A MINISTRY DEALING HAPPY TIMES AND TOUGH LOVE … A MINISTRY CHANGING AT LEAST SOME LIVES.

Charlene Williams: “It’s a blessing because once you’re in an addiction sometimes you feel like there’s nothing I’m going to ever be capable of doing again. But then He shows you that there is something you can do. It’s not just us. It’s the work of God.”