Beacon Ministry

Beacon's Values are unconditional acceptance of all persons, interdependence, to assure that all individuals have the capacity to change and grow, to have respect for all religious traditions and to honor and foster volunteer action.
Beacon's Call Center is the heart of our ministry. Between fifty and seventy people call our volunteers each week seeking help with crises in their lives. The most frequent crises are related to housing; people facing eviction or shut off of utilities. Some call because they are already homeless.

We have been known as an assistance agency. We are now becoming a service agency. While referring people to sources of help, we also walk alongside them to encourage and guide them through the crises to insure their needs are met. Beacon is becoming a blend of assistance and service.

Beacon seeks donations of funds to help us assist those in need. We cannot do it without your help. We also seek donations of furniture in good condition to distribute to families in need. Furniture is delivered or picked up first and third Saturdays of each month. On the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, Beacon extends hospitality to homeless and near homeless people in the downtown Belleville area. We share a hot nourishing lunch with them, then gather for conversation about topics of concern. We call it the Roundtable Forum. We have seen a community emerge around that table, a place of mutual caring and support.