Emmaus House of Saginaw Inc.

Welcome to Emmaus House of Saginaw
	Emmaus House is a home for women, especially women coming from jail, prison, or rehab. Our purpose is to provide the women with a family-like, Christian atmosphere while they are creating new lives for themselves. We see a woman's stay at Emmaus as temporary, lasting until they are able to be on their own. At Emmaus we believe that each person has the potential to become what God wants them to be, regardless of what they have done. <<Click here to read more >>

Emmaus House Has Some Unique Features

We try to ensure that each home has a live-in staff or senior "guest" who also claims Emmaus as home, giving Emmaus a real home-like atmosphere.
We have no specific end time for a woman's stay, but each one can stay until ready to be on her own.
To date we have 14 homes. Some are beginning homes and some are homes for those who are no longer beginners.
We receive no financial help from any governmental body. Our staff are "missionaries" working without real salaries.

	"Homes of Hope" Project Updates
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	NEW >> View our Homes Of Hope Powerpoint slideshow

	Emmaus House receives 'significant' grant from Dow Chemical Foundation for 'Homes of Hope' project

	(from May 2012 Newsletter) Our “Homes of Hope” Project to renew/renovate/update our first 12 homes is still in progress, - but it’s been wonderful! Since our last newsletter in January we’ve entirely remodeled the main bathroom in house #1, created another office in house #1 (out of a storage room), replaced all of the windows in house #2 (one hundred year old windows!), put new carpeting in house #9 (Apt. 2), blew insulation into houses #4 and #13, did wall repairs and painting at house #2 (by Christian Community Reform Church, Gratiot United Methodist Church, Albion College & Don Kropp), completed a lot of repairs (Bill Schaefer), and added two bedrooms and a full bath at house #6. This last feat was accomplished, overseen, and managed by Spence Brothers Construction Company. Awesome! Those assisting in this huge undertaking included Allen Supply Company (donated 3 doors), Hammer Restoration, Inc., (donated & built new side porch & steps), AC Klopf (donated heat duct material and labor), Thiel Electric Company (donated electrical work), Standard Tile (donated flooring), Braddock Company (donated needed demolition of old walls), and Remer Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning, Inc., (donated everything needed for new bathroom!) Wow! We are so grateful to all of the above donors, especially Spence Brothers who provided all of the field supervision at #6. (It was beautifully coordinated). Thank you, all! If you know anyone in these companies, or have any dealings with them, please let them know how grateful we at Emmaus House are for the gift of their expertise, time and donations. The women of Emmaus House then painted and decorated the new rooms, and the donated furniture is now in place. We’ll have an open house to show off our new rooms once we get the outside of the house painted. (Have to wait for warmer weather.) We still have some HOH projects waiting for summer, like this painting, the roof at #3, tuckpointing at #1, etc… Those getting bids and seeing all of this through include Charlie Wargel, Ray Bartels, and Bill Schaefer. Of course, we thank those, too, who helped raise funds for all of our HOH projects (especially Carolyn Maksimowicz) and all those who contributed. What can now be seen is the results of hundreds of givers. Modern miracles happen that way.