Central City Lutheran Mission - San Bernardino Campus

Lutheran · Traditional worship · San Bernardino, CA

Location
San Bernardino, California 92401
Denomination
Lutheran
Worship style
Traditional
Size
Mid-size
Ministries & emphasis
Traditional, Expository Preaching, Kids Ministry, Youth Ministry, Small Groups
Google rating
★ 4.1 (91 reviews)
Kids ministry
Yes

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What visitors say

PROS - They took me in during a time of an emergency - They feed you Breakfest and Dinner - You can take a shower everyday CONS - I was there for 3 days and was targeted by a few people in there. Someone stole my clothes and was hated on because I had a job and car. -If something comes up missing they are not responsible. - They close you in where the bunks are with no outside air coming in or AC. This is how people get sick from others. I thank God he was with me and allowed me to endure what I did. But I also thank Lutheran for allowing me to be there during an emergency time in my life. God Is Good All The Time First , THIS IS A MENS ONLY SHELTER. Unless things changed. Also ,this was my experience at the time. Maybe things have changed..... Personal Pros Better than no shelter at all. You can sleep, clean yourself , get food and coffee in morning . Felt reasonably safe from violence. You can keep a small amount of stuff there. Personal Cons Best for people who have almost nothing. They have rules which can make an overall decent , law abiding , freedom - loving person feel uncomfortable , and possibly ``less - than " , as if the place is for ex -cons and the mentally unstable. Rules like daily metal detection involving taking off ones belt . They also require you to wear a mask and take your temperature before you enter premises, and they may comment if you don't have it on. You can get mail there, but , they put it on a common area table , that anyone has access to. Apparently , they trust you not to steal mail , but , not enough to let you walk inside sleeping area without metal detection. They have a weird rule about no bags inside sleeping area. Only one clear plastic bag for hygiene. Not good for some who keeps a lot of plastic bags to protect personal property from moisture, and other potential damage . Had important papers get damaged due to rain and wear . The only shift you can work is a morning shift to the best of my knowledge. This is said to keep from disrupting others. Nothing christian about this place aside from it once being a church. This place gets funding from the government and seems to lean towards government - style beuracracy. That is good for enforcing repeatable, constructive rules and policies, but bad if one feels the policies and rules are not the best or are counter - productive, due to rigidity. I personally wish they only called it central city mission, and lost the Lutheran part. Seems misleading in my opinion. Again, best for men with close to nothing. For men who are overlall , law - abiding and freedom loving , it can feel unnecessarily complicated , in a way which negatively affects morale and self - esteem. This haven is such a blessing to so many men, including myself. There are times when we can NOT do it alone, and we don't want to ask other people for the help. Greatfully, there are establishments such as this in existence. Thank you to all the people making LSSSC happen. It is a place to eat shower sleep. It is also a place to get on your feet. You get 90 days. In that time if you find work and do it right. You can have cash in your pocket at the end of 90 days. The office staff are very helpful and have great hearts. If you really want help they do all they can for you. Yes some RVs feel they are more then they are. But not all of them do. Rules are not hard not a lot to handle yes I am a RV here as well as a client. This is a shelter for men only so I've never had any personal contact with them outside of food giveaways which were pretty good.. I do know a few men that have or currently reside at the homeless shelter and have said that the RV's which are shelter residents that work around the place in order to be able to stay on the grounds while everyone else have to leave for the day, are very disrespectful and mean to the other residents there. They taunt them and have thrown objects that the other residents need onto the floor and made them pick them up if they wanted it. I won't continue to go on about that although there is so much more to speak on about this issue. I've spoken to some of the guys there or were there that are giving me their written statements about their mistreatment by the RVs which will be forwarded to the proper management.. One of the guys left the shelter not having a place to sleep because of the mistreatment.. I feel that something should be done because it is unfair.

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