June 15th » 7:00p-10:00p
UBC FamJamz Theater
$15/ticket

Enjoy a night of live music, salsa show, conga, silent auction, lechon, a flan contest, dominoes, and a raffle. With all proceeds benefiting UBC’s missions in Cuba!

Support our partners, Touching Miami With Love, at their art show this Sunday. Read below for the Top 10 reasons to attend.

10. Spend a wonderful afternoon in the beauty of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
9. Enjoy yummy desserts in our huge Dessert Bar.
8. See art created live by several local artists and bid on it in our live auction hosted by Channel 7’s Diana Diaz.
7. Meet our “in-house” youth artists,hear about their inspirations and aspirations, and purchase their works of art!
6. Take home cute notecards, framed paintings, and creations by the children in our programs.
5. View original art in our Art that Feeds silent auction to help put food on the plates of Overtown’s youth.
4. Create your own unique piece of art with established artists in our Be Your Own Artist sessions.
3. Stroll through our extensive silent auction and place your bid.
2. Add a piece of beauty to your world in our Professional Art Gallery.
1. Know that every purchase you make at A Touch of Art goes to support the quality, life-changing programs of Touching Miami with Love!

View all the day’s events, silent auction items, live auction items and entertainment at the A Touch of Art event site.

Check out this awesome story from Open House’s Spring Newsletter:

I’ve Got that Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy…

by Tiana

This was my first year at Camp Oasis.  I heard about Camp Oasis from my uncle who works at OHM.  He said it was a lot of fun because there are kids from all over South Florida.  I was excited and nervous about meeting all those new people, but I was not thinking about meeting God! I have known about God most of my life and since I have been coming to Open House Ministries for the past 3 years, I have learned a lot more.  But at Camp Oasis, I finally decided that I wanted to follow Jesus Christ for my whole life.  When I think about how Jesus came into my heart, it makes me so happy – but for some reason, I keep crying!  I know these are tears of JOY!  Thank you to all the people who helped us get to Camp Oasis!  You made a difference in my life!

A percentage of your offering, as well as your special gifts go to support the important work happening at Open House In Homestead. You can click here to download the rest of the newsletter or sign-up to receive your own by clicking this link to have it emailed to you.

Touching Miami with Love, a non-profit serving at risk children and youth in Overtown, will host A Touch of Art on Sunday, May 20th at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden from 3pm-7pm. This FREE family-friendly event will feature the creative works of our children and youth with youth on hand to share about their work.  We will host a silent and live auction as well as Be Your Own Artist sessions for children and adults with local established artists.  Debuting at the event is our collaborative project, Art that Feeds, where artists put art on a plate to help put food on the plates of Overtown youth through creating original works of art on acrylic plates featured in our silent auction.

Event volunteers are needed to support the important work of TML.  To find out more about how you can volunteer, visit HERE.  To find out the event details, please visit http://www.touchingmiamiwithlove.org/a-touch-of-art/ or email us at info@touchingmiamiwithlove.org

When people come to the Feed Miami Food Pantry, they are able to supplement the non-perishable foods they receive with fresh vegetables & herbs from UBC’s garden. The garden has existed since our Fall City Serve & we are still maintaining it with the help of awesome volunteers & specially this morning, the students of Somerset Gables Elementary school…. Who helped us plant peas, carrots, turnips, and radishes! We had a great morning – check out some of the photos below

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Pictured are three sisters who recently left the Children’s Homes to be reunited with relatives in another state. In the background are two of the house parents that cared for them.

Have you or someone you know ever thought about the ministry of house parenting? House parents care for up to eight children in a group home that we call cottages, which are located on our campuses in Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Pensacola, and Tallahassee.

House parents not only provide for the physical needs of children, but also disciple them every day and influence them to lead a life devoted to Christ.

Contact us today at Children@FBCHomes.org or (863) 687-8811 to get more information about serving as a house parent at one of our campus locations.