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OUR HISTORY

Philippians Place History

  • October 2011, Lenize Patton discovered that there were 376 homeless children living in Onslow County; this was the catalyst that began Philippians Place.

  • December 2012, Lenize and her husband purchased 12 rental units to partner with organizations that worked with the homeless. Lenize named the units Philippians Place Rentals based on the Bible verse, Philippians 2:3: Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 

  • January 2014, Patton hired a consulting company to assist in completing the non-profit build and 501(c)3 process.

  • March 2014, five very dedicated volunteers started meeting weekly to develop Philippians Place board and programs.

  • June 26, 2014, First official Board Meeting.

  • July 1, 2014, First client, a mother with 3 children, was placed in our transitional housing program and started working with a mentor, Susan Falcon.

  • March 2017, First Program Committee Meeting with seven volunteers. 

  • July 2017, First Meeting for Furnishing Hope Committee (for Homeless Outreach & Thrift Store) with six volunteers.

  • September 2017, Brookwood Baptist Church approved Philippians Place to lease old daycare buildings for new Homeless Outreach Program & Thrift Store.

  • October 2017, First Work Party to prepare buildings for program and store.

  • November 2017, Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class began planning for Philippians Place Community Garden.

  • February 2018, Last Transitional Housing Client graduated from housing program.

  • May 21, 2018: Thrift Store and Homeless Outreach Program opened to the public.

  • August 2021: Transitional Housing Program Restarts: 1) single mom with 3 kids fleeing domestic violence; 2) Recovery Home for men in substance abuse recovery.

  • May 2023: Philippians Place Programs moved to Calvary Chapel; moved from 1 office space to 4 office spaces, 2 small classrooms to 3 extra-large classrooms.

  • June 2024: Philippians Place Thrift Store moved to 1409 N Marine Boulevard.

  • June 2025: H2O Ministries started process of taking over Homeless Outreach Program. 

  • September 2025: Philippians Place moves out of Calvar, and H2O Ministries leads Homeless Outreach Program. 

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