Heart for Winter Haven

06/13/2026

Happy birthday to our Champion Relationships gal, Jennifer Cowan! Jen, we hope today is filled with joy and happy moments! 🎉🥳❤

06/12/2026

Today, we wish a happy FOUR year WORKiversary to our dear friend and Director of The Center for Well-Being, Kimberly Smiley! Kim took the dreams and hopes of our founder, Brad, and just ran with it, creating an incredible legacy of wellness for so many. We are so grateful for her passion, wisdom and leadership! ❤🥳🎉

06/12/2026

Redeemer Winter Haven is so excited to invite you to The Commons, a new opportunity for young singles looking to build meaningful friendships, grow in faith, and find community right here in Winter Haven.

Whether you’re new to the area, new to church, or simply looking to connect with other young adults, we’d love for you to join us this summer!

✨ Summer Events
⛳ June 20 – Mini Golf & Dinner at Disney’s Fantasia Gardens
🎳 July 5 – Bowling & Dessert at Incredibowl
🎬 July 31 – Movie & Dinner at The Joinery

Come as you are, bring a friend, and be part of som**hing new. We can’t wait to see what God does through this community!

06/12/2026

An update on the Community Kitchen from Bree and Brian!

Another week, another blessing as we saw new faces, familiar community members, and heard word about the wonderful meals and fellowship are spreading. We welcomed new volunteers who had reached out to us, and were connected with a youth group organization that attended the church service. What a beautiful way the Holy Spirit moves in the hearts of the servants of Christ!

We invite you to attend Sunday's service at 11:00am (Living Word of Faith Assembly- 122 Ave Q NW in Winter Haven), and/or to join us for a delicious meal created with love (by Brian!), and prepared and served with heart by all our volunteers afterward from 1-2pm. If you know of anyone in need of fellowship, a meal, or who just needs to feel loved, please invite them to join us. If you can serve with us, please sign up on the link below!

https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/JE/fwyburszrxqvej

06/11/2026

06/10/2026

CLIENT STORY:

“I want to start out by saying, before I found the Lord our Christ, I was a very lost soul. My life was very chaotic. I wasn’t the best mom, granddaughter, or daughter.

It took me a long time to realize that I have always been an addict. It started when I was 14 years old. I started smoking w**d. When I turned 18 years old, I turned to alcohol. Then in my twenties I started using coke when I went out to the bars all the time.

Then in my late twenties, I got prescribed pain pills and Xanax. I misused them, took too much, and had to start buying them to support my habit. Then when I got tired of being addicted to pills, I came off cold turkey and started having seizures due to no Xanax for 3 years. I used Suboxone to get off pain pills, and using Adderall (my opinion, Suboxone is another bad habit), and then in my mid-30s got addicted to m**h, and that is when my life really spiraled out of control.

I really separated myself from friends and family and my children. I was always chasing a high, and jail became a second home to me. But it was in jail I found God.

It took another trip to jail to really know what I wanted in life and what I could accomplish with God by my side. I prayed for restoration with my family and my kids because I let them down. But while I was in jail, I lost my mom. I didn’t get to make it right with her, but I do know she would have been very proud of me now.

It’s been 2 years now and I have been freed from addiction by the grace of God. I have accomplished so much within these two years. I got a great job and got a promotion a month ago. And with the help of Heart of Winter Haven, wonderful people like Brian and Maria supported me and helped me with my 3-bedroom home I share with my children that God is restoring.

I have a relationship with my grandmother again. I got my license back and bought me a car. I haven’t had a license in 6 years. Since I found God, my life has turned around tremendously.

Don’t get me wrong, some days are hard. I have 3 teens who are battling their own things in life. But I know God has given me the strength to take care of His blessings. And I know God only gives us what we can handle. And sometimes it seems we can’t handle it, but prayer works wonders and patience.

I would have never thought my life would be as good as it is now. God has led me to an amazing church right by my house, Ridgepoint Church. It’s amazing. The people there are loving, kind, not judgmental, and knowledgeable, and have been amazing to me and my children.

It feels amazing that my life is no longer chaotic. I can provide stability and consistency for myself and my family only by the grace of God.”

06/09/2026

Our newest blog is up, and it's a powerful message about money and truth! Check it out!

Money Makes A Terrible Master

06/01/2026

Check out our newest blog post, Why Learning New Skills Changes Lives:

Why Learning New Skills Changes Lives

06/01/2026

Today, we celebrate Heart for Winter Haven's 12th "birthday!" We remain grateful to the Lord, and to YOU, our community family that has made so much possible over all these years of ministry. We look ahead in expectation to what is on the horizon!

If you want to join us in making a difference this year, you can make a gift online today at https://www.heart4wh.org/donate, or explore volunteer opportunities at https://www.heart4wh.org/volunteer.