The OMG Men's Group
The venue for Homeless Catholic Reflections, Annual retreat, and our Wood Ministry
Our group name is The OMG, for “The Old Man's Group” or “Oh My God,” depending on your frame of mind. The Homeless Catholic website is where we evangelize, and it describes what those of us writing the reflections are focused upon.
“Homeless Catholic” is taken from the title of a book John Pearring wrote, tracing his struggles with the faith.
Most believers fall across a wide spectrum of homelessness in the Church. From liturgy to doctrine, Christians struggle with submission to the practice and the tenets of our faith. That full-on and fully-in allowance to be temples of the Holy Spirit, brothers and sisters in Christ, and trusting the Father, all of that, is quite a long journey for stubborn, independently driven men and women.
We're encouraging those that follow us to return to Church, to know they are welcome home. Most of our followers are active, and at home, in the Catholic Church. They encourage us to continue our evangelization because they have not forgotten how they felt before they returned to the Church.
We are thrilled to tackle those difficulties in our reflections. The practices and tenets of the Catholic faith are built upon our relationship to the Holy Trinity as a community gathered together as the body of Christ — we are a small apostolate in the Church.
Please pray for us.
The OMG’s Wood Ministry
The OMG is a public charity 501(c)(3) group formed to provide a non-profit organization supporting the wood ministry, comprised of men weekly engaged in prayer and service. The Wood Ministry Program, or Pete’s Place, is under the guidance of The OMG.
The OMG
719-219-6806
PO Box 5925
Woodland Park CO, 80866
The purpose of the corporation is exclusively for charitable purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code and herein stated as follows:
The OMG was formed from a combination of our weekly prayer group and a decades-long ministry to the poor—specifically, non-profit status for a fully volunteer firewood ministry that serves the indigent and needy in Teller County. The firewood ministry collects wood, cuts and splits wood as needed, and delivers the wood to the poor and needy identified through requests and confirmation of local addresses.
These needy people rely upon wood fireplaces, stoves, or ovens to supply their heat. Using land provided by the United States Forest Service the firewood ministry stores wood for splitting and delivery operations. The OMG supports the oversight, materials and tools needed for the firewood ministry volunteers, and establishes the non-profit status for the firewood ministry.
