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WHO WE ARE
What is the Dream Center?
A volunteer driven organization that finds & fills the needs of individuals & families in our community.
We do this by connecting isolated people to God and a community of support through regular service projects & neighborhood events, promoting freedom from life-controlling issues, offering practical life skills training, and fostering deep spiritual growth.
We work to meet people where they are, to bring them hope and a way off the streets, out of poverty, and into self-sufficiency.
Vision
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POURED
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❖ 118,478+ hours of VOLUNTEER service
❖ 182,532+ Adults, Youth, Children SERVED
❖ $8,116,806+ of aid PROVIDED to those in need
❖ 282+ community events & projects
9+ Years of Serving and Making a Difference…
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❖ One city block, 16 floors, 200,000 square feet
❖ $50,000,000 rehabilitation project
❖ 30 years of successful City IMPACT
AMBASSADOR HISTORY
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In 1887, the Exchange Bank of Lake Elsinore was founded with Franklin H. Heald as president. It is located on the corner of Prospect and Main Streets, and most of the original building still stands. This 1927 photograph (right) depicts how the bank looked.
The Exchange Bank of Elsinore and the Bank of Elsinore
consolidated in 1890 and assumed the name Consolidated Bank of Elsinore. In 1916, the Consolidated Bank building became the new Ambassador Hotel. (Images of America—Lake Elsinore, by Edythe J. Greene, Elizabeth Helper, and Mary Louise Rowden, pg. 34) The above picture was taken in 1927. The
picture to the left appears to have been
taken a few years later judging from the
growth of the trees in front of the building.
Notice the car, horse-and-buggy, and person
standing out front… all three offer a helpful
reference point for the height of the front
doors as well as the overall building height.
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The picture to the below was taken in
March of 1947 during a remodel that
completely overhauled not only the
exterior of the Ambassador Hotel but
also inserted two additional floors into
the existing structure taking the building
from having two twenty-foot floors to
four ten-foot floors.
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In 1992, due to a series of code enforcement issues, the Ambassador Hotel was ordered closed and has since fallen into disrepair.
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In 2015 a group of local churches partnered with the City of Lake Elsinore for the first annual “Clean Extreme” volunteer clean-up event in our city. These pictures show our team giving the Ambassador Hotel a nice facelift… it’s amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do for a building! We had already begun casting vision for a Lake Elsinore Dream Center at this point and it was an honor to be able to take this first step toward implementing this vision. One prophetic word from the FMCSC Annual Conference in 2015 was that we put the spiritual down-payment on this property when we painted it on this day!
RESTORING & REBUILDING
Imagine the Potential…
RESTORING an historic property
to be used for REBUILDING lives
that will REVITILIZE our city.
ROOFTOP PATIO
BUSINESS
CENTER
DOORM-STYLE
ROOMS
FITNESS
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ENCLOSED
BLACKTOP
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN
50’s Diner
POOL & SPA
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A History with a Future…
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OVERVIEW
DC Discipleship
Spiritual
Formation
Biblical, Spiritual,
Leadership
Life
Skills
Physical,
Financial,
Relational
Recovery
Emotional,
Psychological,
Clinical
3.3 Foundation of Community
S E R V I C E
Dream Center’s Discipleship is a
one- to three-year residential
program designed to support
men and women on a pathway
from dependency toward self-
sufficiency.
This program is structured to
eliminate distractions so that
participants can focus on
building a healthy foundation to
rebuild their lives.
A highly structured residential
program designed for radical
life transformation and
measurable city IMPACT
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