Help. Hope. Healing.
We bring help, hope, and healing to domestic violence survivors of child abuse, sex abuse, and human trafficking through the U.S. family court system.
The Church is a body of people, not just a building.
We are a family of believers in Jesus Christ, loving one another as He loves us. At Mount
Simon Ministries, we advocate for the oppressed, those in need, enduring suffering, retaliation,
loss, and continued oppressive abuse post separation, and those still in an abusive
relationship, many of which find themselves in the biased and corrupt family court system.
We work together, partnering with other ministries, non-profits, and resources available to bring
help, hope, and healing to our community, with a global vision to bring God’s justice for
women, children, and families. Simply put, Mount Simon Ministries is a non-traditional,
non-denominational, church body of PEOPLE, not a building, loving one another as
themselves; a place to hear and be heard.
BREAKING NEWS! Lydia Philippi House of Justice
Mount Simon Ministries is excited to share the launching of the Lydia Philippi House of Justice. A long-term, safe home for 18-36 months, for mothers and children to heal, rebuild, and relaunch their lives with joy and security, through love and justice is ready to open… and we need your help and support!
We planned to release this later as we did not know if our President and Founding Member, Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins, would be in jail for the second time and homeless again, a week before Christmas.
Due to a turn of events, with a 30 day reprieve from the Lord, (update coming soon) Mount Simon Ministries is excited to announce:
The 2025 Nehemiah Rebuildolution, a 30 Day Challenge and 52 Day Redemption Commitment is here!
RESOLVED TO REBUILD AND RESTORE IN 52 DAYS.
Starting today, December 20, 2024, you can give a year end, 100% tax deductible, donation, to pre-launch the 30 Day Challenge to raise the funding for the buy out of the Lydia Philippi House, and to close within 52 days of January, 1, 2025 (February 22, 2025)!
We are focused and committed to raising the first $500,000.00 of funds, for a fair market purchase, with monies available to cover immediate property safety needs/repairs/ zoning variances, BY JANUARY 30, 2025!, no matter what!
We have women and children in need and we are ready to see God work miracles and open these doors! Will YOU partner with us and bring love and justice to these precious women and children?
Mount Simon Ministries is excited to share the launching of the Lydia Philippi House of Justice, but we need your help and support!
Through a variety of programs and services, with the focus on financial support for legal services and a safe home for 18-36 months, for mothers and children to heal, rebuild, and relaunch their lives with joy and security. The Lydia Philippi House of Justice will also cover the following support programs with more developments on the way:
- Counseling for spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being
- Holistic health/nutrition initiatives/fitness center
- Support for displaced mothers and children with their pets
- Safe housing 18-36 months
- Tutoring and therapy for children
- Mentorship programs for children and mothers
- Economic and business support
- Biblically based discipleship
- Opportunities to learn various trade skills
- Life skills
- Agricultural programs
- Entrepreneurial development
- Mother/family direct sponsorship giving
- Community focused events
- And more!
The property is located in Larimer County, Colorado. It is a large fixer-upper home on 35 gently rolling acres of land in the mountains of Northern Colorado. With over 6,000 sq. ft. of usable space, this property holds immense potential to rescue the oppressed and bring help, hope, and healing to its future long-term residents.
With so many loopholes for abusers in the family court system, limited government resources, and the constraints of local charities, Mount Simon Ministries strives to see God fill these gaps. We aim to create long-lasting solutions for success and healing.
This is a major undertaking we have been led to pioneer in obedience to Christ’s call to be the hands and feet of Jesus—the TRUE church, not organized religion. We have found no other church or ministry like it!
The property needs repairs, maintenance, zoning variances, remodeling, and build-out. Nothing is impossible with God! The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. We need your support to bring change and healing to our world, in Jesus’ name.
Committed to a global vision to replicate these Houses of Justice for families, women, and children, we aim to purchase this property before June 2025 and open its doors to residents by fall 2025.
A few statistics to consider:
- According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, one in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year. Furthermore, 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence.
- Between 30% and 60% of intimate partner violence perpetrators also abuse children in the household. (Source)
- One study found that children exposed to violence in the home are 15 times more likely to be physically and/or sexually assaulted than the national average. (Source)
- According to the US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, domestic violence may be the leading precursor to fatalities from child abuse and neglect in the US. (Source)
There is a crisis in our country and around the world with intimate partner and child abuse. Mount Simon Ministries vows to stand in the gap for those silenced and living in oppression.
All donations either monetary, services, or tangible are 100% tax exempt and anonymous through Mount Simon Ministries donation link.
House Updates
As of December 2024, the property needs to be bought out from Rachel’s ex-husband. Rachel’s interest will be donated at closing to Mount Simon Ministries, making the property 100% secure and operational for years to come.
Mount Simon Ministries is working on a down payment and buy-out option to fund and close this purchase by June 2025.
Previously, Board President and founding member Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins raised over $65,000 (after fees) through a GoFundMe account. These funds covered her legal costs and helped re-establish her family. This was after she served jail time for protecting her children from their father, a former law enforcement officer now facing seven felony charges of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust.
Rachel’s horrific journey through two decades of domestic abuse, the tangled web of the family court system, and ongoing post-separation retaliation has been the inspiration for the vision of the Lydia Philippi House of Justice.
Passionate about bringing justice and healing to families like hers around the world, Rachel and the 100% women-led Board of Directors are continuing to raise funds.
Two options for supporting are available.
The GoFundMe account will directly and specifically financially support legal services for mothers, the Lydia Philippi House of Justice buy out for the property only. (*All GoFundMe donations are tax-exempt. Link coming soon)
Mount Simon Ministries support funds that are received directly will also go to all of the ministry needs, the property acquisition being priority now, as well as all faith based/non-faith based programs offered through the Lydia Philippi House of Justice.
Donations can be made through the site link here (link to give) as we have much and much-needed work begin as soon as possible.
The short list we are in need of right now:
- Financial support
- Interior design services
- Architectural services
- Contractors (general, electrical, plumbing, and more)
- Laborers (painting, cleaning, mending fence, land management, etc),
- Heavy equipment time and operators for earth moving and future plans
- Donated materials
- All donations either monetary, services, or tangible are 100% tax exempt and anonymous
through Mount Simon Ministries donation link.
All donations either monetary, services, or tangible are 100% tax exempt and anonymous
through Mount Simon Ministries donation link.
You were created to thrive, not survive.
If you are in a place where you are able to serve and can offer help, hope, and healing, please email us for information on how we can partner together to bring truths for today and hope for tomorrow!
This ministry exists solely to love people the way Jesus loves us:
- to advocate for those in need
- to teach others to advocate for themselves,
- and to serve in love.
We focus on families and children affected by divorce, domestic violence, child trauma, sex abuse, and human trafficking.
By bringing awareness and support to those suffering, often in silence, we seek to restore our community and build a body of people loving one another as ourselves.
If you are in need, please reach out and email us today! We are here to offer help, hope, and healing.
A Mission Fueled by Faith, Love, and Compassion
The women behind Mount Simon Ministries Church are driven by a deep faith in Jesus Christ
and a commitment to love and serve others. United by a shared belief in compassion, healing,
and restoration, our team works tirelessly to bring hope to those impacted by trauma and abuse.
Guided by these values, we strive to be instruments of God’s love in every life we touch. Our
entire board of directors are victorious survivors of trauma and intimate partner abuse.
Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins
Rachel was born and raised in the evangelical, patriarchal, non-denominational “church” her whole life.
Life experiences exposing her to abuse inside and outside the church as well as complete abandonment by the church, led her to form with her board of directors, Mount Simon Ministries Church.
Jennifer Burgher
Sherry Gramberg
Dawn Conley
–Friends will tell you she’s gifted with seeing and healing (but she’s not known to brag).
Your Gift Makes a Difference
Every dollar brings us closer to securing the Lydia Philippi House of Justice—a safe haven where survivors can access vital legal support and life-changing resources. Your generosity helps provide hope, healing, and a path to justice for those in need. Thank you for being part of this mission to transform lives.
