Who We Are

In 2002, a team from St. Mark’s United Methodist church set out on a mission trip to Reynosa, Mexico to provide temporary medical care to the poor at a Mexican dump site. At the conclusion of their service, the team’s successes and collective fulfillment begged the question, “If we can do this in Mexico, why can’t we provide health care with hospitality, dignity and grace in our own backyard?”

Dr. Rob Rhodes, the St. Mark’s team physician, alongside a crowd of medical and non-medical volunteers, opened the first “Clinic with a Heart” clinic night only a year later. That first night in May of 2003, they cared for 19 patients in collaboration with the Lincoln Action Program (now known at Community Action). The movement was well underway.

Clinic with a Heart now hosts clinics on Tuedays and Thursdays and is sponsored by nine mission teams from seven different churches and two hospitals. With financial and volunteer support, these teams are able to host clinics that provide uninsured and underinsured individuals with medical, dental and vision services, physical therapy, chiropractic care and mental health referral.

But the Clinic with a Heart Mission doesn’t begin and end with our monthly clinics. As part of our unwavering commitment to our patients, we serve as a gateway to other Human Service agencies, in hopes that the individuals we treat are eventually able find a permanent health care home.