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    • "Reach out and open the door that no one thought could be opened. Life is behind it."~ Kelly Ann Rothaus
    • "Is the life I'm living the life that wants to live in me?"~ Parker Palmer
    • "If you risk nothing, then you risk everything."~ Geena Davis
    • "You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."~ Rosa Parks
    • "Idealists, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds, have advanced mankind and have enriched the world." ~Emma Goldman
    • "What can burn and not burn up, a passion that gives birth to itself every day." ~Yiddish Saying
    • "The difference between what we do, and what we are capable of doing, would solve most of the world's problems." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
    • "When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed." ~Mother Theresa
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    February 19, 2010

    Homeless But Never Hopeless

    Found this tonight on facebook via @Jonathan Serrins and have an appreciation for Preacha-Poet and what they seem to be doing for the homeless out at Skid Row (Los Angeles, CA) with the jonah project (jonahproject.org).

    February 19, 2010 in Homeless | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

    February 08, 2010

    A Great Example of the Collective Church at Work Serving Homeless

    This video is was shared with me by a family member who lives in AZ. Their church actively participates in this program. It is encouraging to see the collective church partnering and serving the homeless together as one "body." We used to have something like this in Santa Cruz in the form of the Interfaith Satellite Shelter Program started in 1986. Up until a few years ago, a number of churches were still participating in it.

    How encouraging would it be once again to have it start up and serve the community, if enough churches were willing. What holds the church back from engaging and leveraging one of the greatest assets they have, a building to serve those who don't have a safe place to lay their head?

    February 08, 2010 in Homeless | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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    November 29, 2009

    Faith Community Church Outreach on the Ave. W/ Ronee Curry

    Last Sunday, CompassionSC facilitated an outreach opportunity for Faith Community Churchh to distribute needed items to the homeless, many of them were young adults living on the streets without consistent shelter or a home. FCC accompanied and came alongside Ronee Curry on Pacific Ave and her weekly outreach in front of Border's Bookstore in Santa Cruz, CA. It was a significant time to continue to build relationships with those in need in SC as sleeping bags, socks, bottled water, "beanies of hope" and food was distributed. The homeless community was blessed, Ronee was supported in her ministry, and the church was challenged to be the hands and feet of Jesus in Santa Cruz.

    November 29, 2009 in Homeless, Outreach | | Comments (0)

    October 07, 2009

    Drum Circle Pics

    On Wednesdays I've been going down to hang out and support Ronee Curry who leads an outreach ministry to homeless street youth and others. She has been serving the homeless and the street youth for six years now. We are in the process of working with a number of churches in Santa Cruz, CA to pull together a sleeping bag drive for those in need to be distributed through her ministry. Below are a couple of pictures from today.

    October 07, 2009 in CompassionSC, Homeless, Poverty | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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