This morning, I went to a meeting at the Culpeper Health and Human Services office. This meeting was to discuss the effort that's being made to care for the homeless in our community during the winter months. Several town departments, civic organizations and pastors and layleaders from a number of different churches were in attendance.
This is a total God thing! Churches across denominations are coming together in unity to do God's bidding in Culpeper - not a service, not a one-time outreach, but an actual day-in and day-out ministry that will last for months and have significant impact on our community. How awesome is that!!
Homelessness is usually thought of with respect to people with addictions, criminal behavior and/or emotional problems. However, in today's economy, we have families living in their cars and on the street because of bankruptcy, foreclosure or unemployment. Homelessness isn't restricted to skin color, place of birth or social standing anymore.
In this initiative, a different church is overseeing the ministry for a week at a time for about 20 weeks through the colder months. City on a Hill Church will be responsible for volunteers Dec 7-13 as St. Stephen's Episcopal Church opens its doors to host the ministry that week.
We still need a lot more churches to participate in this ministry. We need facilities and we need helping hands. As the Body steps up and steps out, God will bless our community! Let's be bold! Let's be His hands and feet and show God's love in this practical and relevant way!
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