20 Minutes with Anna Olson Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but a homelessness crisis of “epic and heartbreaking proportions” in Los Angeles is bringing weary people to a Koreatown church parking lot. Homelessness in Los Angeles is so bad that the Los Angeles Times editorial board recently asked, “How can a place with 58,000 homeless people continue to function?” … [Read more...] about Safety in a Church’s Parking Lot
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Flood Relief in California
Diocese of Northern California Paula Schaap, communications director for the Diocese of Northern California, reports for the diocese’s website: It may signal the end of a long, hard drought for California, but the storm that blew in the weekend after New Year’s also brought flooding and misery, especially for those with no shelter. With the Russian River near … [Read more...] about Flood Relief in California
Homeless No More
Adapted from a Community Solutions announcementAn Episcopal priest has helped to spearhead a successful national campaign to find permanent housing for 100,000 homeless Americans in fewer than four years. The Rev. Linda M. Kaufman, canonically resident in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, directed national field organizing for the 100,000 Homes Campaign, which announced last … [Read more...] about Homeless No More
Healing and Goat’s Milk
Women veterans who become homeless have friends at Zion Church in Avon, New York. The small congregation offers the veterans a home in its former rectory, and a chance to learn skills in creating beauty supplies.Since November 2010, the parish has provided transitional housing at Zion House for up to six women at a time. They may stay for as long as two years, though most leave … [Read more...] about Healing and Goat’s Milk
Warm Souls in Boston
By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldHomeless people in Boston have a new way to keep the coming season’s wintry elements at bay: a water-resistant, wind-breaking thermal blanket made of Mylar. For that, they’re thanking a ministry by and for homeless people at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.The cathedral’s community of homeless and recently housed individuals rolled out its Cloak Project … [Read more...] about Warm Souls in Boston
‘Everyone Needs a Home’
By Gary G. YerkeySeveral Episcopal churches in Charlotte, North Carolina, have joined forces with dozens of other Christian congregations this week to house and feed 40 homeless families displaced during the Democratic National Convention.The families have been forced to move from the motels where they normally reside that have more than doubled their rates — from $20-$40 to … [Read more...] about ‘Everyone Needs a Home’