Posted by This summer I attended a cookout for folks experiencing homelessness. It was suggested by one of our unsheltered folks that summer does not offer “normal” experiences like cookouts, so Youth Street Reach puts on this great event complete with hamburgers, hot dogs, watermelon, potato salad, ice cream treats and more. Beyond the food, we have…Read more »
Posted by Sometimes you feel Spirit tugging at your heart and leading you in ways that don’t make a whole bunch of sense in the moment. This past Sunday I had this experience! At our February Here Now Worship Service (that build bridges between the housed and unhoused communities) we were fortunate to have my dear friend…Read more »
Posted by Yesterday was our Summer Celebration service. In my enthusiasm for making sandwiches, I completely forgot to prepare music for the service and hoped that this was not a sign of how the service was going to go . I never know what each service will bring, but today I was sure it was not going…Read more »
Posted by Today I found out that someone I worked with and cared for very much has passed away. I wanted to take a moment to memorialize them because all too often the folks that I serve don’t have traditional funerals, no one eulogizes them, no one sits Shiva for them. They are simply gone. I met…Read more »
Posted by I have noticed a trend over the past two years. The folks with whom I work are often struggling with physical pain, emotional distress, mental illness and substance misuse, however the thing that they tend to bring up most often is that they are lonely. They have no one to talk with. They have few,…Read more »
Rev Pam Wannie 