Event Details
- Date & Time:
Sunday, October 19, 2014 | 9:30 a.m. - Location:
100 Tarry Road, San Anselmo, CA 94960
From beginning to end, the Bible calls us to extend hospitality to the stranger in our midst, to feed the hungry and to provide shelter for those in need. At SHPC one way that we follow that call is to participate in REST, the Rotating Emergency Shelter Team, now in its 7th year. We’ve been serving with REST since its inception, and this winter, we’re committed to first Mondays with the men at St. Rita’s and second Tuesdays with the women at the Wellness Center. But when spring 2015 comes, will the friendship, dignity, and stability which REST provides dry up for another long off-season? Or can we, working together with congregations and allies throughout our county, make a year-round shelter a reality by April 2015?
This Sunday, October 19, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., we will honor our commitment to the county-wide effort to make a year-round shelter a reality with a Housing and Homelessness Workshop. Lora East’s sermon will get us on the same page and inspire us, based on Deut. 10:17-21, Isaiah 58:6-9, and Luke 14:12-14. The SHPC Singers will inspire us, too, singing a favorite, Home.
After the service we’ll write letters and emails to our County supervisors and to Town of San Anselmo councilmembers asking for their support for the year-round shelter. Then we can sign up for more easy action steps to support the effort! This is a terrific grassroots campaign to make a meaningful difference in the lives of many, and to make our county a more just place for all people.
