distributing essentials: condoms, footcare, girlie things
One of the key partners in the Paint Your Faith project is the First United Mission in the downtown east side of Vancouver. They do some phenomenal work in the DTES as a church that from its early days served as a mission. They’re open 24-7, 365 days of the year. They are so focussed on serving the needs of their community that the main chapel doesn’t hold any pews. Instead of wooden pews there are rows upon rows of bunk beds for homeless people to sleep in. I went in at about 2pm for a location scout and half the beds were full with people slumbering, or dazed and resting. First United not only gives people a place to sleep, they provide 3 hot meals plus a night time snack, and they provide essentials like condoms, footcare, ‘girlie things’, and squares of soap which have been painstakingly hand cut from a regular sized soap bars. On an average day they have 500 people coming through their doors. It’s awe-inspiring. In an age when people talk of empty churches, this is one church that is in constant demand.
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hi there, there are more pictures of this day here http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3907016&id=512818927
24-7, 365 days of the year? Wow, see…that’s what the Church is all about!
Thos churches certainly are not empty, wow, that’s great work.
Who knew the chruch was so giving…
Awesome
Glad you were able to have the experience Ann, the wall will look very good – I bet.
Who knew the chruch was so giving…
yep the wall is looking amazing. it’s being launched tomorrow morning. most of the artists are done, shallom is just trying to finish up her section and she’s been at it, through hail and rain
yep the wall is looking amazing. it’s being launched tomorrow morning. most of the artists are done, shallom is just trying to finish up her section and she’s been at it, through hail and rain