This week my cohort is looking at economics and social justice issues and we will do some processing together about ways the church can speak to these issues. This is one of the first quotes I came across in my assigned readings.

Mother Teresa said, “The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for, and deserted by everybody. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love.”
Arloa Sutter (2010-09-01). The Invisible: What the Church Can Do to Find and Serve the Least of These (Kindle Locations 448-450). Wesleyan Publishing House. Kindle Edition.

Shoreline East

It was a little windy at our outreach today. That's why my hair is standing strait up! No wonder the guys were giving me weird looks.

Shoreline East

[posted from my phone]

Our team just finished ministering at shoreline east, our church campus in the midst of many homeless and section 8 communities. It is always an honor to be close to people God loves so much!

Today Pierre and Skip (the mustache guys) lead worship songs, Angelica did a great job teaching (she is our director of our south campus youth ministry), and Rudie shared about being a single mom and in high school. She was SO powerful and the guests really connected with her.

The creative element for todays service had a schedule conflict so I filled in with a lip sync from a Whitney Huston song, "Nowhere To Run" I can't quite understand why me taking my shirt off in front of homeless people can be used by God, but it seems to bless. Can't wait for next time. Looking forward...