Philadelphia is experiencing an alarming upturn in homelessness among men, women and children this year. Shelters are running beyond capacity and many of the most vulnerable of our city will not brave the existing shelter system out of fear or due to mental illness. Broad Street Ministry, together with the Bethesda Project and the City of Philadelphia are responding to the needs of our most vulnerable neighbors by providing a warm, safe place for center city’s most vulnerable adults who are homeless. Believing that going beyond the offer of shelter is what is required of us, we will are responding to this population by creating a special kind of environment that emphasizes friendship, caring, and healing in a safe place. Not a shelter, 315 South carefully identified 50 of the city’s most vulnerable homeless people who will not enter the existing shelter system and invited them into a special hospitality center 7 nights a-week. Kind of an ‘exclusive club for the most excluded.” This experiment will run through April 1st. Wanna help? Click here to find out how you can help us to extend hospitality by offering a cup of coffee and a bowl of soup this winter—that’s our kind of preaching!
1 comment:
This is highly cool. Were I anywhere closer than where I am, I would come help.
I think it's about time y'all had a blog...good work.
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