Jerry’s Surgery

Jerry’s Surgery

[Posted by Sylvia Broome, member of the Church on the Street community and director of women’s and human trafficking ministries] My daughter had surgery in May. I was impressed by […]

The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts

The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts

The New York Times has an article about the research and new book from Dr. Carl Hart from Columbia University that makes for a potentially paradigm shifting encounter.  What is most […]

Mentally ill and homeless

Mentally ill and homeless

  I was down at Church on the Street today gathering information for our social media outreach.  During lunch I was walking around to the various tables just to say […]

New computers needed

New computers needed

Monday through Friday after lunch we have what we call enrichment time. This is a time period when things get done within the community. Cleaning, clothing closet operation, work on […]

Lunch time amazement

Lunch time amazement

I’m always amazed at what Chef Harry can do with the donations that we get in. Today was a Mexican inspired concoction that was nothing short of excellent.

A spicy request

A spicy request

Chef Harry gave me a list of spices that he needs for the kitchen today. Harry cooks 5 days a week, breakfast and lunch for no charge. He just uses […]

Update for Church on the Street 11/9/12

Update for Church on the Street 11/9/12

We had a busy week.  We had our open house a few days ago.  We were able to share what we do with some local people and businesses.   We […]

October Blue Jean drive

October Blue Jean drive

Today is the start of our first annual blue jean drive. We take in these donations and then give them out to homeless members of our community as they are […]

Community workers

Community workers

I pulled into the parking lot at Church on the Street this morning to find one of the homeless members of our community busy working on cleaning up the parking […]

Reading is a gift

Reading is a gift

We have the task of educating people outside of our community on what we do in our community.  It’s a difficult task at times because when someone finds out we […]