Socks needed for feet

Socks needed for feet

  I overheard yesterday in the office that we are running very low on men’s and women’s socks for the homeless.  Socks are a precious commodity on the street.  Without a way to wash them, they simply have to be discarded after a certain period of time.  I know from my days in the army […]

Homeless in the burbs

Homeless in the burbs

  I think when most people think of homeless they think of inner city areas.  They picture a person standing on the sidewalk among the sky scrapers.  These are definitely some of the homeless population, but not  all of them are city dwellers.   I received a Facebook message last night from one of our […]

Busy day with a service team

Busy day with a service team

We were able to get quite a bit done today thanks to some extra help from students that came to Church on the Street for a service day.  They learned about our mission, how we accomplish it, what it means to be Jesus’ representative to the least of these, and more.  It was a great, […]

Gray day at Church on the Street

Gray day at Church on the Street

    It’s pretty gray, weather wise, at Church on the Street today.  Overcast, misty days seem to lessen the crowds we see.  I guess they hunker down somewhere out of the weather.  Or as out of the weather as a homeless person can get.   There was an Atlanta Police officer parked in the […]

Letter from a youth group

Letter from a youth group

We received this letter this week and wanted to share it. I’m writing from the church youth group in North Carolina.  We were in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago doing various mission works, and you graciously took time out of your schedule to meet with us on Sunday evening and share your thoughts on […]

Homeless: by the numbers

Homeless: by the numbers

It can be a little deceiving to try to get an idea of how rampant homelessness is just by looking at the few people we see on the street corner or hanging out by the interstate on ramp.  The problem is that most of us live in a secluded situation where we don’t normally encounter […]

Why I Stand with the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless

Why I Stand with the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless

Yesterday (5/13/10) I attended the Task Force’s press conference to draw attention to the foreclosure of their shelter and to their federal case that is being played out against the city of Atlanta, CAP and ADID. There were a litany of speakers voicing their solidarity with the Task Force and the homeless they serve. I […]

Letter from Atlanta’s Streets: Jail for the Homeless

Letter from Atlanta’s Streets: Jail for the Homeless

This is a guest blog written by Matt Smith, a friend and former student of Pastor Andy’s, after he made a short visit to Atlanta and witnessed first hand the plight of the homeless alongside the writings of Dr. King. Matt is a high school teacher in Indianapolis, Indiana. I am a teacher at a […]

Theology of Home

Theology of Home

On January 21st I spoke to the Women’s Council of Realtors in Canton, GA. This is an excerpt from the talk I gave there. This talk is deeply indebted to the work published in Beyond Homelessness by Bouma-Prediger and Walsh. …Home, in any meaningful way, must have to do with place and not just location. […]

The Problem of Homeless Ministries

The Problem of Homeless Ministries

When we believed that God was calling us to a particular ministry to love the outcasts, we wanted to first find what was happening on behalf of the poor and homeless already and try to fill in a gap. What we found was both enlightening and disturbing. To tell you the truth, there are many […]