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New Coffee Hours!

Joining lives is at the heart of everything Remerge does. For this reason, we are excited to announce that “Coffee & Donuts” is now held Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays outside…
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This is in my DNA

By Dan Crain with the contribution of Be the Bridge members, Corregan Brown and Brodie Ballard.   Last year a diverse group of eight men set out on a journey.…
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Loving Freely Prayer

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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Blinded by the White

By, Pastor Allen Hoskyn from Lawrenceville, GA. He’s a member of the Community of Reconcilers   Blinded by the White   How could I forget?  For weeks images flashed.  Smells…
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Loving Freely Seven

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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If….then

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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You are not an idiot

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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Who Touched Me?

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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You are the beloved

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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Irreconciliation Thoughts

Irreconciliation Thoughts by Sylvia Broome, Sweet Auburn Ave Community Facilitator   I’m walking with my youth group and we’re on a trip to Atlanta.  We’ve seen some sights and are…
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Divided Lives

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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It’s working on you

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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Why are you here?

Loving Freely is a resource developed by Dan Crain, Pastor, Consultant and Connector for REMERGE. Loving Freely unpacks the need for us to examine ourselves in order to truly know…
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The Need to Lament

REMERGE Community Pastor and trainer, Dan Crain has been doing work with a diverse group of men around racial reconciliation using the Be the Bridge curriculum. Session Two of the curriculum is…
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Margin

By Shawn McHargue; friend of REMERGE and Co-Founder and Lead Technical Instructor at the Automotive Training Center.     The words that come to mind when I explain how my life…
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We are family

By Christy Carr Betz, Director of the Giving Grace program of REMERGE.   The community of REMERGE has blessed my life so much. When I first started my journey to…
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I got this

By Dan Crain; REMERGE Pastor and Connector   We’ve been in our beautiful neighborhood, South Atlanta for almost seven years now. Six years ago a close personal friend that mentored…
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I Was Just Tired

By Sylvia Broome; REMERGE Community Facilitator. You can reach Sylvia at: sylvia@remerge.org     My friends are an interracial couple with two beautiful daughters.  The other night they asked me…
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Loving Freely

LAST YEAR, DAN CRAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT DESIRE STREET’S “THRIVING LEADERS SERIES”   HTTP://WWW.DESIRESTREET.ORG/PARTNERS/THRIVING-LEADERS-SERIES/ . HE SPOKE ON A TOPIC CALLED THE “UNDERBELLY OF SERVICE: WHY THE FALSE SELF…
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Receiving from Larry

By Dan Crain; Community Facilitator in the South Atlanta neighborhood in Atlanta, GA.    Friday night, March 24th, 2017 will be forever etched in my memory. It was the night…
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Underbelly 6 – The Cookie Epidemic

BACK IN MARCH, DAN CRAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT DESIRE STREET’S “THRIVING LEADERS SERIES”   HTTP://WWW.DESIRESTREET.ORG/PARTNERS/THRIVING-LEADERS-SERIES/ . HE SPOKE ON A TOPIC CALLED THE “UNDERBELLY OF SERVICE: WHY THE FALSE…
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The Stories that Shape Us

By Allen Hoskyn, Community Facilitator in Lawrenceville, GA. “I know now that I have to speak from eternity into time” (Henri Nouwen) Last Friday I sat in my mom’s kitchen…
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Who really needs to be helped?

By Dan Crain, South Atlanta Community Facilitator – RETHINK Trainer   During a lunch appointment with two fellow co-laborers in Christ we were talking about what reconciliation may look like…
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Underbelly 4 – Deserving of Love

RECENTLY DAN CRAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT DESIRE STREET’S “THRIVING LEADERS SERIES”   HTTP://WWW.DESIRESTREET.ORG/PARTNERS/THRIVING-LEADERS-SERIES/ ON A TOPIC CALLED THE “UNDERBELLY OF SERVICE: WHY THE FALSE SELF PLAGUES SO MANY…
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Underbelly 3 – Extracting Love

RECENTLY DAN CRAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING AT DESIRE STREET’S “THRIVING LEADERS SERIES”   HTTP://WWW.DESIRESTREET.ORG/PARTNERS/THRIVING-LEADERS-SERIES/ ON A TOPIC CALLED THE “UNDERBELLY OF SERVICE: WHY THE FALSE SELF PLAGUES SO MANY…
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Low hanging fruit

By Dan Crain, Pastor of Spiritual Formation at REMERGE       Everyone in their right mind is condemning what happened in Charlottesville, VA. White supremacy, affiliations with the KKK…
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Shared Suffering with Christ

By Sylvia Broome, Central Atlanta Community Facilitator   I’ve been spending a lot of time in hospitals and clinics lately, visiting jails, searching for places to live, and listening to people…
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Underbelly of Service – 1

Recently Dan Crain had the privilege of speaking at Desire Street’s “Thriving Leaders Series”   http://www.desirestreet.org/partners/thriving-leaders-series/ on a topic called the “Underbelly of Service: Why the false self plagues so many…
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Look before you leap!

By Sylvia Broome, Central Atlanta Community Facilitator   I was enjoying time with a friend the other day at a local coffee shop when I saw a group of teenagers…
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Can you help me? (10)

THIS IS THE FINAL BLOG IN A SERIES OF TEN BY SOUTH ATLANTA COMMUNITY FACILITATOR, DAN CRAIN FROM A MINI-BOOK CALLED, “CAN YOU HELP ME?   The New Humanity Happens…
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Can you help me? (9)

This is the ninth blog in a series of ten by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me?   Principle Six: Receiving the…
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Can you help me? (8)

This is the eighth blog in a series of ten by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me?   “Power and False Generosity”…
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Can you help me? (7)

This is the seventh blog in a series of ten by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me?   The Spiritual Formation of…
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Can you help me? (6)

This is the sixth blog in a series of ten by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me?   “Amplify the Voice”  …
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Can you help me? (5)

This is the fifth blog in a series of ten (yes ten) by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me?   Principle Three:…
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Can you help me? (4)

This is the third blog in a series of ten (yes ten) by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me? Principle Two: Awakens…
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Can you help me? (3)

This is the third blog in a series of ten (yes ten) by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me?”   Principle One:…
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Can you help me? (2)

This is the second blog in a series of ten (yes ten) by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me?”   The world is…
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Can you help me?

This is the first blog in a series of ten (yes ten) by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Dan Crain from a mini-book called, “Can you help me?”   Can you…
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Who is the neighbor here?

By Sylvia Broome, Central Atlanta Community Facilitator   It was December 26, a gray and rainy day.   I’m out and about, running errands in a local shopping center. Christmas decorations,…
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Making Decisions With

By Dan Crain, South Atlanta Community Facilitator How do we know reconciliation is happening? One indicator is that you make decisions “with” those on the margins. A great example of…
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The Ministry of Reconciliation

By Sylvia Broome, Central Atlanta Community Facilitator  (adapted from a talk Sylvia did at the Reimagining Homelessness Conference)   God is reconciling the world unto himself. He is drawing us back…
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Welcome Aboard!

Our Community of Reconcilers continues to grow! Welcome to the Board of Directors to Paul Hamalian and Ken Thompson. Meet Paul: Paul is the Senior Director of Strategy for Habitat…
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It’s Their Community, Not Mine.

By; Michelle Witherspoon, South Atlanta Community Facilitator Wednesday Night Youth Group in South Atlanta…. At REMERGE we don’t run programs, we facilitate community that welcomes the most vulnerable. Certainly we…
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Joining Lives

We decided to gather together a group of folks who are living their lives through the defining lens of reconciliation. They are doing it in different ways, places and contexts;…
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Church right now

By South Atlanta Community Facilitator-Trainer, Dan Crain I have wrestled with what the church should be in the world for over ten years now. I have been on staff at…
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Flowers, inclusion, and pride

By Sylvia Broome, Central Atlanta Community Facilitator In the Central Atlanta neighborhood there is a big problem with litter.  Even with the few trashcans available, many of the streets and…
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Irreconciliation Thinking

By: Sylvia Broome, Central Atlanta Community Facilitator “What difference does it make?  As long as I have “mine”, what difference is it to me if someone doesn’t have “theirs”?  It’s…
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The Bizarro Bible

The Bizarro Bible: Larry Lee Webb 12/07/16 (the first blog in a three part series by Larry)   If you grew up reading DC comic books, an explanation of “Bizarro…
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Doc’s Visit

By Dan Crain, South Atlanta Community Facilitator   A few years ago a good friend visited a community living out reconciliation with neighbors on the street in midtown Atlanta. This is…
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This is the Gist

[Immediately after we rebranded Church on the Street as REMERGE a pastor friend and long time supporter emailed me and asked if I could “define the essence of the difference…
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Looks can be deceiving.

Looks can be deceiving by Malcolm Cox-el, Community Facilitator of Thirkield University   Being a young black man in America can be hard at times. Some of the times the…
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Comfortable Silence

When I started working with Church on the Street five years ago the culture of the community was such that during prayer time I kept a foot on my backpack…
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I’m a hustler

  Written by South Atlanta Community Facilitator, Michelle Witherspoon   I’m a hustler. I’d like to say I’m a recovering hustler but more times than not I continue to see…
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A Family

We value community. We value community because we believe it is a natural result of reconciliation in Christ. We also value community because we think it can help facilitate family.…
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An Update from Pleasant Hill

[Last year Church on the Street accepted an invitation to assist the Pleasant Hill neighborhood of Macon, GA to organize and build community. Since then Michelle Witherspoon has been our…
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What CotS Means To Me!

At our luncheon last Saturday we showed this video of several members in the community sharing about what Church on the Street means to them. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRccOVz0qXA?list=UUfiYw-x3Qj0WgGqhXao8N8g] If this is…
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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…
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A Funny Turn of Events

Our vision at Church on the Street is to be an intentional and diverse Christian community where everyone is welcome, belongs and finds their place of service.  Because of this…
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Where Shall We Go?

Jim Beaty, whose wife is the executive director for the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, writes his own blog.  Last week he posted that …the Task Force had…
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Urgent Help

We have just received word that we will be incurring a monthly $2000 fee to continue operating in our current facility. Historically we have been able to keep overhead expenses to an…
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Great New Things

These past few months at Church on the Street have seen many exciting developments. God is doing something fantastic here and we want to share a bit with you.   Pastor Andy…
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Finding Your Place

Fred is socially awkward.  His personality disorder turns him inward, so he normally keeps to himself and doesn’t talk much.  Usually he has his nose buried in his video player with…
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Kim’s Story

Kim was part of our community for a short, but impactful time.  Here’s his story… I was passing through Atlanta when I met with an unfortunate welcoming committee that mugged…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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Have pants, will travel

Have you ever wondered why we are always accepting clothing donations at Church on the Street? It’s a fairly simple answer, but it does take a little explaining.  Most of…
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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…
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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…
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Good open house

We had a good first day of our open house. It was definitely a good time to get some early spring cleaning done. We are hoping that tomorrow’s open house…
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Meet the success

I got to meet Vesta today.  I’ve heard a lot of great things about her, but I had not gotten the chance to meet her.  Vesta was living life on…
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Relationships needed

I found these tracks and books laying on the sidewalk down from our office yesterday. There was also a used bottle of hand soap in a bag. Some well meaning,…
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Blue jean blues

; ; You may have seen some of our posts on other sites, but we need men’s jeans pretty badly right now. A homeless person does not typically have access…
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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…
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Reconciliation letter

We recently received a letter back from a man that we assisted in reconciling with his wife.  He was living on the street and, in God’s timing, came to Church…
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Awesome week!

I’ve said this a few times this week, but this was an awesome week at Church on the Street. I am so glad and thankful that God allowed me to…
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Music changes everything

So today, in an effort to continue improvements on our meal times, we added some light music.  I can’t even begin to express in words how different lunch time is…
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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…
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Rainy Day

Kind of a quiet day around COTS today.  The usual activities happened: prayer, bible study, breakfast, lunch, and hair cuts this afternoon.  There were no interns or mission teams around…
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Daily chores

Since we are living in a community environment, we have chores that have to be done. Kitchen cleaning was happening this morning. Service as modeled by Jesus is the goal.
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No soup for you!!!

Ok, this is not a post about the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld, but I’ve always wanted to use that line and this was my chance. So there, I’ve done it…
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Car wash

The interns are working on a car wash fund raiser in the church parking lot today. It’s amazing how much traffic is coming through. In fact, as I write this…
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What We Do

It’s hard to explain what we do. We say that we are trying to live in community in such a way that our most vulnerable neighbors feel welcome.  I’m not…
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A Day at the Park

Central to our mission is breaking down the dividing walls between persons, cultivating friendship with those the world ignores, and fostering dignity in the dehumanized.  We do this by sharing, praying, advising, listening,…
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Our Friend Steven

Sharing in one another’s sufferings is central to being a community.  There is plenty of opportunity for this sort of sharing.  So this makes it all the more important to…
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Thanking you for your prayers

Through various Facebookposts over the past few months we have mentioned and requested prayer for JB.  Thanks to your prayers, we eventually reconnected him with his family and got him a place…
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God is Good

What’s Going On? The following are highlights (recorded on facebook over the past month) of how God is transforming the lives of the least of our brothers and sisters…  (Note:…
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Daily Miracles

We believe in a living, active God. This is the only way that what we do has any logic and it is thus central to who we are.  We recently announced…
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Valentine’s Day

Valentines Day is monday and I’m sure you are planning on buying your loved one some flowers to show your love and appreciation. If you purchase your flowers online anywhere…
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The Sermon, Stripped Down

[This is a guest post from Kimberly Majeski.  She is a board member of Church on the Street and an assistant professor of Biblical Studies at Anderson University School of Theology. …
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Christmas Gift

I am so thankful for God’s faithfulness in 2010.  Just this year Church on the Street has served over 25 different churches and organizations through our Mission Trip/Training program –…
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Should I Give to Beggars?

The Burning Question: Should I give to beggars? A Christian Response [This short article is taken from Church on the Street’s latest newsletter] There is no other question that I…
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Missing the homeless

If you’ve been in church for any time at all you’ve heard of various mission trips and other types of Christian outreach.  I think until one is actually involved in…
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Symptoms and Diseases

I have been reading this great book called Begging for Change by Robert Egger.  He is the founder of the DC Central Kitchen.  The book is a strong critique of…
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Bank Robber

One of the most angry and feared drug dealers and addicts is off the street.  His name is Ernest, but he’s known on the streets as Bank Robber.  I call…
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Word of the day: Homeless

I wish we didn’t have the word homeless in our vocabulary.  Obviously, I wish it was because homelessness didn’t exist, but since it does I wish there was another way…
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Drive-by Ministries

Drive-by Ministries: def. A group of well-intentioned Christians who, in their zeal to serve the least of their homeless brother’s and sister’s, drive to a section of the city where…
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Picked last

Were you ever picked last in school?  You know the deal, you’re in gym class and the two team captains are picking their teams for a game of dodgeball.  You…
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Quote for the Day

A few days ago Brodie, our social media director, asked a question on our Facebook page about what people would miss the most from their present life if they ended…
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Grandpa

[This is a guest post from Jon Braswell. He relayed this story to me and I thought you should all hear his testimony about Grandpa. Jon has worked with Church…
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Prayer Request

Tuesday (6/15) marks the beginning of our concerted effort to lovingly and consistently confront the drug dealers and addicts that live in our community. Although they generally accept us as…
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Not By Might…

We are beginning our summer mission team season. This time is exciting for us because it gives us the opportunity to greatly increase our work with the homeless. Last year…
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Creative Loafing

This past week an interview that Creative Loafing, an alternative weekly news source in Atlanta, did with me (Andy) was published. In this short interview I give a concise account…
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The Shelter’s Story

The following is a document written by the Metro Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless surveying the recent history of Atlanta’s poor and homeless in regards to the local government and…
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The Need on the Streets

Given the sheer destruction and the years that will be the recovery, we couldn’t find it in our hearts during the immediate aftermath to directly divert funds from the dire…
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Heroin and Prostitution

Kelli is a heroin addict and a prostitute. She does sexual favors for cigarettes. She has been enslaved by sex traffickers, abused by her alcoholic father, and written off as…
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Unity on the Streets

An important part of our ministry is to encourage, teach, cajole and provide opportunities for the church in Atlanta, America and around the world to come together in unity to…
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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…
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Not Too Late

God has allowed us over this past year the honor of serving His most vulnerable children. He has also allowed us the honor of partnering with you in this endeavor.…
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New Video

Sorry we’ve been absent for so long.  It’s been pretty intense on the streets lately and I haven’t had much time to write.  I’ll soon correct that.  In the meantime…
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Hello, COTS

Since I may be posting here from time to time, and hope to make some kind of ongoing contribution to Church on the Street and discussion about the meaning of…
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The Cost of Poverty

According to the U.S. Census Bureau the poverty line for a family of four in America is $21, 027.  The U.S. has one of the highest relative poverty rates among…
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Third Cohort of Launchpad Kick-off

We just kicked off our third cohort of Launchpad. The program supports economically vulnerable female entrepreneurs who are ready to take their small business or side hustles from surviving to

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New Coffee Hours!

Joining lives is at the heart of everything Remerge does. For this reason, we are excited to announce that “Coffee & Donuts” is now held Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays outside

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The Long Grind: a 20 for 20 story

[In celebration of 20 years of service we are collecting 20 stories of people and events that helped to shape REMERGE. #20for20. This reflection was contributed by Giving Grace Director

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Bank Robber: a 20 for 20 story

[In celebration of 20 years of service we are collecting 20 stories of people and events that helped to shape REMERGE. #20for20.  This story is told by our executive director

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Praying for Blue: a 20 for 20 story

[In celebration of 20 years of service we are collecting 20 stories of people and events that helped to shape REMERGE. #20for20. This story was contributed by our Community Program

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Jeff’s Coupon: a 20 for 20 story

[In celebration of 20 years of service we are collecting 20 stories of people and events that helped to shape REMERGE. #20for20. This story was contributed by our ColorATL director

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