Greensboro Homeless Memorial Walk and Worship Service
From Greensboro Urban Ministry press release:
Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Gathering: 5:00 p.m., Greensboro Urban Ministry (GUM), 305 W. Lee St.
Walk begins: 5:30 p.m., GUM; ends Grace Community Church, 643 W. Lee St.
Worship Service: 6:00 p.m., Grace
Community Dinner for the homeless: 6:30 p.m, GraceEach year near the winter solstice, the Homeless Prevention Coalition of Guilford County and thousands of other homeless advocacy groups around the nation, sponsor memorial services to remember our homeless friends who have died over the year. As the life-threatening challenges dramatically increase for the homeless with cold weather, there is not a better time to remember their lives and our commitment to end chronic homelessness by 2017 in Guilford County.
Walkers will gather for a Memorial Walk that will begin at Greensboro Urban Ministry, 305 West Lee Street, at 5:30 p.m., and conclude a half-mile away at Grace Community Church, 643 West Lee Street. A Service will be held at Grace beginning at 6:00 p.m. concluding with a supper being served at 6:30 p.m. for our homeless brothers and sisters.
For more information, contact Rev. Frank Dew, Urban Ministry chaplain, 271-5959×327 or fdew@guministry.org.
A list of observances of National Homeless Persons Memorial Day across the U.S. is available here.
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Training: December 10-21, 2007, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, 2300 W. Friendly Ave, Greensboro, NC
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A Mental Health America news alert:
Mental health parity is at risk!
Thousands of people like you made a difference and helped win unanimous Senate passage of the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 (S. 558) in September. You also helped build broad support for a strong House bill. But we face a growing risk that parity legislation could get lost in the jousting over other priority issues. A failure to enact a parity bill this year could set back the parity movement for a long time. Let’s not let that happen!
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“Special night for women”
From the News & Record:
Women around Greensboro will be treated like queens Saturday evening.
While women in transitional housing, homeless shelters, or drug and alcohol recovery centers are treated to massages, facials, makeovers, manicures and hairstyling, their children will be entertained at the Greensboro Children’s Museum.
“We want to give these women and children something that they couldn’t afford on their own,” said Jeff Phillips, a team leader for Men of Vision & Excellence. “When they come to the museum, they light up when they walk into the front door.”
>> Continue reading “Special Night for Women” at the News & Record
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Community Christmas Banquet
Grace Community Church’s annual Community Christmas Banquet will be held in UNCG’s Cone ballroom on Saturday, Dec. 15th. It’s a free evening filled with fun, fine dining and fellowship with friends in the community in celebration of the Savior’s birth. Many of the more than 300 guests whom Grace hosts at the banquet are homeless. There are many ways to be involved with this event. Email Grace for more information.
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