Two years ago our church building received an unwelcome visitor: woodpeckers. They wouldn’t be unwelcome, except that they decided to no longer make holes in our trees, but in the building itself. So we had the building checked for bugs, did some prevention, filled the holes, and waited for next...

All the homosexuals and the homeless and the drug dealers and sex workers and meth addicts and convicted child pornographers came to Jesus to listen to him. And the conservative evangelicals and the Bible scholars denounced him, “He is opening the door of the church to the wicked.” But Jesus...

Mike England, whom we often called “Ankles” is, at this writing, in ICU, barely alive, unaware of his surroundings. Today, his respirator will be taken out and he will be with the Lord in hours. We celebrate Mike’s joy and his knowledge in fixing just about anything broken. We will...

Monday morning as the sun rises; Hammer, Ankles, Pastor Steve, and Holy Diver are sitting on sofas in their North Portland living room, eating a concoction called breakfast pie and discussing the Bible. Breakfast pie includes bacon Diver found in a dumpster weeks ago and stashed in the...

1. Welcome everyone, no matter how bad they are or seem. 2. Try to meet at least one need, if we can. 3. Not all “sinners” are sinners. Some just need some encouragement. 4. Don’t judge ahead of time. Even the drug dealer may be trying to follow Christ. 5. Anawim is a “no judging”...

Praise God that Jeff and Yvan have moved out of their house into an RV where they can live compactly, but happily! Pray for Tim and Sam, who have a new baby due to arrive May 9th, but need a new place to live, with hopefully 3 bedrooms! Praise God for...

At Anawim, we have been trying to provide work for the homeless. We forward on opportunities from those who live in the community who want to hire the homeless, both on one-time projects and in longer term employment. If we have the funds, we hire the homeless for a few...

Linda, a worker and grandmother, was on the street for five years. While on the street she was known as “Mom” and tried to help the young people on the street. Now she helps run day shelters at Anawim and two other churches in Gresham. Jimmy was one of the...

Diver has lived in our community house off and on for many years. Not only does he make meals at the house, but he comes out every Tuesday to organize and clean and repair.