This is where you can find our bi-monthly newsletter.
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Offer Housing- Justice for the Homeless #4
When Jesus spoke of helping the homeless, he didn’t talk about giving them a dollar, but inviting them into our home. Yes, giving a smile to a person begging, or some food is great, but when a person has no housing, what they really need is some security overnight so... -
Provide Work- Justice for the Homeless #3
Most of the homeless want to work. But getting a job without an address, or a shower is almost impossible. Going to an interview when the stress of everyday life makes one desperate and anxious and so an unlikely candidate for hiring. This is assuming that the person on the... -
Write Letters- Justice for the Homeless #2
This is the second post of a series about how to create justice in our communities for the homeless. This year our local cities have been harassing our homeless everywhere, every day, to move them on, or encouraging them to leave the city. This has been a policy ordered from... -
Opportunities to Volunteer
Meet Dave: Currently homeless – Volunteers his time in the kitchen On this day, Dave prepared and cooked chicken for anyone who came that was hungry and for the other community members who were working. Whenever Dave is at Anawim, he cooks a full meal from the food that’s been... -
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Listen: Justice for the homeless #1
This is second is a series of seven about bringing justice to our local street folks. The first is “Why Has God Forsaken Us?” We can never help create justice if we do not know those whom we seek justice for. You can go to a shelter, especially a day... -
“Why Has God Forsaken Us?”
“What I want to know is, “ Mark asked pleadingly, “why has God forsaken us?” Mark and his wife Diane, a homeless couple, has just been forced to move from the camp that they had peacefully dwelt in for years. They have nowhere to go. A summer storm blew through... -
An Opportunity To Help the Homeless! Right now!
Anawim Christian Community is a community church for the homeless in the East Portland area. We have the only warehouse for the needy, the only shower for the homeless, and the only weekly free clothing closet in all of East County. Our warehouse is located in our Red Barn,... -
What Anawim Did in 2013
(All numbers are approximate) Served 17000 meals Provided food for 20,800 people... -
Nests For the Unwelcome – April 2013
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...
