Life in a bag
January 12, 2009
Written for pharaohsprotege.com
All of the possessions of a Winterhaven Guest
Close to 30 men were hosted on the campus of my faith community, New Hope Adventist Church in Fulton, MD; we provided food, fellowship and a warm place to spend the night for the last seven days through our Winterhaven Homeless Ministry.
I took the above picture of the bag of one of the guests during the final hours of Winterhaven. The bag contains all of the possessions of one of our guests. All of his earthly possessions. Over and over again, I keep coming back to that picture.
During the next seven days, our former guests will spend their nights at the Emmanuel United Methodist Church (UMC) in Laurel, MD, after which, they will spend another seven days at another church, and another through to March of this year.
Pictured below is New Hope’s Winterhaven Homeless Ministry Leader, Paulette handing over the Winterhaven Ministry documents to Nancy, the Winterhaven Homeless Ministry Leader of Emmanuel UMC.
Paulette of New Hope and Nancy of Emmanuel Church
Click here to view pictures of the final night and transfer and preparation to transport the possessions of the Winterhaven guests from the New Hope Campus to Emmanuel UMC.
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