At SDUMC we opened our hearts, our minds and our doors for two weeks for a very successful Interfaith Shelter Network rotation, concluding on Sunday, February 14th. Over 14 days we provided 42 meals to 14 adults, one two year-old and a dog. We received over $1000 in donations for food and equipment from our generous congregation. Three guests found permanent housing and two found jobs during their stay at SDUMC.

A BIG thanks to the more than 100 members and friends who made the shelter such a success. We could not “minister to the hopes and hurts of a troubled world” without you.

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The Interfaith Shelter Network is rotating to SDUMC in just one week. 

The guests will be moving from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church to our church on Sunday, Jan. 31 and will stay with us till Sunday, Feb. 14.  They then move to Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

We had a fabulous turn out for the Volunteer Training last Sunday, Jan. 17; more than 100 individuals, not including  groups and scout troops, are participating at least once in the rotation. 

We will bring up all the Shelter equipment and linens on Friday afternoon, Jan. 29 at 1 PM.  The Boy Scouts #774 will be helping set up the Shelter cubicles on Sat. morning, Jan. 30 at 9:30.

If you would like to help on either of those dates, please just show up. 

“Many hands make light work.”

Please visit this BLOG and let us know your experiences working with the Interfaith Shelter

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On January 31- February 14th we will be hosting the Interfaith Shelter.  We are still in need of lots of Evening Hosts, Overnight Hosts, help with food and cash to buy groceries.  It takes a whole church to run a shelter.

This is your big opportunity to step up and do all you can to help the homeless.

You can listen to a very inspiring piece, Help for the Homeless at Union Station, in Pasadena, broadcast on public radio on Thursday, Dec. 12 to help you put a face on who the situationally homeless are. 

Please listen. Please help.  contact Lynne Calkins at LC1NP@cox.net

Here is the link to this amazing broadcast:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/12/17/pm-union-station/

Let us know what you think.