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The best answer for those without housing is to help them to have a home! Habitat for Humanity has carried out this mission very effectively across our country, and the work of Habitat has recently been revived in our county. Rachel Kerns, who began as executive director in 2014, will provide an overview of what Habitat is doing in Portage County, and how our church is (and can be) involved.

Homelessness crisis in King County continues to create more questions than answers. One of the most important questions for the Church is, “How can we love and serve our neighbors experiencing homelessness?” 1) The facts and myths about homelessness in King County 2) The impact of trauma on people experiencing homelessness 3) What the Church can do to engage homelessness

Why do we make excuses. We all make excuses in our life I had made many excuses in my life starting with my shyness. I was scared that people would make fun of me for how I spoke, or rejected me because of what I had said, or that I would be pushed away because I said the wrong thing that would be truthful.…

The Proclamation of John the Baptist (Mk 1:2–8; Lk 3:1–20) 3 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 3 This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:…

We are told to love our neighbor as ourselves, or better still as Christ has loved us. But who is our neighbor? Do we decide who our neighbor is or is that out of our control. Or do those around us determine if we are a loving neighbor or not. We will answer these questions today.

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother,…