ONE MILE MISSION

February 6, 2009

A MEAL TO EAT

A PLACE TO SLEEP

A CHANCE TO DREAM

Our audacious aspiration is to take responsibility for every person within this circle having these three things. In a city where we have 78,000 homeless men, women, and children it can be overwhelming to try and tackle even a small part of an issue like homelessness. Instead our strategy will be to take the small circle that surrounds us and focus there. To begin we have three objectives:

1. Familiarize ourselves with the community and the people who live here.

2. Discover what services are already in the area and what they are doing to help i.e. shelters, community clinics, food banks.

3. Understand the social programs that exist and how they work.

From this place of understanding we can be a resource to anyone we meet who might need help. In addition, we can discern with our experiences of learning in what specific way we are being called to serve.

While meeting the needs of the community, whether that be food, education, or housing, we will also look for ways to change the systems that contribute to the cycle of poverty. To do this there will be no one leader to light the way but all of us within our one mile working together to find a way out and through. By together continuing to learn and understand why things are the way they are we will find the solutions yet to be discovered. It is not a clean and clear path. Beginning we must be okay with not knowing where we will end up or how we will get there!

Sound exciting?

Please, join in the journey! There will be efforts happening on a weekly basis to move forward on our mission. Keep your ears open during announcements or check the blog to see what’s happening if you want to get plugged in. I believe totally that God has given us everything we need to accomplish this. Together we can do it!

Peace, Love, and Justice,

Nathan French – 740.504.6499

buckeyenathan@gmail.com

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