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Anawim Christian Community is a community church made up of the homeless and the mentally ill. Our main goal is to provide for people's needs (including the need to be a disciple of Jesus) where they are at. We don't feel that a person needs to be something different before they get the help they need. Our center is in Gresham OR, which is where we lead and organize day shelters and a worship service. We also have a community house in N. Portland where housing is being provided for a few people and opportunities for community worship. We are connected to ministries in SE Portland and St. Johns, where we distribute food and clothing. And finally, through the internet, we educate people from almost every country in the world about homelessness, mental illness and the Christian response to each.

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Thank Yous (aka the Academy Awards)


~Thanks to our ministry partner churches in East County: St. Henry’s, First Baptist, Easthill Four Square, Mountainview and Abundant Life.  Thank you all for your generosity, your open doors and your    wonderful, generous volunteers! 

~Thanks to Ellisha and her friends who generously provided clothes, gloves and two brand new stove/ovens for our SE location

~Thanks to all our financial donors.  Our financial needs have grown tremendously in the last six months and you have kept up with it!  Your generosity and obedience to God’s Spirit is amazing!

~Thanks to Portland Mennonite, St. Joseph’s, Agape Church of Christ, Elisha and others who have been   faithful in providing meals and serving every month all this year!

~Thanks to East County Church of Christ who gave specifically requested Christmas presents to 20 street folks.  And to Portland church of Christ for organizing it - and for painting our SE meeting gym!

~Thanks to all our wonderful regular volunteers, both from churches and on (or just off) the street:  Linda and Jimmy, Tim and Samantha (and Paloma), Mark and Leanne, Styxx, Mary Lafferty, Cheryl, Clay, Virgil, Steven, Travis, Dano, Mike (all of them), Sami, Nick, and many, many more.

~Thanks to Duncan, Iris, Barb and the PNMC for helping us with the Peace/Sanctuary campus.

~Thanks to Diane for providing wonderful meals every Sunday, and Jeff every Tuesday!

~Thanks to The Chapel for providing our first ever benefit concert.

~Thanks to Portland media outlets who have allowed the message of Anawim to be known throughout the county!

~Thanks to Laura and Susan for being on the spot health care workers!

~Thanks to Jeff and Yvan Strong who have taken on the mantle/burden of full time workers at Anawim (even without payment!).

There are many we haven’t mentioned and we should have.  We apologize and hope you know that we really do appreciate all you’ve done and so do our folks.  Honestly, this has been our best year ever, and more people have been served, more needs have been met, more lives changed than ever before.  Thank you all so much!

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