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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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Showing posts with label Day Shelters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Day Shelters. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Day Shelter Schedule

Anawim Christian Community:
(Reopening Mondays
starting May 7th 2012)
19626 NE. Glisan, Gresham
Mon 1-6pm

St. Henry’s Catholic Church:
346 NW 1st Ave,
Gresham
Tues, 1-6:30pm

Anawim Christian Community:
19626 NE. Glisan, Gresham
Wed 1-8pm, Fri 2-5pm, Sat 11-3pm.

East Hill Foursquare Church:
701 Main, Gresham
Thurs 1-6pm

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

What is a Day Shelter?

  A day shelter is a place for those in the community to go who have no place to go.  In our day shelters, we find the homeless, older high school kids, and retirees who don’t have a regular place to go. They come to our day shelters to hang out, to connect with others and to get some basic food and clothes.  
  A day shelter isn’t like a night shelter—it’s much more busy.  There are fewer requirements to begin a day shelter than an overnight
shelter:  All we have to do is open our doors and make sure we have trained people to deal with conflict or referrals.
   In East Multnomah county, a number of churches, including
Anawim, St. Henry’s Catholic Church, East Hill Four Square, and First Baptist Church have been working together to establish a
network of day shelters.  We typically get from 30 to 50 people a day, needing a safe place to be during the day.



How Does A Day Shelter Help?

~It provides a safe place for people who have no other place to go.  Many of our folks are not even welcome at public parks.  But now they have  a place to go.
~It provides security for the community.  Rather than having people on the street in family neighborhoods, where  people don’t know why they are there,  the day shelter provides a place to be. Day shelters not only provide a safe place for our guests, but also make the community safer.
~It trains people about community respect.  Because most of the day shelters are in churches, there is a basic understanding of respect for the property.  Violence, threats, theft or blasphemous language is discouraged by the guests of the day shelter.  It also provides people, who are trained in peaceful conflict management, to assist others in their conflict.
~It provides volunteer opportunities for those who otherwise have nothing to do.  Trained volunteers from the street and churches run the day shelters, and provide assistance in cleaning and security, if necessary.
~It provides a focus for other organizations to assist needy populations.  Medical and dental clinics, veteran services, services for pets, and churches who want to serve the needy know where they can go to provide services. 


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Cleaning Up

Every week Anawim provides more than 50 showers to people who don't otherwise have access to showers.  This means that we have more than 50 towels that have to be washed every week. Vickie at the Anawim house stays up all night once or twice a week to wash the towels and donated clothes we receive from the homeless.



Sunday, November 14, 2010

East County Day Shelters

A place for those who need a safe place to be in Gresham. Sponsored by local churches.

Mondays 1-6pm @  Anawim Christian Community, 19626 NE. Glisan
Showers!

Tuesdays 1-8pm @ St. Henry's, 346 NW. 1st Gresham
3rd Tuesdays-Birthdays! 4th Tuesdays-Pizza!

Wednesdays 1-8pm @ Anawim Christian Community, 19626 NE. Glisan
Showers! 2nd Wednesday-BBQ!

Thursdays 1-6pm @ East Hill Foursquare Church (Youth Center), 701 N. Main
Pool Table! Movies!

Fridays 2-5pm @ Anawim Christian Community, 19626 NE. Glisan 
Showers!