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.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Thursday, December 15, 2011
What Should I Do?
I know all of you would just love to donate to Anawim. After all, we are so cool and we help so many cool people. And we do a mean Bible study.
Of course, if you just want to give us a boring donation, like money (pssst-- we like boring),then you can go to our site and it will tell you what to do.
So you're sitting there, thinking, "Man, those Anawim people are so awesome. I'd like to give them something. But what should I give them? And how do I get it to them because I live so far away?"
Well, friend, YOUR TROUBLES ARE OVER! (Hurrah! yells the crowd)
Today, yes, TODAY, Anawim now has an online store that will solve your donating needs!
You say you want to help our homeless people with some camping gear, but you don't know what or how? Go to the store and we have some tents and tarps and sleeping liners selected just for your convenience and at a reasonable cost! You say you don't know what a sleeping liner is, well go to the store and find out!
Every selection will send you to a link in Amazon which will give you a description of what you are looking at! What more can you ask for?
And there's more! Yes! Food and clothes and yes, even office supplies! All selected for you to meet the needs of both the Anawim poor and your pocketbook! Woo hoo!
To send the items to Anawim, you order them in the shopping cart-- CONVENIENTLY PROVIDED-- and purchase the items then have them sent to our address-- 3733 N Williams Portland, OR 97227. IT'S THAT EASY!
To send the items to Anawim, you order them in the shopping cart-- CONVENIENTLY PROVIDED-- and purchase the items then have them sent to our address-- 3733 N Williams Portland, OR 97227. IT'S THAT EASY!
Finally, after all that shopping you are probably worn out. You need a break. No, even better, you need a spiritual uplift! Well, we even have that very need in mind for you-- yes, you, our donor!
Check out our section of recommended books, movies and music selected with YOU in mind!
Needless to say, going to Anawim's store at Amazon is a truly remarkable experience that you will TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT (subliminal message provided free of charge)
Of course, if you just want to give us a boring donation, like money (pssst-- we like boring),then you can go to our site and it will tell you what to do.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Anawim Artwork and Poetry
The Anawim folks are a talented group, but often they don't have the resources to use their talents. Yvan Strong, our worship minister, is an artist in her own right and has established the Anawim Art Studio. The studio is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays for the Anawim folks and people from the community at large to create art using a variety of media with Yvan to
tutor, if necessary. In this month's newsletter we are highlighting some of the art and poetry created by Anawim folks. If you would like to receive our newsletter, participate in the art studio, or
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| Artwork by Yvan Strong
Website: http://www.tinidril.com/
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Untitled
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(A poem by a regular attender of the Sunnyside Meal
on Friday nights)
Today can be whatever yesterday was not.
Today can become
Today can be whatever yesterday was not.
Today can become
anything yet unsought.
So let yesterday have its space in time
Or today will become only yesterday's mime.
Such wondrous
So let yesterday have its space in time
Or today will become only yesterday's mime.
Such wondrous
possibilities await in
today
Awaiting to become what will be yesterday.
-Pat Kiser
Awaiting to become what will be yesterday.
-Pat Kiser
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| Artwork by Yvan Strong |
John Doe
(A poem by Patty, a grandmother who lives in her car with her four cats,
And a member of Anawim.)
Winter is chilling to the bone
to those who live without a home
they travel here they travel there
they pass us by but do we care?
For proud is the man who has nothing left
'cause he sees his misfortune as just another test.
But the chilling cold shivers the spine
so he gathers his warmth from a bottle of wine
Just a drunken bum out on the road
Early in years his face looks old
with only a dollar to his name.
Just a drunken bum- should he be shamed?
What can one buy when the price is high?
Will anyone see him if he should cry?
Tonight the Rain dampens his head
As rumor disclosed another friend dead.
Beaten by those who are never without
"Only a bum" did they shout
As angels of mercy reach down for his soul
He sees himself a man who once had a goal
The pain removed at last he's free
he smiles down upon you and me
forgiving strangers who continue their wrong
at last he is home where he always belonged
huddled in darkness with his bottle of wine
he remembers a man he knew for a time
a man such as he put to the test
sipping slowly he awaits eternal rest
to come each and every night
Just a drunken bum we see in the dawn's early light
Just a drunken bum begging for more
"Get away you-- stay away from my door--"
(A poem by Patty, a grandmother who lives in her car with her four cats,
And a member of Anawim.)
Winter is chilling to the bone
to those who live without a home
they travel here they travel there
they pass us by but do we care?
For proud is the man who has nothing left
'cause he sees his misfortune as just another test.
But the chilling cold shivers the spine
so he gathers his warmth from a bottle of wine
Just a drunken bum out on the road
Early in years his face looks old
with only a dollar to his name.
Just a drunken bum- should he be shamed?
What can one buy when the price is high?
Will anyone see him if he should cry?
Tonight the Rain dampens his head
As rumor disclosed another friend dead.
Beaten by those who are never without
"Only a bum" did they shout
As angels of mercy reach down for his soul
He sees himself a man who once had a goal
The pain removed at last he's free
he smiles down upon you and me
forgiving strangers who continue their wrong
at last he is home where he always belonged
huddled in darkness with his bottle of wine
he remembers a man he knew for a time
a man such as he put to the test
sipping slowly he awaits eternal rest
to come each and every night
Just a drunken bum we see in the dawn's early light
Just a drunken bum begging for more
"Get away you-- stay away from my door--"
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