A Night for Tent City

Everyone is invited!!!

If you live in the Nashville area, make plans to attend Phil Keaggy in concert, Wed night, Aug 12. The evening is being organized by the Carolyn Maddux Peace & Justice ministry as a benefit for Tent City.

Starting at 6PM come to a reception to view Jerry Atnip’s photography exhibit of Tent City, meet and greet members and guests from Nashville as well as our special guests, the residents of Tent City.

The concert begins at 7PM and will end at 8:30. There will be an intermission which will include a video about Tent City and a special announcement about the transfer of the photo exhibit. The concert is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted for the residents of Tent City.

A Blog for the Homeless

Today on Facebook, National Public Radio (yes they are one of my "friends") posted a link to a story entitled "Homeless Advocate Goes High Tech." I found the title of the article intriguing mostly because I have been following this blog written by Doug S., one of our ministers at church. Doug's blog focuses on the outreach that he is involved in, primarily with Nashville's own homeless & less fortunate.

The article published by NPR is about a homeless man, Eric Sheptock, who through access to the public library is able to be an advocate for the homeless by keeping a blog, twitter account, & Facebook page. Using this technology he can inform people, like you and I, on the struggles and hardships that homeless communities face.

I haven't had time to read his entire blog yet, but I think anything that can educate us on a subject that we are uncomfortable with or ignorant about has to be a good thing. Hopefully his blog will help stop the typical stereotyping and will let us open our eyes and hearts to ways we can help.

There are links to both Doug's & Eric Sheptock's blogs on our page, under "Random Blogs We Enjoy."