We solicit your prayers for LOTS and our neighbors. We intend to provide you regular updates here on those needs for which we ask for prayer.
Update: Week of May 11
1. Ask the Lord to give us wisdom about ways to teach/reinforce the habits of health for our neighbors on the streets – particularly that our neighbors would practice adequate social distancing while waiting for services at LOTS and other agencies, and wear a mask, and wash their hands with hand sanitizer at stations where it is available. The first two are repeatedly violated by our LOTS neighbors, and the 3rd ignored by some.
2. Ask the Lord for continued and new provisions we still need – particularly healthy snacks for snack packs, and for hand sanitizer (we currently need 2-2.5 gallons per week!), and for masks (we currently need 100-125 minimum per week). And our neighbors could very much use access to two each portable toilets and portable hand washing stations which we haven’t been able to locate to rent but want to. And pray for the money to rent and have these cleaned (because they weren't in our Budget).
3. Ask the Holy Spirit to direct us in formulating new policies and procedures that reflect the best health and safety precautions for the re-opening of LOTS. These will be incorporated in a request to be submitted to Bishop Hector Monterroso for permission to resume some services that require both volunteers to help deliver and larger numbers of people to have access to our parking lot than we currently invite to be present in there. Our heart in this is to protect staff and volunteers and partners (like the Harris Health Clinic staff) and our neighbors while continuing to offer needed services that help us become a trusted and love-filled church community that engages in relationally-focused life and ministry with our neighbors.
4. Ask the Lord for protection and strength for our small staff. Weary servants are more susceptible to physical, emotional and spiritual attacks, and our small team has been magnificent in carrying the load, but they are not tireless.
Update: Week of May 11
1. Ask the Lord to give us wisdom about ways to teach/reinforce the habits of health for our neighbors on the streets – particularly that our neighbors would practice adequate social distancing while waiting for services at LOTS and other agencies, and wear a mask, and wash their hands with hand sanitizer at stations where it is available. The first two are repeatedly violated by our LOTS neighbors, and the 3rd ignored by some.
2. Ask the Lord for continued and new provisions we still need – particularly healthy snacks for snack packs, and for hand sanitizer (we currently need 2-2.5 gallons per week!), and for masks (we currently need 100-125 minimum per week). And our neighbors could very much use access to two each portable toilets and portable hand washing stations which we haven’t been able to locate to rent but want to. And pray for the money to rent and have these cleaned (because they weren't in our Budget).
3. Ask the Holy Spirit to direct us in formulating new policies and procedures that reflect the best health and safety precautions for the re-opening of LOTS. These will be incorporated in a request to be submitted to Bishop Hector Monterroso for permission to resume some services that require both volunteers to help deliver and larger numbers of people to have access to our parking lot than we currently invite to be present in there. Our heart in this is to protect staff and volunteers and partners (like the Harris Health Clinic staff) and our neighbors while continuing to offer needed services that help us become a trusted and love-filled church community that engages in relationally-focused life and ministry with our neighbors.
4. Ask the Lord for protection and strength for our small staff. Weary servants are more susceptible to physical, emotional and spiritual attacks, and our small team has been magnificent in carrying the load, but they are not tireless.