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Lord of the Streets is a church community that Welcomes, Restores and Rebuilds lives through relationship-focused ministries with the homeless and formerly homeless.
WELCOME: We welcome everyone as a person of eternal worth, deserving of honor and respect. RESTORE: We work and pray to help restore every person to God's design: a right relationship with God, with self, with family and those we have offended, with the Church, and society. We were designed for healthy connection to God and others. REBUILD: We help each person to rebuild a life marked by 1) their belief in their inherent dignity, and 2) by habits of health of body and mind and spirit, and 3) productivity. We each were designed to make contributions for the common good - through employment, if possible, and donations of time and money. |
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We are moving from mere acts of transactional compassion to building communities of deep connections.What we pray for and work towards: A city without homelessness; where the formerly homeless are both housed and deeply connected in church communities that promote and reinforce their dignity, health, and productivity in making contributions that benefit others. |
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Faithfulness - our first commitment is to love and obey God; and in doing so, to re-present God and to bring God glory.
Relationships - we see and serve people of inherent and eternal dignity, with names and stories and depth waiting to be discovered by those who show up consistently, listen carefully, and pray specifically. We work to earn credibility, establish trust, and reinforce each person’s belovedness. Community - we invite neighbors, volunteers, supporters and staff to be valued members of a church community, a network of caring relationships rooted in faith in which everyone both contributes to others and receives from others. Compassion - our hearts break over the things that break God’s heart, and we work with and for each other to address both immediate and lifelong holistic needs. Teamwork - we pursue collaborative partnerships to maximize the utilization of resources and reduce duplication of efforts in meeting more of the needs of greater number of our homeless neighbors. Humility - we are a committed to learning, from our own efforts and from others, and to applying what we learn. |
