CHARLOTTE, NC: 'Everyone Needs a Home'
CHARLOTTE, NC: 'Everyone Needs a Home'
Helping those displaced by the political convention
By Gary G. Yerkey
THE LIVING CHURCH
http://www.livingchurch.org/everyone-needs-home
September 6, 2012
Several Episcopal churches in Charlotte, North Carolina, have joined forces with dozens of other Christian congregations this week to house and feed 40 homeless families displaced during the Democratic National Convention.
The families have been forced to move from the motels where they normally reside that have more than doubled their rates - from $20-$40 to hundreds of dollars a night - during the convention Sept. 4-6.
"Let's make Christ Church their spiritual home," said the Rev. Henry H. "Chip" Edens III, rector of the church. "Everyone needs and deserves a home."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Helping those displaced by the political convention
By Gary G. Yerkey
THE LIVING CHURCH
http://www.livingchurch.org/everyone-needs-home
September 6, 2012
Several Episcopal churches in Charlotte, North Carolina, have joined forces with dozens of other Christian congregations this week to house and feed 40 homeless families displaced during the Democratic National Convention.The families have been forced to move from the motels where they normally reside that have more than doubled their rates - from $20-$40 to hundreds of dollars a night - during the convention Sept. 4-6.
"Let's make Christ Church their spiritual home," said the Rev. Henry H. "Chip" Edens III, rector of the church. "Everyone needs and deserves a home."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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