This is where you can find our bi-monthly newsletter.
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Listen: Justice for the homeless #1
This is second is a series of seven about bringing justice to our local street folks. The first is “Why Has God Forsaken Us?” We can never help create justice if we do not know those whom we seek justice for. You can go to a shelter, especially a day... -
“Why Has God Forsaken Us?”
“What I want to know is, “ Mark asked pleadingly, “why has God forsaken us?” Mark and his wife Diane, a homeless couple, has just been forced to move from the camp that they had peacefully dwelt in for years. They have nowhere to go. A summer storm blew through... -
An Opportunity To Help the Homeless! Right now!
Anawim Christian Community is a community church for the homeless in the East Portland area. We have the only warehouse for the needy, the only shower for the homeless, and the only weekly free clothing closet in all of East County. Our warehouse is located in our Red Barn,... -
What Anawim Did in 2013
(All numbers are approximate) Served 17000 meals Provided food for 20,800 people... -
Nests For the Unwelcome – April 2013
Two years ago our church building received an unwelcome visitor: woodpeckers. They wouldn’t be unwelcome, except that they decided to no longer make holes in our trees, but in the building itself. So we had the building checked for bugs, did some prevention, filled the holes, and waited for next... -
Long Live the Riff Raff – April 2013
All the homosexuals and the homeless and the drug dealers and sex workers and meth addicts and convicted child pornographers came to Jesus to listen to him. And the conservative evangelicals and the Bible scholars denounced him, “He is opening the door of the church to the wicked.” But Jesus... -
Mike – April 2013
Mike England, whom we often called “Ankles” is, at this writing, in ICU, barely alive, unaware of his surroundings. Today, his respirator will be taken out and he will be with the Lord in hours. We celebrate Mike’s joy and his knowledge in fixing just about anything broken. We will... -
Monday Morning – April 2013
Monday morning as the sun rises; Hammer, Ankles, Pastor Steve, and Holy Diver are sitting on sofas in their North Portland living room, eating a concoction called breakfast pie and discussing the Bible. Breakfast pie includes bacon Diver found in a dumpster weeks ago and stashed in the... -
Some Anawim Principles – April 2013
1. Welcome everyone, no matter how bad they are or seem. 2. Try to meet at least one need, if we can. 3. Not all “sinners” are sinners. Some just need some encouragement. 4. Don’t judge ahead of time. Even the drug dealer may be trying to follow Christ. 5. Anawim is a “no judging”... -
Praise and Prayers – April 2013
Praise God that Jeff and Yvan have moved out of their house into an RV where they can live compactly, but happily! Pray for Tim and Sam, who have a new baby due to arrive May 9th, but need a new place to live, with hopefully 3 bedrooms! Praise God for...
