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Volusia County couple offers clean start to homeless residents

Jasmine Hall

March 21, 2024 |

Daytona Times |

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Response Location: United States, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

A mobile shower facility called God’s Bathouse stops at churches in Florida to provide a safe environment for people experiencing homelessness to take a hot shower and address their health maintenance needs.

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'You are not alone': In community, young people find antidotes to climate anxiety

Heidi Schlumpf

March 06, 2024 |

National Catholic Reporter |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

To help young adults cope with climate anxiety, groups like Eco-Warriors are emerging at universities and within communities for like-minded individuals to gather and share their concerns and stresses related to climate change. At Loyola University Chicago, Eco-Warriors specifically has reached 30 students, touting a small-group feel where everyone is comfortable sharing their feelings and seeking solace in each other.

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A roof overhead can make or break a college degree for young Coloradans

Emma VandenEinde

February 19, 2024 |

KUNC |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

LuMin, a Lutheran ministry organization, provides subsidized rooms to college students struggling with housing insecurity. Though the program can only accommodate a fraction of applicants, students who have received housing say it has enabled them to focus on their studies rather than on making ends meet.

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How a Methodist Church Accidentally Became a Refugee Shelter

Josiah R. Daniels

February 16, 2024 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: United States, Tukwila, Washington

Riverton Park United Methodist Church has become a shelter for people navigating the immigration and asylum process, hosting 200 to 500 people in the past year. The church recently received $500,000 in donations, spending the majority of it on supplies, staffing, legal assistance and other resources and services to continue supporting refugees.

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Western Oregon church hosts residential huts in parking lot as part of its housing ministry

David Paulsen

February 16, 2024 |

Episcopal News Service |

Multi-Media |

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Response Location: United States, Springfield, Oregon

St. John the Divine Episcopal Church's overnight parking program offers those who are temporarily unhoused a place to stay, typically by camping in their cars or RVs. Recently, the Church partnered with local social service agencies to add three semi-permanent housing huts to their parking lot. Residents staying in the hut have access to amenities in the Church, like a kitchen, and are welcome to stay as long as they need to until they decide to move into more permanent accommodations.

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In One Community, Faith-based Services Fill the Gaps When Government Can't – or Won't

Taylor Sisk Laura Harbert Allen

December 13, 2023 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, Charleston, West Virginia

The Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church works with other area organizations to help locals facing a range of challenges, from food insecurity to addiction. The efforts particularly focus on Black residents to fill the void left by local, state and federal government agencies. The church provides support and necessary supplies through its Showers, Health Care and Outreach Program (SHOP), as well as domestic violence counseling, housing assistance and addiction treatment.

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Preaching to polarized congregations: A responsibility and a challenge, clergy say

Adelle M. Banks

December 08, 2023 |

Religion News Service |

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Response Location: United States

Organizations such as One America Movement and the Colossian Forum train clergy to facilitate discussion around polarizing issues through sermons, messaging, and faith-related events. The initiatives have reached 100 and 600 participants, respectively, who bring conflict resolution strategies back to their congregations.

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Diocese of San Joaquin nears its renewable energy goal, with 95% reliance on solar power

David Paulsen

November 08, 2023 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, California

The Diocese of San Joaquin in California worked together with a developer and local utilities to install solar panels at 14 of its locations to make 95% of its energy use renewable.

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Will Speer Found Hope Enough to Share on Texas's Death Row

Bekah McNeel

October 23, 2023 |

Texas Monthly |

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Response Location: United States, Texas

Twenty-eight death row inmates have gone through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Rehabilitation Programs Division’s Faith-Based Program. Over a year and a half, they take classes, participate in community discussions, and attend religious services that encourage a sense of purpose, help them find inner peace with God, and inspire them to make a difference in the prison.

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How Pennsylvania churches are addressing climate change by tapping the power of the sun

Karen Hendricks

October 18, 2023 |

StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

As part of their commitment to “creation care,” some churches in Pennsylvania are installing solar panels in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. At Akron Mennonite Church, solar power is saving the congregation nearly $1,000 a month and helping to prevent unnecessary emissions of carbon dioxide.

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