...becoming a supportive, growing, Christian community that reaches out toward all persons in a spirit of unconditional love. A community in which each may pursue wholeness through unique and expanding relationships with God and all creation...
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...becoming a supportive, growing, Christian community that reaches out toward all persons in a spirit of unconditional love. A community in which each may pursue wholeness through unique and expanding relationships with God and all creation...
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Affordable Senior HousingLong a dream of the Good Shepherd congregation, our plan to build affordable Senior Housing on our Lynnwood campus is well underway. Construction began on March 27, 2009. Here's a recent picture of the site and a link to more pictures.
More photos on the church Flickr site! About our project:Quality, accessible and affordable senior housing is going to become more scarce in the coming years as the “baby boom” matures. In partnership with American Baptist Homes of the West (ABHOW), Good Shepherd is planning to construct a small senior housing facility on the southwest portion of the property bordering 196th and the adjacent multiple family housing site. ABHOW has a long history of providing quality senior housing in the Pacific Northwest. This building will be a three-story structure with approximately forty 500-square foot, one-bedroom independent living units. The facility will have common areas and also utilize some of the space in the church building. It is a very desirable site since it is close to shopping, healthcare and other services. Read the press release announcing the $5.5 million funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HERE! Read an early article about this project in this Enterprise article by Jenny Lynn Zappala. Housing for very low income seniors in Lynnwood Area is only one of the many needs to care for those who have the least among us. Here are some other Resources for Individual Action to Impact Global Poverty Resources Always...Therefore: The Church’s Challenge of Global Poverty DVD www.acaciaresources.com or 615-627-7766 Acacia Resources, a division of Baptist Center for Ethics. Baptist World Aid, an arm of Baptist World Alliance for for current projects, stories and information about donating: www.bwanet.org/BWAid/index.htm Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger: www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?&pid=1225&srcid=2391 World
Vision, World relief, development and advocacy organization:
www.worldvision.org Micah Challenge, for an overview, updates, additional information and resources: www.micahchallenge.org/global/home/into.html Bread
for the World Seeking Justice, Ending Hunger
www.bread.org Millennium Campaign: The role of faith communities in defeating global poverty www.millenniumcampaign.org International Alliance Against Hunger: www.iaahp.net Fight Hunger: Organizing walks for world hunger on May 13, 2007 www.fighthunger.org Global Empowerment, like World Vision for justice: www.globalempowerment.org One Shared World--Campaign to raise awareness of global poverty and generate dialogue www.onesharedworld.org Bread
for the World: links to anti hunger and poverty organizations
www.bread.org/learn/links.html McGovern, George, The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2001. (GSBC members--use your member link to order via Amazon.com) Heifer International www.heifer.org DATA-Debt Aids Trade Africa: DATA aims to raise awareness about, and spark response to the crises swamping Africa: unpayable Debts, uncontrolled spread of AIDS, and unfair Trade rules which keep Africans poor. www.data.org ONE a volunteer organization to lobby the US Government to allocating an additional 1 percent of the US Budget to help fight poverty and hunger. www.one.org/about American Baptist Churches USA National Ministries Katrina Effort www.nationalministries.org/katrina His Nets--preventing malaria in sub-Saharan Africa to help meet Millennium Development Goals www.hisnets.org/home.html Africa Exchange--a ministry of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship which exchanges information and resources across cultures to positively affect hunger and education www.africaexchange.org The Baptist Center for Ethics website--it's mission is to provide proactive, positive and practical ethics resources and services to congregations. www.ethicsdaily.com |
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