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Are the following events taking place on September 27th on your agenda already? Please come out if you can!

Grace Church’s Music on the Lawn, 5-7pm

The 27th marks the last of this year’s Music on the Lawn series at Grace Church. Local performer Holly Bass and her Jazz Band will be performing. This event is run by Grace Church, but GMC has a table at the event with lots of amazing crocheted items for sale! Everything for sale was made by one of our homeless members and all the money we raise directly benefits that artist.

CAG Panel Discussion on Homelessness, 7pm – 8:30pm

After Music on the Lawn, the Citizens Association of Georgetown will be having their meeting (open to all) inside Grace Church. They are partnering with us and Grace Church in order to present a Panel Discussion on Homelessness. This will be a wonderful opportunity to learn about the relationship between mental illness and homelessness, discover new points of view as speakers from various fields talk, and listen to the testimonials of those whom homeless has affected directly and indirectly.

A month ago, we told you about Judy, who is finally indoors after many years living on the street. It is with great happiness that we can also tell you about Doug, who signed his lease and received keys to his own apartment last week!

Like Judy, Doug was also a member of our winter shelter this past season. He is a veteran who served our country and fell on hard times after he was honorably discharged. Slowly, Doug is getting his life back together and will not have to spend another winter out in the cold.

You can help!

Doug has a small wish list to help him get his apartment set up. Can you or someone you know donate any of the following?

• silverware
• lightbulbs (for his ceiling fan)
• a chain for his ceiling fan (to turn it on and off)
• a step stool

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/9/2138.full.html  From Health Affairs by Paul Gionfriddo

We can learn much from our peers. I just read an article by Taj Hall, who works with homeless individuals in Canada, about asking the question, “How’s it going?”

Ms. Hall does not ask this question unless she is prepared to listen to the answer. How many of us have walked by someone and asked, “Hey, how’s it going?” without even stopping to hear the answer? For homeless individuals, they usually don’t even get that much from people passing them by.

The homeless spend much of their lives feeling invisible, forgotten and utterly without value. What a tremendous blessing a genuine, unhurried conversation can be for these marginalized individuals! Something so easy and so simple can make a world of difference.

If you are able to, why not come in and listen to our guests? Their stories, real or not, are worth your time. It costs nothing to give back in this simple but important way.

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