Redding Homeless Blog

Demonstration Micro Shelter It was my absolute pleasure to attend Saint James Lutheran's open house, showcasing the plans for a tiny homeless shelter community.  On the property behind their church, featured was one of the tiny homes already built that will accommodate 2 homeless individuals should the church board vote to go forward with this beautiful, long overdue, positive first step in alleviating homelessness in the city of Redding and Shasta County. Saint James Lutheran has boldly and bravely accepted the challenge to be one of the first to demonstrate the Love of Jesus Christ and provide for the needs of the "least of the brethren." Other churches and the City of Redding are soon to follow, with hopes of building other micro shelter communities in and around Redding. With layers of supervision and accountability, it will certainly be a situation of a hand up, and not a handout. Providing homeless with the "first step of a ladder" to climbing out of the ...

  Preach the Gospel at all times and if necessary, use words You would be hard pressed to find a better example of this saying witnessing the Journey church in action going about our community Showing, through action, the Love of Jesus Christ giving to the homeless the means to survive spiritually and physically on our streets. Every third Saturday you can find their team compassionately giving out food, water, clothing, even dog food to those who have so very little. Sixty food boxes, as well as forty sack lunches were given out on one Saturday alone. And of course prayer was offered to those who spiritually feel that they need it for whatever reason. They also offer food at their Church to those in poverty and meet their hunger needs. It was an absolute pleasure to go out with them into the homeless community and meet them where they are. The Team goes to the Cypress Street bridge, Library, and Masonic lodge area every third Saturday and I can tell you the homeless are very appre...