Dear Friends,
This year we have the brutal privilege of joining with St. Paul’s UMC, the Toledo Lucas County Homelessness Board, Cherry Street Mission, and 1Matters in the Unhoused Blue Christmas Service on Sunday, December 21. This service will be held at St. Paul’s UMC at 3:30pm, and while it is not the first time it has been held, it is the first we have been invited to participate in it. Over the past few years, Every month, Trinity helps with food insecurity through our partnership with Food for Thought for the mobile food pantry and providing lunch for Toledo Street News vendors. For nearly the past two years, we have been taking a more direct approach in walking alongside our marginalized and unhoused siblings with Breakfast at Trinity.
A few weeks ago, the news reported the death of Mr. Richard Kwapich who was unhoused and passed away outside due to the cold weather. This is a service where we will honor him, and the lives of our other siblings who have passed due to the unjust world and circumstances that have been created around us. If like me you are frustrated at the state of things, and at times feel helpless on what to do, this service will be a time and space to come and share in it.
I look forward to seeing some of you there.
Grace and peace,
George Benson (he/him)