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PLANNING BEGINS FOR CLIFTON AT TRINITY
Posted by donaldL in Uncategorized on March 2nd, 2010
What does a church do when they have unused space and a heart for serving others??? Well, if you’re Trinity Presbyterian Church in Decatur, GA, you begin the planning process to serve your neighbors who are homeless! This is exactly what is going on at Trinity, Decatur, and the board of Clifton is delighted to be a part of the plan.
Trinity’s original chapel and education building are not fully being utilized and the congregation became aware that there are many homeless folks who live in their area. Cecelya Taylor, stated supply minister at Trinity and Clifton Board Member, approached the CSM board last year with the idea that we begin thinking about how the two groups could work together. Through very intentional planning and thought, we have set a goal of establishing a case manager program to be housed at Trinity in the space that is craving to be used during the week. This case manager will work with Trinity’s neighbors who are homeless to refer them to the appropriate agencies to get the services they need.
If you would like to become a founding financial partner with Clifton at Trinity, please contact Leslie Prince, CSM Board Member for details. She can be reached at (770) 377-0027 or leslieprince@comcast.net.
Candler Park Grant
Posted by donaldL in Clifton Sanctuary Ministries on February 2nd, 2010
In this difficult economy when most sources of funding have slowed to a trickle, our good friends and neighbors at the Candler Park Neighborhood Association recently endowed Clifton with a $3,000.00 grant that was voted upon unanimously. We couldn’t be more honored or filled with gratitude over this most generous gift. Clifton Sanctuary Ministries has a long standing relationship with Cander Park and it warms and strengthens us to know they feel a sense of ownership in our mission
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Candler Park, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
OUR PRAYER TREE
Posted by donaldL in Clifton Sanctuary Ministries on January 16th, 2010
This year one of the residents wanted to share a Christmas tradition of his. He placed a small and very humble artificial tree in the dining area of the sanctuary and asked the residents to write a prayer or a wish on a small piece of paper, roll it up and place it in the branches. It was his tradition to have all the guests that came to his home during the holiday season place a wish or prayer in his tree and he would read them all on Christmas day. This filled our hearts and we want to continue this tradition. Here are some of the prayers we found in our tree. They are in the exact words that our guests wrote them.
- My prayer for the care, feeding and love of all God’s children
- father god please let me find a job
- Thank you God for my housing
- I pray to God for a better life for all at Clifton House. Success &Peace to all men and women on Earth. And during the x-mas a cell phone Santa
- Dear Lord, I pray you allow to have a one bedroom Townhouse Apt. in Jan. of 2010. Please grant this prayer, I humbly ask
- I pray to Jesus for good health for all in 2010
- pray that I stay strong and stay away from drugs
- I pray for all the guests of Clifton to fulfill their dreams
- Wish I had a job in someones kitchen
- God bless Mrs Jenkins
- I wish I never smoke cigarettes again
- Pray for my wife and I have a better year at that we be able to have our own place to reconcile again in Jesus name amen
- Lord I pray that you will heal my sister, and watch over my family. And bless everyone
- I wish for the success in the entertainment that alluded for years
- I wish more churches to Support around the world. more mission trips to. I love Lord
JOE’S LADDER
Posted by donaldL in Uncategorized on January 10th, 2010
The National Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has awarded the residents of Joe’s Place a grant. The residents had the opportunity to create, own and operate a self-development program to compete for this funding. They succeeded with Joe’s Ladder. It is a multi-tiered program that supports residents in literacy, GED testing, computer learning, job certification and arts education. What ties these seemingly disparate goals together is the use of mentoring. Each resident that participates in the program will sign a “commitment contract” to mentor another resident or guest of Night Hospitality, thereby taking the already wonderful program of Joe’s Place and making it greater. The residents are excited as they go into the New Year with plans of not only putting Joe’s Ladder into action but making it grow. Check back for updates on the resident’s goals and successes.
THE CLIFTON CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Each year, the “guests” become hosts, while volunteers and case managers become their “guests” for a traditional dinner, Christmas program, carols and much more. The guests of Clifton formed a repatory
group called the Clifton Players and sang carols and performed several sketches including “Why Was There No Room at the Inn?” and “Heavens’ Grocery Store”. Joe’s Place resident Donald Long also performed his parody of a classic Christmas poem entitled “Twas the Night before Clifton”. Afterwards, all celebrated together at a veritable banquet prepared by Clifton Chef extraordinaire Peter Hunstiger.