From Georgia-Kevin Veitinger’s pulpit is not in one of Savannah’s ornate Episcopal churches.
Instead, the newly ordained Episcopal deacon holds forth on Sundays in one of Savannah’s homeless camps off Louisville Road as part of his “street church” ministry.
It is part of his journey that has taken him from his United Methodist Church roots to finding a church home in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia where he will become a priest in about six months.
“I’ve done work with people in poverty most of my career,” Veitinger, 43, said during a chat at the diocesan office on East 34th Street in Savannah. “Homelessness is not about lack of having a paycheck, it’s about a lack of relationships. It boils down to relationships.”
When Bishop Scott Anson Benhase and the Rev. Frank Logue presented him with the homeless ministry option last year, Yeitinger said it seemed like a perfect fit.
“This opportunity presented itself,” he said. “I really think it’s kind of a God thing.”
https://www.blufftontoday.com/news/20191117/episcopal-deacon-finds-home-in-savannah-homeless-camp
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