From The Diocese of Bethlehem-
If you are down and out — as so many seem to be lately — Grace Episcopal Church wants to help.
Now in its second year, the parish is offering ‘Warmth in the Night’ to those in need in the community.
Though the church does open its doors and offer a warm place to sleep during this (normally) cold season, Father Edward Erb says that is just the tip of iceberg.
“What we’re offering here is really more of a ‘ministry of hospitality,’” Erb said in an interview Friday. “We measure our success less in terms of how many people are staying here overnight and more through how we can help people in other ways.”
As an example of this, Erb points to a young couple his parish recently helped by getting them bus fare back to their family in Pittsburgh when the job the husband had come to town for fell through.
There are many other examples.
In one, Erb says last year a woman who had been sleeping in an ATM booth for four days came to the shelter with her contact lenses crusted onto her corneas. Fortunately, with two eye doctors in the parish, Erb says the woman was able to have the problem dealt with and one of the doctors was able to set her up with a sample package of disposable contacts.
More here-
http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x2044982993/Grace-Episcopal-Church-offers-Warmth-in-the-Night
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