Soon the sanctuary will be crowded with bags of groceries. And the Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal Church will turn its fellowship hall into a barbershop.
Today through Sunday, the church is taking care of business -- holding special activities from free haircuts and food to workshops on finances and mortgages.
Shorter is hitting back at the recession -- returning $30,000 in donations to its community.
The Rev. Timothy Tyler said the money the church raises this time of year typically goes to paying down its own bills, but the pastor kept hearing about church members struggling with impending foreclosures and job losses. The church decided to act.
"We are cutting through the crisis," Tyler said. "Some will be giving. Some will be receiving. We will make a difference."
The Shorter stimulus package includes:
• A one-month mortgage payment for two church families.
• One-month utility payments for 10 households in the community at large.
• A $1,000 grant for a community organization's economic empowerment project.
• 100 grocery cards worth $25 each.
• 100 bags of groceries worth $50 each.
• Free haircuts noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Plus, tonight is "Community Empowerment Night," a forum featuring a long roster of community leaders and moderated by Denver City Council member Michael Hancock.
Wednesday there is a senior luncheon and special program. All week long the church is offering classes on economic and business topics, from information on Social Security and retirement to small-business development.
The week ends with worship at 10 a.m. on Pentecost Sunday, renamed "Empowerment Sunday," in the church at Richard Allen Court and Martin Luther King Boulevard.
"We want to give people fish and teach them to fish," Tyler said. "Everybody's enthused about it."
For more information
For a schedule of activities and more information visit shorterame.org, e-mail ShorterChurch@aol.org, or call 303-320-1712.
SOURCE: Denver Post
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I would like to congratulate and thank you for your Love walk towards your bretheren in sowing the donation money back to them. You will find that your anointing will increase as indeed the numbers in the church who will come for healing deliverance salvation as well as for pratical help. The early church in the book of Acts show this. Elizabeth
I would like to congratulate and thank you for your Love walk towards your bretheren in sowing the donation money back to them. You will find that your anointing will increase as indeed the numbers in the church who will come for healing deliverance salvation as well as for pratical help. The early church in the book of Acts show this. Elizabeth
I would like to congratulate and thank you for your Love walk towards your bretheren in sowing the donation money back to them. You will find that your anointing will increase as indeed the numbers in the church who will come for healing deliverance salvation as well as for pratical help. The early church in the book of Acts show this. Elizabeth