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I read the following article a while ago and loved it, but I wasn’t aware of the Church’s connection until today. I am including a link to the article, as well as a short summary of the Church’s involvement from a friend of mine (Adam Ford), in the spirit of celebrating the good that the Church does – and I think this is more than just good. http://www.nationofchange.org/utah-ending-homelessness-giving-people-homes-1390056183 Quote:“The Director, Homeless Task Force, is Lloyd Pendleton. He worked for LDS Charities or LDS Welfare Services (I can’t remember which) and then was loaned to the State (with the Church still paying his salary) for the first year or two. Then the Church provided the housing for the test cases that were monitored and watched to see how it would work. Then the Church donated more apartment rooms for the program.
Lloyd spoke at the Sunstone Christ Conference on a panel I chaired the Saturday after Christmas. The audio should be made available shortly. Worth a listen.”
I had heard about the approach and was excited to learn of it. I love that the addition of the church. I am glad your friend shared that with you/us. I always struggle with the idea of doing thy alms in private. But it also helps to be told, so that our slant isn’t unjust. Thanks.
I like the fact, mom3, that the Church didn’t publicize its involvement – that it was done behind the scenes. This only came to light after it was mentioned by someone involved in the project – which led to the interview mentioned in the quote. Good point. I too like alms in secret. Where this article helps me is in the mall context. I really struggled with the very expensive mall, and the news that a homeless shelter received no charitable funds from our church when their chips were down. Looking at the timing of the article and such, I think I need to soften my anger. If the process for the homeless approach was being initiated at the same time, perhaps a choice was made that I don’t fully understand. Whether the church leads this or not, I hope the plan succeeds. Homelessness is growing everywhere, a successful life healing model could be life changing, not just for Salt Lake but everywhere.
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