As most followers of this blog are aware, there are other ways to serve this community besides wielding building tools. The Micah Day Center on the BBM campus offers homeless clients a place to shower, do their laundry, have a snack and get assistance preparing for job hunting or tapping into other services, such as the Home At Last program. The food pantry, also on campus, offers eligible clients the chance to “shop” for food with the help of a volunteer escort.

Just a couple of miles down the street, Loaves and Fishes serves hot meals. This week, six volunteers so far have rolled up their sleeves to help with meal prep and serving, as well as boxing up meals for delivery to homebound folks.

Meanwhile, framing work continues apace on Waterside Circle…

Amazing progress in three short days! Tonight we make the annual visit to the prayer service at the Main Street Missionary Baptist Church, where Ken Brown will deliver a greeting on behalf of First Church and the trip participants. It’s always a joy to experience the warm welcome parishioners extend when we return each year; and they’re always appreciative of our feeble singing efforts as we share two hymns. As bad as we sounded when we did a run-through last night, I’m confident we’ll be a lot better from the choir loft tonight!

One more day of decent weather is forecast for tomorrow, so it’ll be a full workday at the site before thunderstorms move in on Thursday night and Friday.