Every week this past month, Danielle Turcola has come to Micah to train our members of our Micah Community in professional development skills. At first, her pencil black dress, professional blue blazer, finely done makeup, and intentional way of speaking were met with...
Micah’s community of churches cares for more than 700 neighbors in need each year. They often lack homes, support systems, and basic needs. Many survive on less than $2 a day. Yet, we live in a region of 350,000 people whose households bring home an average of...
It was my first big snow storm as leader of the churches’ homeless ministry. Naively, I assumed that my friends in need would be anxiously awaiting when the doors to the fellowship hall opened, offering round-the-clock shelter until the blizzard passed....
He had been on the job all day. Tired from framing houses in the hot sun, he returned to the spot outside a local church where he had stashed his belongings. They were nowhere to be found. The police had made a round that...
He wandered the aisles of the furniture warehouse, carefully assessing the items being offered for his new home. After almost two hours, all we had convinced him to accept was a small bedside radio, from which he hoped to find the soulful...
