It was three winters ago that we first met the large African-American man, wearing shorts, carrying blankets and lugging personal belongings on his back. He was sent to the cold weather shelter by taxi from the emergency room. His cycle was consistent–emergency...
I planted a plat of marigolds along the walkway one Spring. I watered them, enjoyed them and promptly dug them up three weeks later when they had shriveled to my lack of care. By the following year, I reveled in my relocation to a home with mature landscaping. The...
Micah Yard Sale June 11 from 8:30am to 2pm Target shopping center off of Rt. 17 in Stafford. Micah Ecumenical Ministries is collecting “big ticket” treasures for a June Yard Sale. Clean out those garages, basements and storage units Pull out your furniture, appliances...
Desperate words broke our Micah morning calm. “Come quick, come quick. We’ve found her and she is dead.” It had been an unusual three days since we last saw this particular client. But it was not so unusual for a homeless search party to stumble upon...
He stepped out of prison just in time for the big snow. At 61, he was sleeping on the streets with arthritic hips and a record that no employer would give a second glance. But as the snow fell on Fredericksburg, it was this little man who led the Micah charge to...
Everything I know about community, I learned from a homeless person. If you’ve seen a street person get a new pair of boots and pass his old pair to another who has none, you know what I mean. If you’ve had the joy of watching someone move into housing for...
