Archived Opinion

Macon citizens want to help the homeless

To the Editor:

Thank you Macon County. It was truly humbling to see the community turnout for the Homeless Symposium. The interest, support and concern was evident in the questions, comments, and suggestions.  

We discussed the need to rebuild a homeless person’s support network by addressing the themes of prevention, crisis sheltering and transitioning to a home. The threads that bind all of our efforts in these areas are prayer, volunteers and funding. Our vision is to see the homeless become fruit bearing members of our community.

In order to rise to the homeless challenge, as a community, the next steps will be to encourage and equip prayer warriors to seek out and edify volunteers, and develop funding sources. Our foundation is on THE ROCK, we should now begin “raising the building”.

Please join us in our community’s efforts to address homelessness. For more information contact Macon New Beginnings, Inc. at 828.202.3103; www.maconnewbeginnings.org, like us on Facebook; and/or contact your church, civic, business or political leaders.

Again, thank Macon County. 

Robert Bourke

Macon New Beginnings

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