There was a tense community meeting last night (Wednesday, July 14, 2010) at Green Lake’s Bethany Lutheran Church (7400 Woodlawn Ave NE). Members of the church congregation and residents of the surrounding neighborhood came together to hear from eight men representing SHARE (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort).  SHARE plans to establish a homeless shelter for [...]

Yesterday, we reported that there will be a community meeting tonight (Wednesday, July 14, 2010) at 7 p.m. concerning a planned homeless shelter at Green Lake’s Bethany Lutheran Church. The shelter will house twenty homeless men who are participants in SHARE (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort).  The church and SHARE will be working together for [...]

An indoor homeless shelter is coming to Green Lake’s Bethany Lutheran Church (7400 Woodlawn Ave NE). The church will provide night-time shelter to twenty homeless men.  The men are participants in SHARE (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort), King County’s largest shelter network. The church and SHARE will be working together for a one-month trial period [...]

Monday’s fatal fire at Green Lake Plaza, which caused severe smoke damage to several units, left fourteen people temporarily homeless. The Seattle Red Cross has been tweeting updates on the displaced residents, who have been housed at the Green Lake Community Center (7201 East Green Lake Dr N).  The Red Cross has been providing not [...]

The pastor of Green Lake United Methodist Church, Pastor Lisa, authors a very eloquent blog which we have quoted from before. Once again, Pastor Lisa has written a heartfelt post about a member of the Green Lake homeless community.  You can read the entire post on her blog, “Pastor’s Page.” Suicide at Greenlake during Holiday [...]