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 beginning on Thursday, July 15, 2010. Bethany Lutheran Church has extended the following invitation to the Green Lake neighborhood: Community members are invited to Bethany’s Fellowship Hall, down the steps from the Woodlawn Avenue office entrance, on Wednesday evening, July 14, at 7:00PM to meet…
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Seattle Red Cross provides shelter to Green Lake Plaza residents displaced by Monday's fire
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 only shelter, but also emotional support. We swung by the Community Center today and it looks like the Red Cross is still in the neighborhood. It must be very difficult for these folks to still be out of their homes after three full days. Hang…
Reflections on the recent suicide of a homeless man living in Green Lake
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 Season It didn’t make headlines, probably because suicide is now a fairly everyday occurrence. It is sad to me to note that the United States ranks among highest in the world for depression and suicide. [ ... ] This person who took his life in…
Green Lake pastor speaks out about homeless under I-5 overpass
From Pator Lisa, of the Green Lake United Methodist Church (6415 First Ave NE, across the street from Green Lake Elementary School): I have heard more than once in the past 2 months that there are “no people with needs” at Green Lake. Yet people come to our door seeking help, they call seeking help, and I see people at the lake every day who are homeless, but not hopeless as they enjoy the beauty of this great park. I also hear testamony from people who have lost jobs, had to lay off workers, or who have graduated school and…
Nickelsville moves from Green Lake to Wallingford
After spending a week at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Nickelsville is moving to Wallingford. (The following post originally appeared on Wallingford’s neighborhood blog Wallyhood.) Nickelsville, the controversial homeless encampment that was recently decamped from the Seattle Port, will be settling down, at least temporarily, in Wallingford. Scott Morrow, the band’s leader, posted this note to the Nickelsville Alerts mailing list (emphasis added): As you know we were swept on Wednesday the 30th from the port of Seattle’s T-107 Park. It was shocking and shattering. Most of us have been separated from everything we own, except what will fill a backpack…
