Over the weekend The Oklahoman printed a couple of profiles of ministries in OKC that are focused on people in need.
Saturday’s paper (do you call it a paper if it is always read online?) featured Fresh StART – a new ministry of Catholic Charities and the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City that offers creative outlets for the homeless. Fresh StART is an open art studio where homeless individuals can come and work with volunteer artists to create pieces using different media.
You can read the full article here.
On Sunday, there was a great article about The Refuge. The Refuge is the dream of Tim Ulrich who is partnering with a number of area churches to convert an old building downtown from a crack house to a place for ministry to homeless and needy individuals and families. It is still a work in progress, but I know a number of people who are invested in the redemption of that building and the whole project is a beautiful picture of what can happen when the Church gets a vision for what God can and wants to do for “the least of these”.
