Central City Community Outreach

I fully support my friend Kevin Nye’s assistance with raising funds for Central City! Join us in getting Karaoke back!

Resending on this #GivingTuesday! ____________________________ I know that the terms Thanksgiving and 2020, don't really go together. How can there be Thanksgiving in a year filled with a pandemic, election divisiveness, and economic impact that hits everyone. However in skid row LA, ever day can be a difficult day. But also everyday can be a day of Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a choice of your perspective!... When I went to visit Central City recently, I watched the daily food distribution to nearly 100 people that live in skid row! Yes, there are rescue missions that serve a meal on Thanksgiving week, but there is something different about the daily Central City food distribution program. It is filled with hospitality and THANKSGIVING, from members of the church, who know what it means to be in need! "Whoever is kind to the needy, honors God" Proverbs 14:13. Please watch this video of the Central City ministry, that was filmed by one of our partners, Montrose Church! Watch and be inspired: https://montrosechurch.org//show-the-truth-central-city-m/ At Central City, we are continuing to show the love of God through daily acts of kindness, to the most broken people in the city of Los Angeles. But I need to be honest with you, it has been difficult and tiring after all of these years. Our staff is spent and extended, and our donations have decreased. We are a few months behind on our rent, due to some major donors decreasing their gifts over the past 6 months. We NEED your help to raise nearly $50,000 over the next 36 days, to keep the daily reflection of God's love in skid row to continue, through a grass-roots, community-based ministry! But until that final day comes, we will still daily give THANKS through acts of love and kindness, through: Being a worshipping community of faith bringing hope and love! Being available to people for support and counseling Providing small group meetings (10 people) for continued addiction support and teaching As we daily celebrate THANKSGIVING, WE NEED YOUR HELP! Will you consider a generous gift of $100 for the 100 people we serve every day? Maybe you can share more, with a gift of $500 towards our need of $50,000! We need your help to keep reflecting God's love through specific acts of kindness? Click below, the DONATE NOW button (also found at www.lacentralcity.org), or mail a gift to P.O. Box 13273, LA, CA 90013). CAN YOU ALSO CONSIDER SHARING THIS NEED IN YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS! We need to expand our donors as we enter 2021! Thank you for your prayers and support during these difficult days! Joyfully Serving Him, Scott Rev. Scott Chamberlain Founder and Board Chair

Daily Food Distribution in Skid Row! - https://mailchi.mp//httpsus19adminmailchimpcomcampaignsedi

Daily Food Distribution in Skid Row! - https://mailchi.mp//httpsus19adminmailchimpcomcampaignsedi

Central City worship!

In the midst of Covid, Central City Community Outreach and Church continues to distribute food daily and build the relationships needed to change lives! Continuing to provide hospitality for over 32 years! Check out www.lacentralcity.org for more information!

Great group of volunteers donating items to our daily food distribution! Thank you all!

STILL SERVING IN SKID ROW Central City Community Outreach and Church of the Nazarene has existed in the heart of skid row, to be a community based, relational ministry to the 15,000 people living in skid row LA since 1988. In the midst of COVID-19 and the ongoing issues of Systematic Racism that disproportionately affects the Black community, the ministry at Central City continues with its daily food distribution and small group meetings, with masks and distancing protocols. Weekly worship and additional ministry is done online, though the Karaoke ministry is stopped for now. May all be inspired and challenged by the ministry of Central City, as we try to have every act of justice and compassion to be done with hospitality as we try to reflect God’s relational love to ALL.

Here is the updated post from Reconnecting Roots! Watch this interesting program that highlights Central City! facebook.com/reconnectingrootstv www.reconnectingroots.tv

So excited to have this PBS program, @ReconnectingRootsTV that features Central City's Karaoke Outreach Program! https://www.pbs.org/video/religion-church-in-states-6rwtc5/ The Central City focus is at 19:46, so watch and see how the hospitality and grace at Central City is a model for loving the most vulnerable in skid row Los Angeles!

Remembering a good friend of Central City. An inspiring soul and advocate for those in skid row. May Eddie rest in peace.

Skid Row Hospitality in the Midst of A Pandemic! - https://mailchi.mp//httpsus19adminmailchimpcomcampaignsedi

Looking Back-Looking Forward to 2020! - https://mailchi.mp//httpsus19adminmailchimpcomcampaignsedi Relationships are being built that change lives in Skid Row LA through the ministry of Central City! Now we are looking at new possibilities for 2020!

Central City Update and Call to Prayer!

Help us with our Summer Renovation to bring value and dignity to those experiencing homelessness in Skid Row LA! https://mailchi.mp//celebrating-30-years-and-looking-ahead

So much more work to do! Solutions all begin with relationships of trust and advocacy for our friends on the street! Continue to support Central City! https://www.latimes.com//la-me-ln-homeless-count-encampmen