The Haywood Street Congregation - Asheville, NC
The ‘Love and Fishes Bountiful Garden’ is a sacred space where folks come together for a common purpose — to make fresh, organic produce available to all who gather at the Downtown Welcome Table and those visiting Haywood Street who have limited access to fresh produce. Barriers that commonly divide people from different backgrounds or [...]
Grace & Peace, Y’all, (be forewarned…I get a little “preachy” in this one) Come cold, come rain, come gray skies…it cannot stop the warming embrace of our Creator from gathering us together on Wed! Even in the nasty weather, the line at 11:30 was out of the kitchen door! Folks were standing in the rain [...]
This past Wed, we danced off our turkey, shouted “Praise God”, and laughed with the joy of being a broken and beautiful family of the One who created us all – in the dining room, kitchen, and in the Sanctuary. The 5th Wed of the month are usually the most unusual, we’ve found. With disability [...]
I was struggling with a heavy container of silverware, preparing for another Wednesday meal at Haywood Street, when the hand-made sign caught my eye. HOMELESS PLEASE HELP. My first thoughts were of sympathy for the person who must have accidentally left the one thing that might get them noticed on the side of the road. [...]