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Eulogy for Nancy Bennett Written & Delivered by Rev. Brian Combs, 6/16/2021 Adopted at birth, Nancy Bennett grew up with autism in Connecticut before boarding school in Lenoir brought her to Western North Carolina.  Strolling the boardwalk at Myrtle Beach and skiing the Black Diamond at Cataloochee Mountain were her favorite pastimes.  But when life wasn’t an...

WELCOME FROM HAYWOOD STREET: UPDATES: Haywood Street softball season has begun and YOU are invited! June 3, June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29 Reeves Chapel: 225 Sardis Road, Asheville 28806 Meal provided Meet us there or get a ride in the van. We will depart at 5:30 from the...

CURRENT COVID PROTOCOL: Every day at Haywood Street, we navigate the Holy and Chaotic intersections of law, Christian theology, public health, and safety. Our Friends drag the weight of warrants, poverty, illness, and injury onto our campus, and while much of the world seeks to cuff, cage and restrict, it is our calling to unshackle,...

Left Behind Sermon by Rev. Brian Combs, 5/19/21 Jesus didn’t spend his last day on earth assigning a beneficiary for his pension fund.  No, he, perhaps, asked one of the disciples to return the borrowed colt to its confused farmer back in Bethphage. Or took a slow walk through the Old City, leaning against the Western...