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Common Cathedral on the Boston Common, a ministry of Ecclesia Ministries, has been offering worship on Sundays, rain, snow, or sunshine, since 1994. The open worship is for housed and un-housed people called by God into Christian community and ministry, bridging the resources of diverse congregations, living into God’s preference for the poor.
GOOD NEWS for Cape Cod: Common Cathedral at South St. Green, Hyannis
Sunday afternoons @ 3 p.m.
A gathering of kindred souls to sing, pray and share in a communion service – an open table for everyone - home dwellers, street dwellers, churched and seekers, visitors, young and older who will find community on the South Street Green, corner of Ocean and South St., Hyannis, every Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Info – please call:
Hilary V. Greene
Common Cathedral @ South Street Coordinator
508-737- 4542
Overnights of Hospitality Supports New Housing Opportunity in Hyannis
On February 9th, Homeless Not Hopeless opened the Admiral Cooke House at 119 Baxter Road, Hyannis which provides housing for 9 men. The Cape Cod Council of Churches donated $50,000 from BridgePort Designated Funds to facilitate Homeless Not Hopeless’ purchase of the house with the agreement that eligible clients from the Overnights program would be placed in the house. Since the Admiral Cooke House opened four men from the Overnights have become Homeless Not Hopeless residents. As part of our partnership, the Council of Churches, through Jill Scalise, will continue providing case management/ housing support services to these former Overnights participants.
BRIDGE TO HOPE - PRESS RELEASE
Bridge to Hope, a program of the Cape Cod Council of Churches, received two grants from the Cape Cod Foundation.
$7,500 check from: The Jean B. Edgerly Memorial Fund & The Jesse & Juanita Grimes Fund for Humanitarian Services of the Cape Cod Foundation
$13,000 check from: The Great Expectation Funds of the Cape Cod Foundation.
The funds will be used to expand the Bridge to Hope mentoring program and meet the critical needs of the BTH formerly incarcerated mentees.
$5000 Grant Awarded to Overnights of Hospitality - January 24, 2011
The Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelly Foundation awarded $5,000 to the Overnights of Hospitality Case Management Services, a program of the Cape Cod Council of Churches. The award is designated to help Overnights clients find safe and affordable housing through the services of Jill Scalise, MSS, Director of Overnights Case Management. Funds will be used solely to pay security deposits, back rents, weekly fees at congregate living sites and transitional housing, to prevent a return to homelessness.
Food Pantries Can't Keep Up With Demand
The Cape Cod Times looks into the increasing need for basic assistance on the Cape. See what Catherine Driscoll, director of the Hands of Hope food pantry in West Harwich, had to say.
Cape Cod Times
News Article 12-7-09
An Overnights Success
"Alan Burt, coordinator of the Overnights of Hospitality program through which homeless people are welcomed for a meal and a place to rest at Cape houses of worship, reported that the program’s recent annual meeting went well. The service of the Cape Cod Council of Churches, started in 2001, provides shelter seven nights a week year round. It has inspired a similar program in Plymouth and drawn interest in Wareham."
The Barnstable Patriot
County Clippings 11-27-09
From Pennies to Dollars
In Tom Naples' business, every penny counts. And that's no exaggeration. As the homeless outreach worker for the Cape Cod Council of Churches, any resources Naples receives goes directly to help men, women and children on the street... (Continue reading the story here...
For more Information: Call the Council at 508-775-5073
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