Visiting Safehouse
May 13, 2008 · Print This Article
Tonight’s visit to Safehouse Outreach in downtown Atlanta will not be our last. My Iphone took blurrier pics than usual, but take a look anyway. We took a group of about a dozen people including Joni “INOJ” Portee, some Second Wave members and parents (including my wife and son and the Woffords) and other friends (like Adam, Bill, Will, and Nancy). Also ran into (recent Dove winner) Seth Condrey there.
We first walked into a worship service geared towards Atlanta’s homeless. The band 1-A-Chord was playing and they were ridiculous - tight vocals and nasty funk; these guys were for real and were great to hang out with as well. Then we took the Safehouse tour and learned about opportunities to serve, in ways both musical and non-musical. One of these ways is the Convoy of Hope event August 9th in the World Congress Center parking lot. Safehouse needs 3000 volunteers to help pass out groceries, among other things. We will be there! Will you?
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- 1-A-Chord on stage
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- Taking the tour
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- Our group
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- People hanging out
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- The Safehouse Building
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- The 1-A-Chord guys
Bummed that I missed it this time. Amy and I were busy mentoring a soon to be married couple with our… ancient wisdom?
Thanks again Danny for bringing everyone down to the SafeHouse last . It always amazes me how God has blessed that place. I’m always thankful to you and cindy for leading me there.
God Bless,
Bill
D’oh!
Got so wrapped up in my workaday world that I COMPLETELY forgot about this one….I’ll catch ya next time.
I cannot WAIT to go the next time. Seriously. Count me in.
What a great night! I have a soft spot in my heart for Safehouse and Philip Bray, and a huge amount of respect! I was amazed at what I saw. They really have developed their vision and their program over the years. I can’t wait to go back. There are so many opportunities to love people: mentoring kids, parenting classes, stocking shelves! Next I would like to organize a group to take their “Unholy Land Tour.” I haven’t done that in 10 years. I imagine our hearts will be broken. But what an amazing opportunity Safehouse Outreach offers to join them in their passion to give a hand up!
We’ll be going back soon! Btw, Philip left a comment you might want to check out; it’s under the blog entry titled “Heading Downtown.” He was basically just thanking us for going and apologizing that he couldn’t be there. He’s recovering from some surgery.
looking at yall soon!!! Cindy, we will set up a unholyland tour asap… lots of changes in 10 ….great to reconnect…
My dad (Philip Bray) is very proud of ya’ll and very grateful to have you a part of Safehouse.