Housing - St. David's Episcopal Church

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Mission Imperative, Episcopal Diocese of Spokane

Housing Ministries

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - SPOKANE

Habitat for Humanity - Spokane is an ecumenical nonprofit Christian ministry dedicated to bringing the affluent and less affluent together as a community to build simple, decent, affordable housing for all God's people in need. Habitat for Humanity:

Provides homeownership for low-income families living in substandard conditions.
Requires 500 hours of "sweat equity" as a down payment.
Provides a 0% interest mortgage.
Utilizes volunteer labor and donated materials.
Makes a lasting impact on each family

For many years, St. David's parishioners have been involved with local HFH building projects. There are usually several homes under construction at any given time, and volunteers are always needed -- not only those with construction or remodeling skills, but also many other administrative types of volunteers.

Volunteers are especially needed during the annual Builders Blitz, to be held June 1-16, 2006. Plans for that period are to construct 3 homes from the ground up and finish 3 others currently under construction.

For more information: Habitat for Humanity - Spokane web site

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - NORTHERN IRELAND

Bob & Char Mills, St. David’s parishioners, recently worked for a year as missioners in Belfast. They were involved with Habitat for Humanity - Northern Ireland, and were sponsored by the national church’s Volunteers For Missions program. They helped organize international volunteer teams to participate in ecumenical building projects that involved local Roman Catholic and Anglican communities. They completed their one-year stay in February 2004. St. David’s held several fund-raising events to assist this missionary activity.

For more information:
Habitat for Humanity - Northern Ireland web site
Volunteers for Mission program web site