On Saturday night, December 5th, 21 Advent parishioners hosted 11 homeless men selected by Nashville’s Campus for Human Development. The event took place at the spacious gymnasium of St. Luke’s Community House in West Nashville, which is maintained by Youth Encouragement Services of Nashville.

The menu included spaghetti by Betsy, Sam and Emily.  This was complemented by salad and table floral decorations by Betty, homemade bread by Jane, and a delicious pineapple angel food cake and Danish cookies by that dessert virtuoso, Enid.  Enid also gave each man an early Christmas present of individually wrapped cookies.  Emily presented each man with a little care package containing warm socks, a warm neck gaiter, and lip balm.  Landy brought the makings for Sunday morning breakfast, and Dede prepared the sack lunches for the men to take with them.  Virginia and John helped defray some of the evening’s expenses.  Noelle, Meshia, Shurell, Haley, Michael, Marshall, Alex, and Deryck helped serve everyone, and we all joined in fellowship and conversation at table.  Kenny once again worked his magic with the television entertainment, and he, Dale and Larry spent the night with our guests and transported them to and from the Campus for Human Development.  Anoosh cleaned and delivered the linens back to St. Luke’s Community House.

So far this winter, a total of 26 Advent parishioners and friends have volunteered a total of 36 times to host overnight a total of 21 homeless men.  If you expand your ministry to include Room in the Inn you will not only be serving your homeless brothers and sisters, you will at the same time become familiar with many of your fellow parishioners.  You are cordially invited to join us.  We need all the help we can get, and especially would like to have more men to spend the night with our guests.

If you would like more information, please contact us using the form below.

Room in the Inn Wish List:  Donated items may be left in the Narthex. Please label items “For Room in the Inn.”

1. Warm sweaters, jackets, gloves, hats, underwear, sturdy shoes, sweatshirts
2. Hand warmers
3. Backpacks or duffle bags
4. Bus passes
5. Phone cards
6. Travel size toiletries