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Jeff How Estate Mission Planning Blog​

Update 2/22/2022

2/22/2022

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In late February, the Mission Planning Team will be meeting with local, low-income housing organizations to ask for their advice on how Jeff's gift can be used to maximize its impact and to gather information about programs and organizations. 

The information will be shared with members of CTS who want to make a proposal on the ultimate use of the gift. In the weeks ahead, we will work to bring people with similar ideas together and provide direction on community organizations who can be resources or potential partners. 

Thank you to those who participated in one of the three "Listening and Imagining" sessions.  A summary of the ideas, questions and concerns can be found here.

More information will be forthcoming as it becomes available.  Keep talking with each other, imagining, and listening to the Holy Spirit.
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We Listened & Imagined

2/14/2022

 
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How might we use Jeff's gift to provide low-income housing solutions in our area? Participants of three Listening & Imagining sessions tuned their hearts to the Holy Spirit and one another to explore this question.  A summary is now available.   

Do you have a question, concern or comment for the Mission Planning Team?  We welcome your feedback.

Why housing?

2/3/2022

 
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We will honor Jeff’s generosity and hospitality to his neighbors in need by using the gift to provide housing and/or support housing programs for vulnerable individuals and families in Bellingham. We will be good stewards of Jeff’s gift by using the gift so that it is sustainable and serves multiple families or individuals over time.
​Many ministries are worthy of support. So, why a focus on housing? While putting his affairs in order, Jeff wanted to provide a home for his disabled friend. Like him, she was living on a limited, fixed income and affordable housing options were severely limited. Jeff hoped she could live in his home for the rest of her life. While accommodating this request turned out to be too difficult, Jeff’s spirit of hospitality, along with other factors, led us to choose a focus on housing.

Housing for the poor has long been supported by our congregation, and housing ministries align well with our CTS mission and vision of being a Serving Community. In our post-mortgage discussions, housing solutions were a top priority. Through Community Ministries, we support several programs with a focus on housing, including:
• Interfaith Coalition, which supports Family Promise, emergency housing, and transitional housing,
• Lighthouse Mission, an organization that works throughout Whatcom County to break the cycle of homelessness, and 
• Homes Now, which supports several tiny home villages.

Also, housing for low-income people has never been more urgent.  Storms, rising housing prices, the impact of the pandemic, and our anticipated welcome of refugees in Whatcom contribute to the growing need. 

Come Listen and Imagine with Us

2/2/2022

 
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Mission planning involves three “great listenings”—listening to God through scripture and prayer; listening to the community outside our doors; and listening within our household of faith.
 
Join us in February as we tune our ears and hearts to the Holy Spirit and one another.  We will imagine how Jeff How’s home might be used to provide housing and/or support housing programs for vulnerable individuals and families in our area.  We will share stories and explore what matters most to us.  We hope you’ll walk away feeling fed, inspired, and connected to the mission.

To register, call Sarah Satre at (360) 303-3160 or complete this form.
Saturday, February 5 at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom
Sunday, February 6 at 10:45 at church
Tuesday, February 8 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom

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