Outreach

At Sunday coffee hour, I was asked about my ministry at 2100, the Cleveland men’s shelter. Our church had discussed sending volunteers to 2100 once a month to help prepare a meal for the men. The idea never caught on. I never knew why. One parishioner at the table remained quiet, lips pursed. When she could hold it no longer, she said that the men’s shelter is a vicious den of violence and depravity … or something to that effect. I’ve never seen any such thing at 2100 … though now I better understand why some ideas take flight … and others don’t.  

*Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry’s Men’s Shelter at 2100 Lakeside Avenue in Cleveland. Known as “2100” it is the largest mens’ shelter in Ohio