Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
News<br />
DECEMBER 1 - <strong>14</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong><strong>Trumpet</strong><br />
Charity responds to London’s<br />
Page5<br />
Continued from Page 4<<br />
has taken from them.<br />
“Webber Street is a place where<br />
men and women can experience God’s<br />
love through the patient care of<br />
dedicated staff and where those with<br />
addiction issues can feel safe and<br />
secure. We consider it a privilege to<br />
carry the amazing news of Christ’s love<br />
to those who need it the most.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> charity said the average life<br />
expectancy for the long-term homeless<br />
is only 44 years, and on any night in<br />
London as many as 300 people sleep<br />
rough, hence the charity’s passion in<br />
this area.<br />
London City Mission has continued<br />
to reach many with the gospel across<br />
the capital despite the pandemic,<br />
delivering 4,000 food parcels and<br />
holding 1,200 online Bible studies.<br />
On November 20, dozens of London<br />
City Mission supporters and staff will<br />
rising homelessness<br />
Daniel Douglas - <strong>The</strong>se are guys I used to sell<br />
drugs to, now I’m here serving them teas and<br />
coffees<br />
take part in the Big Winter Sleepout,<br />
where they will sleep outside for the<br />
night across the city to raise funds and<br />
awareness for the Webber Street centre.<br />
This year’s event will be live-streamed.<br />
Daniel Douglas is a former gang<br />
leader who is now a member of the<br />
London City Mission team. He said:<br />
Pancho Miller - Our heart breaks for London's<br />
homeless<br />
“A lot of the guys who come to us have<br />
substance abuse problems – crack and<br />
heroin – I too lived in that world. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
are guys I used to sell drugs to – now<br />
I’m here serving them teas and coffees.<br />
Jesus is incredible. He has completely<br />
turned around my life and now I want<br />
to take the message of his love and<br />
power to others.”<br />
Pancho Miller, who works at<br />
Webber Street Day Centre, said: “<strong>The</strong><br />
centre is close to Waterloo station<br />
where lots of people regularly sleep.<br />
Our heart breaks for them as we think<br />
of them having to spend these cold<br />
nights on the streets, especially in the<br />
run-up to Christmas.<br />
“For hurting people on the margins<br />
of society, there are huge social barriers<br />
to hearing a gospel message of God’s<br />
grace and mercy in a way they can<br />
easily understand. Practical help and<br />
genuine care are essential in creating an<br />
environment where healing and<br />
restoration of the whole person can take<br />
place.”<br />
Christians are being asked this<br />
winter to support London City<br />
Mission’s Big Winter Sleepout and<br />
contribute to the work of the Webber<br />
Street Day Centre project.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.lcm.org.uk.
Change language