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We have spent the last two years building a beautiful stage and amphitheater on the Good Works Luhrig Road property, and we would like to see this new outdoor facility benefit our community. We are calling this effort "The Benefit Concert Series." One purpose for this facility is to encourage and financially support some community based organizations by hosting a series of benefit concerts. Therefore, we are inviting groups to participate in the concert series to raise funds for your organization. The concerts must be held on Saturday evenings. All funds generated from the concert will go directly to your organization. For more information, click here. |
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WEEK OF SERVICE -- Good Works week of service internship is available to anyone older than 16 who wants to come for one week of service in 2007. For more information, contact Paul Richard at 740/594-3336 or contact us by e-mail. |
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Friday Night Life takes place at The Plains United Methodist Church in The Plains (a short drive from Athens) from October through March. This event, which began in 1993, is a public meal which serves about 140 -160 people each week and is a "sit-down, family style" soup kitchen. Those who participate enjoy a range of interesting community building activities as well as "take-home" food provided with the support of Ohio University dining services. We move Friday Night Life to the Good Works Luhrig Road property from April through September. The Luhrig Road property offers a picnic shelter, basketball court, children's play area, volleyball court, and walking trails. At both locations, people begin to arrive around 4:30 pm. Dinner starts at 5:15 with activities for children and adults including focus groups, health-care education, Bible study and special prayer. If you would like to sponsor a dinner, please contact Sherilyn Weinkauf at 740-594-3339. Click here for directions.
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Keith regularly speaks at churches and civic organizations throughout the country. Click here for a list of places where he has spoken recently. |
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Since 1990, Good Works has organized an event called THE FAST FROM SHELTER. Click here to learn more about this event. For information on how you can invite a Good Works staff person to conduct a fast from shelter in your community, contact Keith Wasserman. Click here to see pictures of Fasts from the previous years. |
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Keith has developed a seminar entitled "The Gospel to the Poor -- A Practical Biblical Theology." For the handouts for this seminar, click here. For more information on inviting Keith to speak, click here. |
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Matt and Beverly Hale have written a unique bible study on Righteousness and Justice. This study was originally developed as a workshop for University Students associated with the Navigators and has been adapted for Good Works. Click here. Matt and Beverly were on the Good Works staff for several years working with Friday Night Life and our Life on Life mentoring program. They currently live and labor in ministry in inner-city Detroit, Michigan. |
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Good Works has launched a new initiative in partnership with several local churches to assist low income citizens in rural Appalachia. The program is called HOPE AND POSSIBILITIES and it assists in the following ways: (1) Chip Guyton meets daily with local citizens to assist them with their economic and emergency needs (2) he works with local congregational leadership as they seek to help people struggling with poverty (3) he serves local congregations by engaging in a year-long discussion process with the end result being more clarity on how together we can help the poor of our community. For detailed information, click here. |
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Dwayne Steward, an OU student, interviewed several of our former Timothy House residents and created three engaging videos, which are available online. To go to his website, click here. |
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Athens County faces specific problems for those in poverty that seem to be unique to our area. A detailed report from Athens County Job and Family Services that addresses these issues is available by clicking here. It is a PDF file, approximately 1.2 M in size. |
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We now have MP3 files available to listen to one of Keith's messages. Click here to get them. |
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In 2007, Good Works worked with almost 1,100 different volunteers serving at the Timothy House, the Transformation Station, Samaritan Projects, Friday Night Life, Senior Care and many other places. About half of our volunteers come from outside of SE Ohio to serve in our work camp program (almost 500 in 2007) and serve widows and citizens with disabilities at their homes. Ohio University students represent a small segment of our volunteers. For an article and video produced by Ohio University which highlights several of our volunteers, click here. |
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Click here to donate to Good Works and for information about our funding. |
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Looking for a short term missions trip? Click here for information about how you and your group can be involved. |
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Why do people become homeless? A Good Works staff perspective. Click here. |
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Would it surprise you to learn that Good Works has struggled to find funding for the ministry God has entrusted to us with here in SE Ohio? Take a look at these statistics and you may be surprised to learn what we have recently discovered. If you know of a foundation which funds the kind of projects we are committed to, please contact us. To read about the Reality of Fundraising in SE Ohio, click here. |
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Keith rewrote our 30 day Devotional on issues regarding the poor and homeless. Click here to read it. It is a PDF file so you will need Acrobat Reader. You can print it and copy it for Bible study groups if you like. |
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Statistics about The Timothy House and rural Appalachian poverty dated January 2008 . Click here. |
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"Homeless by Choice" published in the American Family Journal. Click here. |
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"Homeless in Athens" by Laura Lee Bloor. Click here. |
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"The Continuum of Maturity" by Keith Wasserman. Click here. |
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A former volunteer, Judy Crist, created a website with more info about Keith. Click here. |
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An article published in the Athens News entitled, "Homelessness Bubbles Up in the Community." Click here. |
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Speakeasy Online Magazine, Behind the Scenes: People, August 14, 2006 " Keith Wasserman, OU alum with vision" by Maria Fisher |
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Speakeasy Online Magazine, January 17, 2008 "Rock, walk for Athens' homeless" by Megan Helgeson |
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The Post, January 18, 2008 "Annual walk to support shelter, impoverished Appalachian Ohio" by Gail Burkhardt |
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The Athens Messenger, January 21, 2008 "Hundreds take part in walk for homeless" by Matt Gallagher |
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The Athens News, January 22, 2008 "Shelter tries to hold line against worsening homeless problem" by Asley Luther |
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The Athens News, Letters, January 17, 2008 "City officials seem content to ignore what they've done to local homeless" by Keith Wasserman |
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The Athens News, Letters, January 24, 2008 " Athenians can solve homeless problem by opening their homes" by Liam Joshua Cohen |
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The Athens News, Letters, January 28, 2008 "Keith Wasserman has done the heavy-lifting for the homeless" by The Rev. Steven W. Knape |
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The Athens News, Letters, January 28, 2008 "Proposal for residents to take in homeless has a few flaws" by David Drozek |
| The Athens News, Letters, January 28, 2008 "Letter slamming shelter director ignores roots of Good Works" by Sara Filipiak | |
