Over the past several months, leadership from holy trinity and interfaith hospitality have been discussing the continuing — and expanding — need for effective support services for families in transition, including housing and social service transitional wrap-around support.

‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ Mark, ch.4

You might gather from this story that Jesus is only a fair-weather messiah — notably absent in the midst of the storm.