First United Methodist Church was temporary home today and tonight and will be again tomorrow night for twelve adults and one adolescent boy who have had the misfortune to lose whatever place they called home. They will be permitted to come back for supper and a night’s sleep and breakfast again tomorrow night... and every night for two weeks. Then they will move to another facility in another church... I am trying to realize fully how fortunate I am.
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At the time of John Wesley's founding of Methodism, one needed to have a membership ticket in order to participate. One's ticket had to be renewed every three months, and there were a number of things which they had to do in order to have one's renewal approved. Most importantly, one had to provide a significant amount of service to the poor. This is especially striking, since most members of the church then were themselves poor, and had little, if anything to give. How far we have come since then (for better or worse).
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