by Erin Turner | Feb 19, 2015 | News Slider
As Nashville’s winter weather has hit its ultimate lows, the homeless community has been struck with even more adversity — but that’s nothing Green Street Church of Christ and Open Table Nashville can’t help diminish. “It’s really heart-wrenching to see the amount of suffering that there is in our own city — in our own backyard — when we’re so warm,” said Lindsey Krinks, Director of Street Chaplaincy and Education of Open Table Nashville. Wednesday night the temperature plummeted into the negatives, but organizations like Open Table and Green Street alleviated a lot of the suffering. But even with all of Nashville’s warm shelters, Krinks said the city has already seen six exposure-related deaths in the homeless community this winter. “In the last couple of days I’ve tended for four people with frost-bitten feet and we’re finding so many people out still,” she said. Krinks said the need is overwhelming, but as a non-profit, interfaith community, Open Table is working hard to put a dent in Nashville’s homeless community. “We help people navigate the very complex social services and housing systems,” Krinks said. “Instead of people coming in to us — like the mission [Nashville Rescue Mission] and Room In the Inn [where] people from the streets come in and receive services – we go out to where people are and we take that [services] to them.” Krinks and the Open Table team are on the lookout, especially with more snow and low temperatures on the way for Friday. “We do outreach canvasing at night, so when it gets this cold we go out on the streets and we’re driving around, and we go...
by Whitney Jarreld | Feb 20, 2013 | News Slider
Buzzing sewing machines and the sounds of fabric being ripped and cut mixes with the chatter of daily topics in a room where a group of retired women come together to sew for love. The walls contain pictures, posters and notes with Bible verses that echo that loving motivation. But the ultimate testimony to how these women do everything in love is them taking time to sew for people in need. Now expanded into two rooms, one for fabric and the other for sewing, Sewing to Share is a group of retired women at Trevecca Towers who use their beloved craft to help charity and missions. The group came together in 2008. The women began filling requests to make quilts for an African school for young girls. The quilts were followed by baby blankets for orphaned children in China. The group then found their work so needed that they expanded into a full-time mission of sewing for hope and love. Other beneficiaries of the group include the Veteran’s Administration, Nashville Rescue Mission, nursing homes and other charities. Pearl Kidwell, who has lived in the towers for 10 years, spearheads the group. When she began the group, the women made use of leftover fabric. “We started making quilts, and no money was involved. Everything was volunteer. We took scraps and made beautiful quilts,” Kidwell said. “Since that time, we’ve made quilts for different organizations. We can’t make up our mind which ones we want to do.” Kidwell doesn’t sew alone. Grace Hall moved into the towers a little more than three years ago and enlisted in the project. “I’d always...
by Emily Snell | Oct 31, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
Students in the Lipscomb Run Club will race in a Zombie 5K this Saturday at the riverfront. Three undergraduate students and two graduate students plan to participate in the Zombie Buffet 5K, a benefit event for the Nashville Rescue Mission. The race will include runners and zombies who chase them. If the runners get caught, they will be transformed into zombies and begin to pursue other runners. Dominique Jacoy, graduate assistant for wellness, is head of the Run Club and said the race should be fun for everyone involved. “I love wacky stuff like this,” she said. “I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. The only thing is that my team has been training really hard for a 5K, but when someone else is chasing you that’s a whole other story.” Jacoy said she thinks the race might be a little scary for participants but should have a good turn out because of its unusual nature. “The fun races always attract a lot of people,” she said, adding that it benefits a good cause as well.” The Zombie 5K starts at 11 a.m. and aims to raise $100,000 for the Nashville Rescue Mission. The race is sponsored by Backyard Burgers, 96.3 Jack FM, The Score, Greater Nashville House and Home, Fleet Feet Sports, Hob Nob and Bloc 434 Productions. Jacoy said Lipscomb’s running club started in September with 17 people. The initial participants determined how competitive they wanted the club to be and when they wanted to practice. The team runs at 6:30 a.m. two days each week and once on Sunday afternoons. “It’s a dedication...
by Keela Evans | Apr 18, 2010 | News Slider
Students have different challenges each day to complete goals, tasks and various assignments. This week, the Campus Ministry team challenged the entire Lipscomb community to give back to Nashville. Last Saturday, students donated time and materials to make the city-wide yard sale a success. The goal of the yard sale was to raise money for the Nashville Rescue Mission and the House of Mercy by having students and community members donate items for the sale. Nashville Rescue Mission and House of Mercy benefit the homeless by providing food, shelter, and clothing. “Seeing all of the people who helped and gave up such important things to them, and then seeing how much we are able to give to the charities was by far my favorite part,” said Kaitlynn Passon, an intern for Campus Ministry. “Students really made the day possible and special by being so giving,” said Passon. “I really did see what it means to sell the things you have and follow Christ.” Campus Ministry was able to give more than $1,300 to the mission efforts and donated all remaining items to Goodwill. Leftover shoes were donated to a group in...
