This Week
Monday, Feb. 20
11:15-11:45am – Centering Prayer and Reflection: Join us for 20 minutes of centering prayer and a short reflection each Monday before Scripture Study.
12-1pm – Scripture Study: We’ll be studying the gospel of Matthew together this semester on Mondays over lunch, unpacking what’s going on, and how the knowledge of what’s going on in the passage impacts or intersects with what’s going on today. Click here to read a short reflection from last week’s study. Feel free to bring a lunch with you.
6:30pm – House Dinner (call ahead if you plan on joining us)
7:30-9:30pm – Green House Knitters: Come and knit something for someone on the street, work on a personal project, and enjoy the company!
Tuesday, Feb. 21
1-3pm – Coffee Shop: Join us for a hot cup of coffee or tea and get out of the cold (when it turns cold!). Come to hang out with friends, read a magazine, play a game, or just sit a spell. Special Valentine’s Day treats today!
1-3pm – Art for All: Art for All is back! Local artists and crafters teach various skills that go to upcycling and recycling materials to create items both beautiful and practical. Art for All is happening during the Coffee Shop on Tuesdays throughout the semester.
6:30pm – House Dinner
7:15pm – JustFaith Program (registration closed)
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Dorothy’s Farmers Market Cafe: Help us share a home-cooked, healthy meal with our friends from the streets volunteers, folks from the neighborhood and downtown! Prep is from 9:30-11:45am; serving is from 12-3pm; clean up is 2:30-4pm. Let us know if you can help!
Thursday, Feb. 23
8am-noon: Morning work at the micro-farm: Join us for this new GCW project! Jade Allen and Lynn Chacko, supporters of the GCW, have offered a partnership between the GCW and their urban micro-farm just a few blocks from UF. We’ll be helping steer volunteers to the micro-farm and produce from the micro-farm will be shared with our friends and neighbors at the cafe and through distribution. Volunteer all morning or for an hour or whatever suits your schedule. Call Jade at 352-213-4053 or 352-337-0817 to get directions and let him know you’re coming!
6:30pm – House Dinner
Friday, Feb. 24
4:15-6:45am – Breakfast Brigade: Help create a healthy, warm breakfast for day laborers. Bake bread, boil eggs, prepare fruit, and commune with other early risers. Email us at gvillecw@yahoo.com or call ahead if you want to be put on the schedule so we’ll know we have enough coverage.
6:45-7:15am – Centering Prayer and Reflection: Join us for 20 minutes of centering prayer and a short reflection each Friday after Breakfast Brigade.
Saturday, Feb. 25
1-3pm – Prep work and distribution of food gleaned from 441 Farmer’s Market: Join us to help prep food we have gleaned from the Farmer’s Market earlier Saturday morning. Depending on the amount gleaned, we also need help distributing it to friends and neighbors who lack access to healthy, nutritious, fresh food.
