Grace Lutheran Family,
The Heat Respite team and participants wanted to say a very special thank you for all the love that Grace Lutheran Church has shown. As many may be aware, the Maricopa County Public Health Department has released their weekly report and 2023 is on track to surpass last year's heat related deaths. The resources and meals have helped several participants obtain employment and permanent housing. Grace Lutheran has upheld the call to love, spoken by the Apostle Paul in the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians:
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, a but have not love, I gain nothing."
"Thank you for loving us. This is why I come here because Grace Lutheran Church actually loves us"- Fred Austin, homeless participant.