“Experience has taught me that if the poor are treated well and given decent ways of gaining a livelihood, they are on the whole virtuous; but on the other hand, if they are neglected, their goodness degenerates into evil.”
Anthony Mary Claret (1807-1870) excerpt from his autobiography as recounted in The Quotable Saint ed. Rosemary Ellen Guiley (New York: Visionary Living, 2002) 206.
What happens when you open the doors of your church to the poor, feed them, house them, tell them about Jesus, help them find jobs, and show them His love 365 days a year?
You see them come to faith in droves and bring countless others into the kingdom. That’s a summary of how God has been and continues to work at the Skowhegan Miracle Homeless Shelter and Trinity EFC in Skowhegan, ME.