Yes! I want to change the tune about homelessness

In 2025, Micah celebrates 20 years of doing justice, loving kindness and walking humbly with God in Fredericksburg. Our community has changed so much in that time; and so have the lives of our neighbors. Our churches know more today about the needs of our neighbors. Community perspectives on homelessness have changed. Our neighbors perceptions of themselves have changed. The tune we sing today is quite different.

Yet, the beat goes on. Thousands of new arrangements are made possible through you, as we continue to seek the kingdom here in Fredericksburg as it is in heaven.

What song will you sing for the next 20 years?

We hope it honors your gifts. We hope it rings of justice, kindness and humility. We hope it lets the God in you meet the God in us and our neighbors.

As Mary sang of the gift God gave to her in the baby Jesus, "our soul magnifies the Lord and our spirit rejoices in God our savior." It is a gift to accompany those the world has rejected. And we are blessed to live in a community so willing to join God in incubating that kingdom.

Here are some examples of how your giving makes an impact:

$15 provides a night of winter shelter for one person

$25 buys a tent or sleeping bag

$55 keeps a vulnerable neighbor in hotel-shelter for a night

$100 buys a night of post-hospital respite care for an unhoused neighbor

$200 covers the burial of a neighbor who goes unclaimed

$350 supports a day of basic needs for neighbors living on the street

$700 pays for a room at Hesed House (hotel-shelter) for a month.

$1,000 keeps a neighbor in housing for a month

$1,500 bridges a neighbor to supportive employment

$5,000 per month builds a house in the life-sharing community being built for our neighbors