As many of you might already know, for some weeks now, we have had a young woman sleeping periodically at our campus. We have tried getting her some assistance, but she has refused any of our efforts to improve her situation. It is our mission to help those who are in need and come to us for help. Putting up NO TRESPASSING signs seem very contradictory to our core mission. Unfortunately, it is becoming necessary for churches around the US to put up signs such as these. It is truly sad, but many churches are seeing negative repercussions from allowing people to use their properties as shelters.
On our gates you will see signs posted, “Church Private Property”. We want to let our parishioners know why we have had to post these signs. As an outcome of this experience, we have partnered up with the Precinct 2 Homeless Task Force to better assist those in need in our community; more details will follow. Please continue to pray for all those experiencing homelessness and mental illness. We Are St. Luke!