Inspire, Enrich & Embody Community

Hyaets is a community building organization which branches out in several directions, including an urban ministry, an intentional Christian community, and retreat experiences. Through ministries and partnerships, we seeks to inspire, enrich, and embody community by building bridges between the poor and the affluent.

2011 Advent Guide

Hyaets’ 2011 Advent Guide is ready! We offer this as a gift to all our supporters, partners, family and friends. Thanks for all you do for Hyaets and each of its members all year long! Please invite all your family and friends to utilize the Advent Guide as you prepare for the coming of Christ this year!

This year's theme is Forgotten Joy.

Journey with the Hyaets Community and our childhood friend, the Grinch, this Advent as we seek to discover the real joy of Christmas through the 2011 Advent Guide: Forgotten Joy.

House to Home Project

“I’ve gotta come check up on my family, bro. That’s what we do. We gotta help each other. Do you need me to do anything today?”

Ron has greeted me this way several times a week for more than 3 years now. He is incredibly resilient for an unemployed man who has been without a home for more than 6 years now.

“Where are you living right now, Ron?”

“Oh, I stayed with a friend down on Rush last night,” Ron responds.

I immediately realize the error of my question. You see, folks in Enderly Park rarely speak of “living” in any place. Rather, they tell you where they stay. This is because houses are not always homes. Moving from place to place with whoever will take you in does not create a very stable home environment.

I always feel guilty that I am not able to do more for Ron. Without money for a deposit and first month’s rent, there is no other place for him to go in the city of Charlotte except the streets. Ron is not addicted to any susbstances. Ron is not an ex-offender. Ron is unemployed. Ron is homeless. And there are few transitional housing resources in Charlotte for such men. Ron is underserved in the Queen City.

Yet there is good news! You can help!

Hyaets, a local non-profit organization which works to build community in Ron’s neighborhood, is creating a home - a holistic place for Ron and others like him to sleep, eat, learn, create, receive basic medical care and give back to others. We are ready to move with a variety of programming, partnerships and strong practices. All that is lacking is a physical structure, a house, to be made into this home. Yet that place is available and right next door to current Hyaets residential community members!

You can provide Ron and others like him with a home, a supportive nurturing environment to facilitate his transition to stability! Ten gifts of $5,000 can make possible Hyaets’ House2Home project. Chances are at some point in your life your parents or another family member helped you make a transition to be on your own. Will you be that family for Ron today?

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