In the Faith House

This Sunday we attended the church next door to the Faith House, First Church of the Brethren. The congregation is quite small, but the service was very energetic and the pot-luck meal that was served afterwards was outstanding. The people there were welcoming and friendly. We were given a list of area churches that we can attend by Krista, one of our leaders. On the list is Trinity United Church of Christ, the former church of presidential candidate Barack Obama. I might get a chance to attend that church in the following weeks.
This week has been spent mostly inside of the Faith House, talking to each other about our personal stories and finding out our personalities. We have not done much city wandering this week, although we did travel to uptown Chicago this afternoon to visit Emmaus Ministries. Emmaus Ministries is a program that works with male prostitutes to give them a safe place to stay and help them get off the streets. We listened to storytellers who worked for Emmaus Ministries tell the stories of some of the people who they had helped through songs and monologues. It was a very unique experience.