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April 2010 • Vol. 26, No. 7

Spending a night under the stars to help the homeless

At 6 p.m.

SLEEPLESS SAN DIEGO

By STU SMITH

Where will you be at 6 p.m. on April

24? Daylight savings time being what it is, maybe preparing for a barbeque? Maybe making your way to the coast for another of our patented sunsets? Maybe, just maybe, joining a few hundred of your closest friends at Liberty Station in Point Loma for the 2010 edition of Sleepless San Diego — the annual event held by the San Diego Rescue Mission to combat homelessness in America’s Finest City. At 6 p.m. on April 24, Reginald White

will be participating in his third Sleepless, an event he describes as “one of the greatest experiences for helping children see the plight of the homeless.” Just like last year, he will be sleeping out under the open sky, rain or shine, with his 17-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter. “Sleeping outside, with no tent, it really gives you a new perspective,” he says, a somber tone in is voice. “Homelessness isn’t just something you see along F Street. If you ever thought you would become homeless, or meet anyone who is homeless, you have to experience this.”

on April 24, across town, another group wi l l gather, this time near the entrances of the San Diego Rescue M i s s i o n ’ s shelters — one for men and the other for women and children — which will open at 6:30 p.m. This group will not be learning about homelessness — they are homeless, part of the more than 10,000 men, women and far too many

Herb Johnson of SDRM

Photo: Terry Schwartz

San Diego Edition

In fi nancial crisis, can we really ‘trust’ the Lord? How a local church said ‘yes!’

By STU SMITH

To say these are tough economic times

is to understate the obvious to the point of absurdity! Even a cursory look — at work, at church, in the community, in the family, in the mirror — will quickly confirm the truth of our country’s greatest economic downturn, possibly ever. We are all struggling, belts are tightening, budgets are being cut and for some of us, at least, it is as diffi cult a time to talk about tithing, as we’ve ever known. And yet there is that Scripture in Malachi, the one that goes like this:

“’Test me in this,’ says the Lord Almighty,

A sober remembrance: Shoes of a deceased homeless person.

children who faced the challenge every night of fi nding a place to stay. They will gather early because the walk-in shelter, the lone walk- in shelter in town, can only accommodate between 60 and 75 people. That’s it. Late can mean too late to

get in, and the darkness, even in San Diego, can be a dangerous place. At 6 p.m. on April 24, Herb Johnson will

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San Diego CityFest launches an ‘SOS’

Have you seen the questions? • “7,982 San Diegans slept outside last

night. What if YOU truly LOVED them?” • “27.9% of San Diegans go to sleep every

night not knowing where their next meal will come from. What if YOU truly LOVED them?” This is what the San

Diego CityFest with Luis Palau is asking the community — and for the community to become involved. CityFest is an historic partnership

between area churches, businesses and civic agencies to love and serve the San Diego community, and ultimately, to point them to Christ. April 24 kicks-off the CityFest’s Season of Service, a fi ve- month community-wide service initiative. In conjunction with the San Diego Rescue Mission, CityFest will be hosting “Sleepless

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San Diego” — a homelessness awareness and fundraising event for the whole family overnight on April 24. “Sleepless San Diego” is one of fi ve

“high-impact” events — in the areas of Homelessness, Hunger, Mentoring, Military and Schools — that CityFest will host and that broadly impact the entire county. In addition to the “high-impact” events,

CityFest has projected more than 2,000 affi liate events planned and hosted by CityFest partners. The fi rst of these, an event at Rancho Bernardo Presbyterian Church on March 21, packed over a million meals in one day for individuals in Haiti, Tijuana and other high-need areas. Events on the horizon include mentor

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‘and see if I will not throw open the fl oodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.’”

Metaphoric? Poetic? A promise of the living God? What follows is the story of a small group who chose the promise. It is a

THE ECONOMY

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By CHRISTINE SPICER

The worst is likely behind us — for

now — indicated Point Loma Nazarene University’s chief economist, Lynn Reaser, Ph.D. Reaser spoke to a crowd of several

hundred business people at the March 4 Economic Outlook Forum entitled “The New Economic Reality — How ‘New’ and How ‘Real’?” Reaser, currently the president of

the National Association for Business Economics, said that the national recession most likely ended in the middle of 2009. However, while the typical pattern in U.S. economic history has been for sharp downturns to be

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Pastor Steve Myatt of Vista Assembly of God

story of faith and of putting the Lord Almighty to the test, in the midst of fi nancial desperation. It is a story of trust and prayer — above all, prayer. The story begins a couple of years

ago, at a time when tithing got a little tougher for all of us. Most economists agree the fi nancial crisis began in late 2007, but like a giant wave picking up

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Inside:

Pastors answer, “What is God doing in our midst?”

Ron Blue’s key decisions “Ask the Professional”

Next Month:

How churches and organizations

are reaching out; a ministry’s mission to businesses is prayer; the dire effects of gambling and more!

PLNU speaker examines economy

followed by sharp upturns, Reaser predicted that the current recovery will be more moderate. “Job growth should slowly recover,”

she said, addressing a concern on the minds of many Americans, “But it may be 2013 before jobs reach their prior level.” In better news, she also noted that real

GDP should reach an all-time high by the end of the year. Meanwhile, interest rates should slowly rise, including long-term rates. Reaser also noted that although the stock market has gotten off to a rocky start this year, “the outlook for profi t in 2010 is still good.” Global ly, Reaser ant icipates

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