CARE SHELTER

Bristo is also involved in the Bethany Care Shelter over the winter months, which is also a ministry to the homeless. The Care Shelter offers the clients a bed for the night and a good dinner prepared by catering teams from the churches. Last year the halls at Bristo were used ten times by the Shelter, and Bristo catering teams provided the food for two of those evenings. The intention this year, 2008-2009, is to offer the same support again to Bethany for the Shelter.

It’s seldom the same church that provides both the catering and the venue, and like the Care van it’s a team effort with other churches in Edinburgh, centrally coordinated by Bethany Christian Trust.

It’s through this ministry that we can see first hand the trust that the clients have for the churches involved. On one occasion I was asked by one man I had never met to look after his mobile phone while he went to the toilet! Once again it’s a privilege to be part of this ministry, even in a small way, to meet with and minister to people that are on God’s heart.

Craig Smith