A church actually helping the poor, well done!

If they want to be tax-exempt, all churches should have to do that. Or something similar to prove their value to the community.

Too bad they can't repay the kindness by actually using a toilet instead of the floors, walls, and other shadowy corners. Oh, and the outside of the building too. Trust me when I tell you to never visit SF if the temp is forecast at 80 or above. The whole city stinks to high heck. Not just the human waste, but every single dumpster too.

This is what ALL churches should be doing.

You so seldom see one of those big, expensive church buildings being put to good use. I believe their Christianity. No so much with some of the others.

I mean, I grew up in the Catholic Church. I'm an atheist, but I only ever saw positive examples, compassion, and charity from the priests. Some of the people were judgmental Karens and Richards, but that happens in all churches/religions. It wasn't until my parents converted to evangelical that I saw actual cruelty and physical and sexual abuse. Every Pentecostal or Victory church my mother has been a part of has had a scandal where the pastor had an affair with a young parishioner. 4 separate times the dudes were caught sleeping with 16-18 year old girls, but since most evangelical churches are independent, they're never collectively held accountable. I bet for every Catholic priest caught abusing kids, there's 10 evangelicals who did worse. But that's just my hot take based on experience

It is so unusual for a church to do that, that it is actually worth posting it.....dunno if this is a good thing 🤔

They all should do this.

I’m pretty sure he got in trouble and fiend for doing this. I can tho it’s his business and his church. Our leaders are evil

Wow - I'm impressed!

This is how it should work

Probably Grace Memorial. This is a special church

Now that's REAL Christianity

That is wonderful.

Love it attended a few times

Leeds cathedral opens the crypts for the homeless in winter (don't worry, the bodies were moved out years ago)

Just Church? Why not churches? There's gotta be a couple 100 dozen at least just across California alone.

Interesting. I thought the churches are only in it for the money.

I thought all churches did that. I live in San Francisco.

What kind of church, for it is surely not Roman Catholic.

Aww! I love that.

There's a very good chance that what this church is doing is against the law. Churches, despite being a nonprofit, still have to obey zoning laws. I ask you, how many bathrooms does that church have? What is the max occupancy? Etc. A church is generally *not* zoned for habitation, and thus can actually lose their nonprofit status in a worst case scenario by allowing this to happen.

This is exactly what churches are for..

Weighs about 30 tons. Like, 5 elephants and 37 VW beetles...

Something tells me he probably donated his prize money too.

There is a really good 2014 99% Invisible podcast about this. …. It happened in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle

I so want to take this guy's classes!

Would love to see this in England.

Bucket list item for sure, but maybe more towards the end.

Is not so much for liberating the country (US and Polish troops also played a big part in that) but for keeping the royal family safe during their exile. And temporarily changing part of a hospital Dutch soil so that the princesses were born in the Netherlands.

I do the same with my labrador :-)

Cool! Yet another reason why not to keep them as pets?

I have a sundial, I attached a light to it so it works at night also.

...fill it in?

Imagine what my life would have been like if BP had censored the word 'd**g' effectively in the above image. I could have been someone.. I could have made positive change in the world.. I could have lived with purpose. Sadly, my young mind was corrupted in an instant and I am now spiralling into darkness. My once promising mind is corrupted and I shall only know torment until my blackened heart rests at the end of what will surely be a cursed life. Why, BP? WHY? Tell your children what has happened here today, lest they sink into the same deep, dark cavern of woe.

Svalbard, Norway. And it's threatened by climate change, so...

As my anthropology prof said, we are all out of Africa

I have A neg. I signed up to donate blood some years ago and I've been donating regularly. It seems to be a rare type (at least in my area), because I am sometimes contacted by someone from the donation center and asked if I could come on day X for an urgent blood request. It's cool to know you're really helping someone. Someday you might be the one in need of blood.

What is the difference between a rabbit lifting weights and a rabbit with a carrot in its ear? Ones a fit bunny, the other is a bit funny.

And no/very little free freshwater available?

They're an offshoot of the Chinese Red Delicious; like the majority of apples are cultivated to be this way, not natural. The growing conditions are very specific so incredibly hard to duplicate hence why you don't see others trying to grow them. You can, however, get the Arkansas Black Apple, which is very similar in appearance though tart rather than sweet. Also cultivated of course.