Volunteers and the Christian Social Concerns Committee are grateful to our parish for hosting another powerful Power Up! Once again, St. Philippians joined the Unitarian Universalists of Transylvania County and Brevard Jewish Community to cook, chop vegetables, set up tents, welcome, supervise CrossTown Youth, and drive through to make generous donations. Power Up! for Sharing House, now in its ninth year, has become a beautiful way for us to help our neighbors keep their homes warm.

Sharing House’s mission is to aid those who live in poverty. According to the Rev. Shelly Webb, executive director, heating is the biggest need the agency encounters. Thanks to St. Philip’s, united with our interfaith community, Power Up! has become Sharing House’s largest fundraising event.

Huge thanks to Self-Help Credit Union for donating to the cost, and to The Square Root Restaurant whose chefs began pre-dawn meal prep, and to our own dear Shawn Ellerton who cooked all day with volunteers. Bands “Paddle Faster” and “Band of the County Down” kept the outside rocking. Together, our volunteers were able to serve delicious homecooked meals and contributions have already risen to over $28,500.

Our Power Up! effort continues, and we can all keep on being part of this community event! If you have not contributed, please make donations by visiting sharinghouse.org or mailing a check to Sharing House (memo line “Power Up”), 164 Duckworth Ave., Brevard, NC 28712 - and thank you!