silience

The Giving Spirit provides both direct tangible aid and educates communities on how workable solutions informed by direct community engagement, powerful data, and our common humanity can alleviate and ultimately end homelessness leading the “first mile” of service to our unhoused. The first mile of care provides immediate, tangible aid to the unhoused by procuring, assembling, and directly serving them diverse and robust “survival kits” containing dozens of essential life-sustaining items.  

The first mile of learning informs, engages, and educates individuals, businesses and communities through curated platforms on the human face of homelessness, myths and realities surrounding the unhoused. With nearly 25 years of service, The Giving Spirit has touched over 90,000 unhoused lives and educated thousands in the broader Los Angeles community by putting faces and stories to unsheltered community members. 

About our guest, Tim:
Tim Ingram, Treasurer and Operations Director: tim@thegivingspirit.org

Tim is an attorney in Los Angeles. After serving on TGS’ Board for 10 years, Tim currently serves as Treasurer and Operations Director. After serving more than a decade in a variety of roles as a volunteer, Tim became the Operations Director for The Giving Spirit in 2015, where he oversees the day-to-day management needs of the organization as well as providing reports and strategic advice to CEO Tom Bagamane, team members and the Board. Tim also serves on The Giving Spirit's Development Committee in a variety of capacities, including coordinating grant proposals. Tim also uses his background to guide The Giving Spirit’s compliance with local, state and federal regulatory requirements. Tim received a BA in Economics from Washington and Lee University and a J.D., from George Mason University School of Law.

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https://www.thegivingspirit.org/

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Advent is a time of waiting, anticipation, and hope. It's the space between the two comings of Jesus. One of these we celebrate at Christmas, and one as we await Jesus' imminent return to make all things new. 

The focus this year is going to be on “the gift of presence.” We aren't doing online or patio gatherings for this time through advent to encourage people to be present, face to face, side by side with one another as much as possible through this time as we celebrate the gift of presence we have in Jesus our Emmanuel which means God with us.

This week we are going to be looking at finding God’s presence in the silence.