Please send me a little more info about donations/items you are looking for? What type of volunteer services would you like/accept and what age groups are in this program? What kind of programs do you offer children when they are off from school?

Please email me with the information and keep my address confidential, Thank you.

I know that in California, at least, houses of worship can’t be excluded from any zone, although they may be subject to other zoning laws. I.e., you can’t forbid a church from opening up in commercial or residential zone, but you can place restrictions like a height limit on the building, other design standards, etc. I think things like restricting hours of operation and the like may fall into a legal gray area; I’m not sure.

I think it may take some sort of precedent-setting court decision to declare that housing the homeless is a religious freedom that can’t be restricted.

[Tenth Avenue Church] is concerned that the decision to classify “ministry to the poor” as “social service use” and not a “church use” is a precedent-setting decision. Although the church has complied with the conditions of the permit, and desires to work in cooperation with the neighbourhood, it is still not in agreement that the additional permit is required for these core ecclesial activities.

What if you have a county, like Orange County, that’s not serious about seeing that every child has a place to live? Is it better for a child to have a crowded, home, or no home at all?

I can understand why a group that receives government money, or operates as a non-profit, might be required to be licensed. But these these Catholic Workers are not non-profits, and not “churches.” I don’t think that private citizens, not operating as a non-profit or any sort of corporation, should be under extra government control for doing their Christian duty.