ECPAC Weather Shelters

Everyone is invited to help at the Bad Weather Shelter on Tuesday, February 5. Please contact Diane Harris for more information and directions.  Phone (626) 355-4494 or email dmharris150625@gmail.com.

On Tuesday, January 15th, 21 Methodists from our church, and one each from Altadena and Sierra Madre UMC's, plus our District Superintendent joined together to assist the Ecumenical Council of Pasadena Area Congregations (ECPAC) at their Bad Weather Shelter.

First Church has a long standing relationship with ECPAC and provides volunteers at the shelter twice each year, the next date being February 5. Our volunteer service includes providing the food, cooking and serving the evening meal for between 150 and 200 persons, setting up cots and distributing bedding for the homeless, overnight, guests.

The Bad Weather Shelter operates out of the Pasadena Covenant Church gymnasium at 539 N. Lake Avenue, Pasadena. The shelter is open every night in January and February. It is also weather activated (40 degrees or below or 40% chance of rain) from the day after Thanksgiving until the end of December, and from the first of March until the 15th of March. At 7 pm families with children are admitted to the shelter, registered and fed a hot meal by volunteers. They are then transported to another local church where they spend the night. At 8 pm individual adult guests are admitted, registered, and fed. Guests leave the shelter by 7 am each morning.

We want to thank the following volunteers for donating their time and talent at the shelter on January 15th. Jessica Ardo, DS Cedrick Bridgeforth, Nathan Carter, Dr. Ebenezer Dasan, Theresa Dawes, Rev. Adiel DePano, Julian DePano, Jim Doyle, Diane and  JP Harris, Pam Harris (Altadena UMC), Wendy Kendall, Liz Mackey-Peterson (Sierra Madre UMC), Michael Moore, Fred Niemann, Adán and Marian Peña, Karl Peron, Gerry Poulin, Cynthia Quan, Sara Seyedali, Patricia and Steve Zeider and Ann Zeiss.