News and Updates

October 17, 2025

Join us in celebrating

Lady Gloria Ridge Community

on October 21st

Church building closed on Monday, Oct. 20th

The church building will be closed on Monday, Oct. 20th for the Golf for Awareness tournament. We will reopen Tuesday at

7 a.m.

Community-wide Memorial Service, Wednesday, Oct. 29th at 12:30 p.m.

Join us at 12:30 on Wednesday, Oct. 29th for a time of remembrance for all those we have lost this year. Please share with community partners as we come together for this special service.

Fall Festival on Nov. 5th

Join us Wednesday, November 5th for a Fall Fest celebrating gratitude and relationship. If you or a partnering organization would like to donate pumpkins, games, or a talent to share with the community, please email Laura Brown.

So grateful for our friends at First Presbyterian. Please help us spread the word about Saturday Sanctuary!

Thank you to our friends from New Life Community Church for helping to beautify the grounds at Respite. We appreciate not only the service but also the warm presence and care they brought to the task. If you are interested in being a companion at Respite, or signing up for the Meal Train, reach out to Jenny.

Haywood Street Highlights

Frog, Phillip, and Rob: Dish room brothers

Dee and Derek at the Downtown Welcome Table this week. The garden is serving us well as a beautiful place for breaking bread and connecting with friends.

Shout out to this team from Aeroflow Health who are spending their Friday morning helping out with landscaping at Lady Gloria Ridge Community! We are grateful for Aeroflow's commitment to deeply affordable housing and support of Haywood Street Community Development.

Weekly Ministry Opportunities:

Tuesday Haywood Street Holy Ground Keepers: 9:00 a.m. in the parking lot, weather permitting. Walk the grounds of the church campus and our local neighborhood, cleaning up along the way.

Tuesday Prayer Group: 12:30 p.m. in the pastors' office. Gather for a time of communal prayer.

Tuesday Book Club: Join us at 1:00 pm in Room 4b!

Wednesday Downtown Welcome Table: Join us for lunch between 10:00-12:00 or help with clean-up from 1:00-3:00. Click here for the DWT sign up.

Art Ministry: Due to construction, Art in the Alley will move from the Bleu Room to outside. Look for Hank and his team and the mobile supplies they will have on hand on Wednesday beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Worship: 12:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.

Weekly Sermons

Read the weekly sermons on our website here.

~Preaching Schedule~

October 22:

Pastor Seth

October 29:

Pastor Brian



November 5:

Pastor Jody

Fresco Viewing Hours:

Monday - Thursday, 10 am - 2 pm (with the exception of during our worship service, which is 12:30 pm every Wednesday).

Contact April if you would like to make an appointment to see the Fresco outside of those hours.

In the Shadow of the Fresco

"I Need A New Mind"

by Mary of YAWNi

"please give me new eyes to see, a new mind of understanding

please give me new hands to heal, new knees to kneel, new legs to stand on

and when i fall, let me crawl right back to you

and when i break with every mistake that i will surely make, please forgive me

and when they fail to treat me with love, 

let me forgive them the way you forgave me

for i am not anything at all, anything at all without you

ugly and small, cruel

i am nothing without you...

but the mountain and the sky, and the sun and it's shine

i am all with you

i am all with you"

We are excited to welcome Mary Sullivan of YAWNi as our second performer in the video series, "In the Shadow of the Fresco." She describes the song as a prayer (lyrics shown here). We are grateful for all the ways that Mary shows up for Haywood St.

A witness to include the most excluded, Haywood Street not only welcomes every child of God–especially beloved siblings of every mental illness and physical disability, addiction and diagnosis, living condition and employment status, gender identity and sexual orientation, class, color, and creed–but we celebrate your presence, certain that the kingdom of God is coming closer because you are here.