The little town where I live has a ton of churches that have empty parking lots most of the time.

or the problems caused by the problem.

But using otherwise unused parking lots is a great idea.

My question would be about what you would do when the lot is used, like on Sunday morning?

Yet, I would support it in my town. We have a good number of vehicle residents. Some passing through, but some living here long term as their sole housing.

Both of these areas have huge, generally unoccupied, areas for beach parking. Yet they don't let people park their trucks, vans, RV's over night.

These are some of the other lots that could be considered for use.

and open up the government subsidized churches as shelters, put them to some good use.

But you probably knew that.

Nice to see you again. Thanks for dropping by.

in addition to providing food kitchens, food banks, day care centers, places for AA meetings, and on and on and on.

Surely you are aware of that.

is put together by a rotating coalition of church and secular groups. 365 days a year.

Eventually a compromise solution was reached.

in my city and the only free three-hot-sit-down-meals-a- day food service are provided by churches.

I like the parking lot idea. If local govt. would care to step up, it could make its office parking available after 5 pm, too.

a food pantry and a shelter. We also have SVP that provides short-term financial assistance to families, to help them to stay in their homes.

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The Catholic Church in Harlingen, Texas, stood off the INS for years while extending sanctuary to undocumented immigrants.

I seem to remember that Quakers also participated in the sanctuary movement.