Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year!

To all of you who have contributed, prayed, volunteered…and stepped in to just be part of the A Seat at the Table story, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

Together, we’re making a way for promising young people to launch successfully into adulthood.  We’re collectively providing a safe family environment from which young men…and soon, young women, are provided the necessary resources, mentors and love to make their way in life!

(Above): A Seat at the Table (L to R): Chrissy Stergos, Dhu'Shawn Allen, Joe Lewis III,
Jamel Williams (aka Santa), Bob Stergos, Larry Hearn

• Jamel, Larry and Dhu’Shawn are all working part-time while being full-time students:
  • Jamel as LOVEtheLOU “Link” program coordinator
  • Larry as library assistant at MoBap
  • Dhu’Shawn as Journey Kidz store manager!
    
    

• Volunteers helped us transition our backyard into an inviting gathering space

• Extraordinary donations helped us secure our 1st women’s home (in Ferguson)!
  
  

• Conducted a very well-attended Ferguson open house in November, so that many could meet our new women’s home host parents, Claude and Debbie Bennett
  
  
• A Crossing church women’s small group donated Christmas decorations and numerous housewarming gifts for our new Ferguson home for young women
  
  
• Talented handyman and ministry leader Mark Verslues and his assistant Brandon helped prepare our women’s home in Ferguson for occupancy in early 2022.

• Continued regular church attendance, book/bible studies and church volunteer efforts
  
  

• Secured enough vehicles for each resident to get to and from school and work on his own
  
  

• Joe, Jamel and Dhu’Shawn will be attending an upcoming CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ) conference in Indianapolis next week
  
  

• All our guys continue to grow a healthy community of believers and mentors that will help them transition well into independent living!

Please share this email with individuals, churches and organizations whom you believe would support our mission of providing a family home and resources for promising young
18 to 25-year olds!  

We'd love to hear from you!

Do you know of individuals, companies or foundations for whom serving the under-resourced would be a common passion?  Or, do you have an email address for someone whom you think would like to hear about A Seat at the Table? If so, please contact us HERE and let us know those names and/or email addresses! We are always looking to talk to those who have a similar heart to reach across racial and economic divides in our city and beyond.  Our goal is to have A Seat at the Table chapters in major cities around the country!

Also, if you have questions about A Seat at the Table, contact us HERE as well. We want to hear from you!