Area briefs 4/22

from The South Bend Tribune

Homeless walk raises funds for programs

Homeward Bound, a 5K walk to raise funds for local programs to end homelessness, takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday in downtown South Bend at the College Football Hall of Fame.

Participants may register beginning at noon on-site or in advance at the Web site www.homewardbound indiana.org. Church groups, schools and companies are encouraged to form a walk team and collect pledges; money can be designated to support a particular agency, or be shared among them all. There are incentive prizes for those who collect $125 or more in pledges.

Local agencies participating this year are the Center for the Homeless, Dismas House, Habitat for Humanity, Hope Ministries, Life Treatment Centers, Madison Center, St. Vincent de Paul Society, United Religious Community and Youth Service Bureau.

New Orleans pastor to visit local church

The Rev. Charles Duplessis, pastor of the Mount Nebo Bible Baptist Church of New Orleans, will talk about the rebuilding of New Orleans churches and homes at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Kern Road Mennonite Church, 18211 Kern Road, South Bend.

His Lower 9th Ward church and home were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. A group from Kern Road Mennonite Church recently spent a week in New Orleans working with Duplessis and on other projects.

Mount Nebo is part of Churches Supporting Churches, an organization that partners New Orleans churches with churches across the country in an effort to rebuild Gulf Coast communities and churches. For more information, call (574) 291-0924.

Meet the candidates

Candidates for St. Joseph County political offices and current officeholders will be guestss at the German Township Neighborhood Association meeting at 7 pm in the Community Building, 51755 Portage Rd. Call 574-272-9398 for more info.