BRIGETTE'S HOUSE

In a collaborative, ecumenical spirit, the property at 9720 Wilkens Ave. in Baltimore was given new life and has become Brigitte’s Place, a day shelter for women in need. Brigette's Place got its name from a women who died from and overdose.

Previously, the Wilkens Ave. property was boarded up and abandoned. The congregation of Severna Park UMC claimed the house for Christ. Their prayers of blessing followed two intense years of rebuilding, renovation, decorating and following the nudges of the Holy  Spirit.

In  the Wilkens Avenue area, there are women who are homeless; who are addicted to heroin, the drug of choice; women engaged in prostitution; and women who don’t know the hope of a different future.

Brigitte’s Place provides these women with showers, laundry, a change of clothes, some food, basic hygiene products and a chance to enter into a relationship with someone who wants them to know healing and wholeness. “In the end, it’s all about the relationships that will be formed here,”

SPUMC congregation raised $25,000 to renovate the house and joined in partnership with Glyndon UMC, which provided VIM labor, and Woods Presbyterian Church, which renovated the kitchen.

In a previous ministry, SPUMC was associated with Samaritan Women, a non-profit that led them into a relationship with the Hope Ministries. Hope Ministries now manages the day to day operations of Brigitte’s Place.

Now that the renovation has been completed, SPUMC has an outreach program to aid women who work and live on Wilkens Ave.

They also help prepare hot meals and welcome guests to the ministry home.

Our Current Events webpage provides information on coming actvities for Brigette's Place.