This is an adapted version of a guest sermon given by Rick Beech, Habitat Wake VP of Faith Relations, on January 29, 2023 at Pleasant Grove United Methodist. 

While on earth, Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God more than anything else. The Kingdom that Jesus was announcing, however, was not the Kingdom that many were expecting. This Kingdom would not be about power, nationalism, or triumphalism. It would be a new way of being for all of humanity. It would be the Kingdom of love and humility.

Yesterday, more than 60 volunteers assembled to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering with Habitat Wake to help build what Dr. King called the Beloved Community — a vision of an integrated, just society without hunger, homelessness and poverty — the ideal expression of the Christian faith. 

Habitat Wake is excited to introduce three new Advocacy Committee members as we kick off the new year! Our Advocacy Committee includes 14 community members connected to affordable housing through policy expertise, relationships to local government, community organizing or lived experience.  

Everyone deserves the personal and economic stability of a safe, affordable home.

For a home to be affordable, housing expenses must be less than 30 percent of a family's income. In Wake and Johnston counties, one in four families spends too much of their income on housing, leaving little left over for other necessities like food, transportation, education and healthcare.

Habitat Wake has officially kicked off development in our second largest community: Old Poole Place! 

Habitat for Humanity of Wake County launched our inaugural Veterans Build this week with a home preservation project in Willow Springs. The project includes fencing in the yard of a local veteran so he can provide a safe space for a service dog.

What is affordable housing? 

Simply put, housing is affordable when a household spends no more than 30% of their income on housing, including their rent or mortgage, property taxes, and insurance. 

VP of Faith Relations and Habitat Wake founder Rick Beech remembers Dorothy B. Smith, one of Habitat Wake's earliest homebuyers. 

Patricia Burch, Habitat Wake’s new CEO, started with us on Monday, October 10 and has hit the ground running. Patricia is enthusiastically looking forward to meeting all of our supporters across our build sites, in our ReStores and upcoming events. In the meantime, get to know her a little better with these 15 questions: