D-Lite or Dwell Neighborhood Addition

I had the privelege of meeting last night with folks from both our Capitol View Dwell house and Grant Park Dwell house, as well as folks who live in the neighborhood of Capitol View who are invested in what we are doing. The purpose of getting together to eat good desserts was to talk about how people who are interested in what we are doing, but who do not live in our Dwell house, can be a part of Dwell. What seems to be brewing is something we are calling D-lite (Dwell Lite) or Dwell Neighborhood Addition. Our Dwell house would remain the core of our ministry in Capitol View, but we would begin to have a bigger family of Dwell in the 'hood. The foundation of which would be relationships. I don't know how this will develop over the next few months, but I am really excited to be having these conversations. And in reality, I also recognize that we are just putting a name and developing some structure for something that already exists. Our Dwell houses can't be who they are without the greater community. And we hope that the houses are also able to be a support and sense of joy for those in the community. The challenge moving ahead will be around staying intentional about these relationships, but also allowing things to develop organically, as they have before.

~Jannan Thomas, DOOR Atlanta City Director