Imagine a beauty pageant for mentally impaired adults who've never otherwise been cheered, or a Christmas party for homeless kids. Those are only a few of the programs Reverend Fowler conducts, which serve, elevate, and celebrate the least-acknowledged members of society -- the homeless, mentally impaired, and mentally ill.

Reverend Faith Fowler attends to her followers’ pastoral needs in a marginalized neighborhood. Yet, she finds the time and the will to address the needs for connection and inclusion on the part of the forgotten among the already most vulnerable of our communities.

It's all above and beyond the call of simply running an inner-city church. But Faith works on, well, her faith. The results are inspired as they are inspiring: imagine traveling by van to Washington, D.C., with a choir of formerly homeless, mentally ill men, experiencing their camaraderie, and then hearing the beautiful music they produce. The moment generates not only pride in those who had once none, but also faith and hope -- for them and the audience!

Reverend Fowler, a wonderfully, dryly funny person, is utterly dismissive of her own mighty contributions. But we shouldn’t be. She runs a Methodist congregation in a blighted sector of the city and opens and maintains facilities for the forgotten, creating a sense of home for the homeless. Reverend Faith Fowler shows that even those whom we too often count as the least among us are capable of a powerful, and yes, amazing grace.

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