by Laurie Power, First Congregational UCC, Eugene Published on June 27, 2011

A new 16-unit affordable housing facility, Afiya Apartments, was dedicated on June 10, 2011, in downtown Springfield, Oregon.  The housing complex helps adults with psychiatric disability live on their own.  Residents at the Afiya Apartments benefit from counseling, skills training, and medication monitoring on site.  First Congregational UCC of Eugene has faithfully supported this project for some time.  What a blessing to reach this milestone!

Years ago, the Church of the Brethren, a tiny church in Springfield that has served special needs adults and families with grace and dignity, launched a project to use its one acre site for housing for individuals with

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