Benjamin
Ogden,
born and reared in Detroit, always has worked to promote the betterment
of this city and its residents, be it as a paramedic – nearly
twenty years ago – or, now, as the Interim Director of the
Open Door Program. Benjamin holds in high regard those persons
in need and has deep compassion for individuals struggling to
better themselves and the world around them.
Benjamin,
with a background in psychology and counseling as well as a specialization
in addictions-recovery, served as the Open Door's Program Facilitator,
as well as the 'Social Worker'/Case Manager, from 2003 to 2008.
He has been at the forefront of the Church's efforts to provide
a greater scope of care to those in need and he believes that,
if provided the correct tools and resources, the people who Fort
Street Church helps can and will succeed.
Since
his involvement with the Open Door, service has grown from a once-per-week
program to one that now provides assistance, daily, and is accessible
at four separate locations. He has helped to continue to
blur the lines between participants, volunteers and professional
staff, so that the Fort Street Church family may better embody
true hospitality to strangers.
- "For
the needy shall not always be forgotten,
- nor
the hope of the afflicted perish forever."
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