A Time for Healing

Unity Barbershop invites you to a Community Healing Time -Located at 921 E. Pontiac Street in Fort Wayne, Unity Barbershop is know for more than cutting hair. It is also known as a place of healing.

On Saturday, July 10, 2010, joined by dozens of area churches, businesses and organizations, Unity Barbershop will be the gathering point for a Community Healing Time. The event will take place from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Unity Barbershop co-owner Foundation One says he was inspired to spearhead the Community Healing Time effort after attending a recent candlelight vigil in remembrance of victims of crime and violence in Fort Wayne.   He says the realization that he knew more than 100 of the people being memorialized drove him to tears. He says at that point, God sent him on a mission.

That mission has brought together literally dozens of area churches, ministries, businesses and organizations for a day of healing through fellowship, prayer, music and more. Jimmy Fincher will serve as the event’s master of ceremonies.

In 17 years as a barber, Foundation One has not only cut hair, he has also  mentored people who come into his shop. He has committed himself to helping individuals deal with issues ranging from drug and alcohol abuse, to crime and violence, to mental illness – too often a taboo subject in the Black community. Foundation often refers to those issues as “demons” plaguing the community. The Community Healing Time is an effort to begin to “cast out” those demons.

During the Community Healing Time, participants are urged to bring photos of loved ones who have been lost to crime, violence and the other demons.

The July 10th event is not the first time Foundation has called the community together for a restorative event. In November of 2008, he led dozens of bicyclists on a 20-mile Spirituality Ride through Fort Wayne on the River Greenway. The goal was not only to promote the physical and ecological benefits of bike riding but to also help clear the mind.

“We need to get our minds right so that we can do the correct things,” Foundation told INK regarding the ride. “If your mind gets weak, then you’re subject to do anything. You need to stay mentally and physically fit.”

For more information on the Community Healing Time, call Foundation One at (260) 247-1019.