There will be a neighborhood meeting tonight at 7 p.m. to discuss a planned emergency shelter at Ballard's Calvary Lutheran Church, which is supposed to open Saturday.

The purpose of the meeting is to provide neighbors with an opportunity to learn more about SHARE'S (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort) shelter, a temporary emergency shelter, which has been invited to stay at the church, located on the Northwest corner of 70th and 23rd Avenue.

Calvary Lutheran Shelter began at Our Redeemer Church in the winter of 1993 and has moved three times since then, to a former Calvary Lutheran Church in West Seattle, the Randolf Carter Center and most recently with the West Seattle Church of the Nazarene. The one year contract in West Seattle expired on Feb. 15 and has been extended until March 1 or until a new home is found.

The Ballard shelter is supposed to open Feb. 28.

The shelter is for men only and has a capacity to hold 20. it requires participants to be sober and non-violent. pan handling and loitering are prohibited.

To comment on the potential shelter in Ballard, attend the meeting Thursday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. at the Calvary Lutheran Church, 7002 23rd Ave. N.W.

The SHARE office number is 448-7889 or contact Pastor Steve Grumm at 783-7900.