Posts Tagged ‘Richmond’

what others are doing…

I’m going to try to continue the theme of external focus. I was sending emails to the gal in charge of our external focus team, but I figured I’d just pile together several articles that I’ve come across lately:
“A collective effort” (Chesterfield Observer)
During the cleanup, which is hosted annually by the Ampthill Civic Association, close [...]

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show me where love and hope and faith are needed…

Awesome day earlier today… what I had expected to be a pretty good trip down to Monroe Park to distribute clothes, blankets and serve some food sure was something more… thanks to a major helping of generosity and giving by over 20 people from our church family.

Before moving out to go downtown, we made sure [...]

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Serving Values

Before I get to “Serving Values” let me say that what seemed really interesting was that a guy (picture above is not him – but another guy and another story…) who has lived on the streets for the past 3 weeks is walking around the parking lot; his name is Al. He apparently found a [...]

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Chesterfield homeless

I’ve been a little off in la-la land for oh over a month or so when it comes to blogging (I marked my second blog as done due to it and a total lack of interest in that topic anymore). A bit here, a bit there… and life has just been busy, leaving not a [...]

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75 Dirt Cheap Ways to Enjoy Yourself around Richmond

OK, so this is a riff on 101 Dirt Cheap Ways to Enjoy Yourself but localized. I kept some, removed some (even thought some I agree with…), added some:

Check out a book or movies from the library and read/watch the afternoon away.
Picnic at Maymont.
Bake and eat homemade cookies.
Start a blog.
Hike outdoors and explore somewhere near like [...]

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