November 1, 2009
November 29 – BE the Church!
We’re doing it again… We’re canceling our normal church service to go out into our community and be a light. Our next Service Sunday is November 29 (the Sunday after Thanksgiving).
We’re partnering with Freedom House to provide “Giving Bags” with necessity items for Richmond’s working poor. We’re using Sunday, November 29 to purchase items for these bags AND perform random acts of kindness while we’re out gathering the bag items.
November 29 Timeline:
10:00 Meet at TCMS for worship, prayer and communion
10:30 KV stays at TCMS to rehearse the Christmas Show. Everyone else goes out to serve!
12:00 Return to TCMS to drop off bags and share lunch
Things to Know:
- Bring a dish to share for the church lunch. Your food item will be stored at TCMS from 10 til we eat around 12.
- Bring coupons for toiletries to maximize items we can buy for Giving Bags.
- Think about how you want to use your time to serve others on the 29th.
What is Freedom House?
Freedom House provides food and shelter to Richmond’s homeless and working poor population. Even more importantly, they work to provide the life skills and support needed to overcome the obstacles that lead to homelessness. Freedom House is collecting “Giving Bags” to provide the homeless and working poor with necessity items. Bags will be distributed at their annual Christmas Day dinner. To learn more about Freedom House and other ways to get involved, visit their website at: FreedomHouseRichmond.org.
Questions about Service Sunday? Contact Kristin at 245-1469 or blalock_ck@hotmail.com.
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nvprojectcompass said,
November 1, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Anyone have ideas to share about what to do while we’re all out shopping for the Giving Bags items? Just think about how many people we’ll encounter during the holiday shopping weekend… hundreds of opportunities to go out of our way to do something nice and shine God’s light!
Here’s a few ideas to get us going…
- Open doors for people and offer to carry bags
- Take in carts from the parking lots
- Clean a store’s bathroom
- Buy someone coffee
- Pay for the person in line behind you
- Sweep sidewalks
You can always “scope” out an area BEFORE the 29th… Ask a store manager what you could come in and help with for an hour on the 29th… but be prepared for what they may ask you to do! Remember that serving isn’t always clean and pretty.
The dirtier the job, the bigger the opportunity to show kindness!
Chris said,
November 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm
What kind of things do you have in mind that would be good to get? Toiletries are always a good idea… has Freedom House provided any other ideas?
Any plans for people to go out in groups for random acts of kindness?
nvprojectcompass said,
November 19, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Freedom House has a list of items they’re suggesting that we’ll hand out with the bags & money that Sunday morning… Off the top of my head, I know toiletries & gloves are on the list. I have a mass of bags, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes that we already had donated to start the bags off.
If you have an idea for an act of kindness for a group, you’re more than welcome to organize it!