Saturday, May 4, was a Day of Service
in Southern Virginia. Congregations took part in a variety of service projects
in their communities. Pictures from some of the day's events can be found on
our Facebook page. If you have pictures from your project, please send them to aturner@diosova.org
so that they can be included.
Emmanuel, Cape Charles, members spent
their Day of Service doing work for their local library. They also provided
brownies for the Brownie Walk Brownie during International Migratory Bird Day
at the Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge.
All Saints', Virginia Beach
participated in the Day of Service for the Ministry of the Baptized.
Through their Jr. Warden, they secured from the City of Virginia Beach the address
of a home that was about to be condemned, and with the owner's permission
undertook the clean-up of her front yard. A very tired and wet crew felt
revitalized by this opportunity to minister to a citizen in need.
The congregations of Convocation II
(Virginia Beach) assisted Good Samaritan, Virginia Beach, with their annual
Spring Community Day as part of the Diocesan Day of Service. The day was all
about "Building Safe Communities," and there were a variety of city
agencies and services there, along with lots of food and entertainment. Over
2,000 people from the neighboring community attended the event. Virginia Beach
Mayor Will Sessoms was also there.
Saturday morning seven people from St. John's, Chester, participated in the Day of Service by building four kitchen tables for CARITAS clients
transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing. CARITAS is a
Richmond organization which seeks to meet the immediate needs of the homeless
for food and shelter and to provide help with job skills, drug
rehabilitation, and housing to break the cycle of homelessness.
Convocation III (Norfolk) churches
held their Day of Service in April. They came together to perform much needed
maintenance and repairs at the ODU Canterbury House.
