I'm really looking forward to this Sunday afternoon!  Why???  Because a group of us from Hope will head over the CaritasWorks Furniture Bank to spend a few hours at their monthly House Blessing.  


Last winter I took a course called UnityWorks (www.embracerichmond.wordpress.com) which is designed to teach the local church more about the needs of the inner city and how we as the Body of Christ can make a greater impact in healing the many wounds that we find there.  I learned a lot about how we can breach the unseen division between the inner city and the suburban church.  

Participating in the House Blessing will be one more chance to take a step toward meeting the needs of the inner city poor.  We'll spend some time helping in the furniture warehouse, help a family "shop" for household goods for their new home as they move from a shelter into a home of their own and then move everything there.  The afternoon will be capped off with a time of prayer and blessing for this family and their new home!  


It's not too late to join us!  If you'd like to come along, please send me an email at worldimpact@hopecentral.com as soon as possible and I'll make sure you're included.  The time is 1:30-5:30 pm and the cost is $10 a person.  Children from age 7 can come along to help too, so bring the family!  There's more information here on the blog as well.