posted Dec 22, 2010 11:18 AM by Site Admin
The Red Bank Neighborhood Pride Association (RBNPA) is joining forces with Widows Harvest Ministries to celebrate “Causing Our Widows’ Hearts to Sing” Week May 7-15. The purpose of this week is to encourage all citizens to take time to do something special for the widows in their respective communities where they live, worship, work and play. Something special can include: changing a light bulb for her, mowing her lawn, repair a leaky faucet or buying her flowers.
The Red Bank Neighborhood Pride Association is encouraging all Red Bank citizens to form a relationship with women who have lost their husbands (regardless of circumstances) by offering potted plants for $8 each to take to the women in their own neighborhoods. The goals are to: a) encourage all to get to know neighbors; b) inform the women of the respective groups; and c) to find out if they need any help that can be provided by Widows Harvest. During that week, the plants will be available for pick-up. Pre-orders are accepted now.
Widows Harvest Ministries is a Christian based non-profit service organization based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Responding to the Biblical mandate in James 1:27 to visit the widow in their distress, we have been assisting widows in a number of areas (including home repairs) since 1987. The Executive Director of Widows Harvest quotes, "Never before in the 23 year history of Widows Harvest Ministries has a City demonstrated their care and concern for their widows by committing to insure that none of her widows will suffer from neglect. As part of their commitment, the City of Red Bank is now partnering with Widows Harvest Ministries in order to meet the home repair and lawn care needs of all of Red Banks widowed population. On April 16th, Widows Harvest and several Red Bank area churches will come together for the first time since this new partnership was initiated in order to replace a damaged portion of a widow's roof. Widows Harvest is looking forward to a long and successful relationship with the City of Red Bank that will serve as a model for other cities throughout our State and Nation." For more information on Widows Harvest Ministry, go to www.widows.org.
RBNPA Chair Erin Creal urges “all citizens to be good neighbors to the single women in their neighborhoods. We can be a strong community when we take care of those who need help. This project is a perfect fit for our organizations! Who better should be aware of the individuals’ circumstances than their own neighbors? We can reach out a helping hand to let them know they aren’t alone. This is a concept very easy to embrace as most of us have a mother, grandmother, or aunt who needs some extra help.” People who want to participate can email redbanknpa@gmail.org to pre-order their gift. Also, plants will be available on a first come, first serve basis at the Red Bank Jubilee on May 7 in the Red Bank City Park across from Bi Lo.
Red Bank Neighborhood Pride Association is a group of volunteers who are residents of Red Bank, TN committed to helping the City be a more desirable place to live. Their community meetings are on the 2nd Monday of every month at the Red Bank Community Center behind Erlanger North. All residents are welcome to attend.
For more information on the Association, go to www.redbanknpa.org.
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posted Sep 3, 2010 9:40 AM by Site Admin
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IN ALL THINGS GIVE THANKS TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IN CHRIST JESUS NAME Dear Friends and Partners:
Widows Harvest Africa Desk I just received this report from Joshua and wanted to share it with you. Joshua writes of his recent visit to Migori prison to visit widows who are inmates there:
"When her husband died, all her hopes were gone. She had to find out ways and means to servive, she tried it all including selling illicit brew and even drugs, and that's how widow papanya got into problems with the kenya law which landed her in prison now serving five years if i may recal very well.
She was pregant when she was sentenced. She gave birth in prisons to twins. The children now know that prison is there home. An example of what abandoned widows get into. If the church was ready to plead the case of widows, if the family was ready to plead the plight of widows, if the government could be ready to do so, this widow could not have landed in the situation and the children could be home right now. Not only her case touched me, but many more that i saw with children. some had small children and the childen were allowed to be with them in prison. When i saw this i remember our miwani hadrienne, why could not even the church take these children while the mothers are serving in prison? the first church principle has disspeared, where is the true and church pure in james 1. 27 ? slowly going and yet the lord is coming for a pure church soon. were are not going to be tired to take this word even in prison wards and hospital, even in churches, we are ready to be thrown out like of synagogues as they did to our lord after reading the scroll. The last cent i had was used to buy soap for them. They were very happy to receive it. about five received the lord jesus christ as their saviour and this time as their husband. they were consoled. This was migori prison. God bless you all as we serve him. servant joshua"
"Widows Helping Widows" Indoor Sale
Last Saturday, August 7, was the date of the widow's indoor garage sale. All of the widows worked so hard leading up to the sale as well as the day of the sale. They are amazing. They also provided free lunch for everyone there who wanted to eat, hot dogs (with the works if you wanted it that way), chips and a drink. There were also baked goods that many of them made to sell, which sold quite well. By the time the sale was over the widows had raised about $1500. How humbling.
Dick Mason's Monthly Projects Report
- Volunteer Work Days: 24
- Work Projects Started: 68
- Work Projects Completed: 71 (4 completed were begun the previous month)
- Number of widows served: 29
- Number of Volunteers 359
- Volunteer Groups Include: Son Servants, Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church, Student Life, Southland, Eastwood Baptist Church, North Shore Fellowship, Group from Douglasville, Ga.
Thanks again to our wonderful interns this summer, Peter Graffis and Duncan Keegan. A mistake I would like to correct from the last update, Peter is getting his masters degree at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In the last update I wrote that he wasn't getting it. Obviously, one of my many typos.
Widow's Prayer March
Tomorrow morning, Saturday, August 14, the prayer widows will be leaving from St Elmo Baptist Church to travel to New Covenant Bible Church in Canton, Georgia, for a prayer luncheon with their widows and many of their members who have come to Chattanooga to serve widows over the last several years. One of the Canton widows, Elsie, went to be with the Lord earlier in the week. She had been a faith part of their widow's prayer ministry for years and I know that during their service tomorrow their will be a great celebration for her home going. Please pray for their safe travels.
Financial Update
Due to a lot of generous giving over the summer we have been able to keep on target with our monthly expenses. Since the end of July, though, giving has come to a fairly significant halt. Please pray for us as we enter the fall, that we will not fall behind. Right now we are a behind about $4000, but that figure can easily double and triple by mid September. Thank you all for your great love for widows, when it seems that most of the world does not.
blessings,
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