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The
Kingdom of heaven is like
Carol Hyatt serving a meal to a homeless person at Grace Fellowship, a
weekly ministry of FBC which serves people who are poor or homeless in
Richmond.
(submitted by Win Grant) |
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The
Kingdom of heaven is like
Ralph Starling welcoming Mixteco (an indigenous population from Mexico)
kids living in a Richmond trailer park to Vacation Bible School at First
Baptist Church.
(submitted by Reid & Millie Flinn) |
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The
Kingdom of heaven is like
the gift of a warm winter coat from the clothes closet at First Baptist
Church.
(submitted by Ann Phaup) |
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The
Kingdom of Heaven looks like the Richmond Baptist Association's Christmas
Store, where church members from all over Richmond collect toys and
clothing and distribute them to people in need.
(submitted by Mary Palmer) |
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The
Kingdom of Heaven looks like Acteens wrapping gifts to be given to the
Cofer- Decker-Fellowship Class members, helping those men, all long time
members of First Baptist feel special and remembered by our church.
(submitted by Allen Cumbia) |
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The Kingdom of Heaven is like
volunteers from FBC and other Richmond churches building a Habitat for
Humanity house in south Richmond.
(submitted by Mary Palmer) |
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The Kingdom of Heaven looks like
Jack Pierce and others who volunteer their time and expertise to make
repairs and spruce up Camp Alkulana, a summer camp for Richmond inner
city children.
(submitted by Mary Palmer) |
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The Kingdom of Heaven looks like
FBC Cub and Boy Scouts, who spent
the first two Saturdays in November collecting 3000 pounds of food for
the Central Virginia Food Bank in the Fan and Northside. Through the
generosity of those who live in the neighborhoods around our church and
the collection efforts of our scouts, thousands of meals will be served
to those in need.
(submitted by Mark Larson) |
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The Kingdom of Heaven looks like FBC members
visiting, praying, listening and loving members of our church who are no
longer able to attend.
(submitted by Christie Hartsock) |
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When we go to where we are needed and
willingly offer our sweat and expertise to build a community shelter, we
are helping to bring in the Kingdom of God. Building a community shelter
was one of many ways a group from Richmond's First Baptist Church
reached out to the community of Helena, Arkansas during a summer mission
trip in 2008.
(submitted by Mark Norton) |
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The Kingdom of Heaven looks like FBC members
in the live nativity at the Weinachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) in Amberg,
Germany. 2008 will be the seventh year teams have travelled to Amberg at
Christmastime to prayer walk, ring handbells, or do whatever is
necessary to bring the Living Savior to this little Bavarian city.
(submitted by Patty Whitfield) |
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The Kingdom of Heaven is like Mobile Ministry
volunteers going out every Saturday morning to meet homeless folks on
their own "turf" - offering a cup of coffee, conversation, and some of
life's basic necessities. |
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The Kingdom of Heaven looks like volunteer
missionaries teaching Honduran children songs and Bible stories. |
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The Kingdom of Heaven is like 70 members of First
Baptist Church who travelled to Slovakia last summer and spent a few
days helping to repair an orphanage.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is like the folks who go to
Slovakia every summer to teach English and share the love of Jesus.
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The Kingdom of Heaven looks like hundreds of children
in one of the poorest areas of the United States: Helena, Arkansas - who
eagerly participate in sports, swimming and Vacation Bible School led by
volunteers who give a week of their vacation and pay their own expenses
to go and spend time with them. |
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