Blacks Run CleanUp Day

 

This Saturday from 9:30 until noon, RISE is participating in Blacks Run CleanUp Day led by Harrisonburg City Parks.

To participate, meet at Turner Pavilion (location of the Farmer's Market) at 9:30 am on Saturday with work clothes and gloves and be ready to clean a section of Blacks Run and the surrounding area. Lunch will be provided at noon and this is a great opportunity to begin as a community working to lcean up our community ... and our world ... along with others from in and around Harrisonburg.

For more info, contact Lindsay Caine (lindsrevae@gmail.com) or visit http://cleanstream.org.

Margot Starbuck's New Book: Launching at RISE!

Author Margot Starbuck is launching her next book at RISE! On Sunday April 21, join us during worship as Margot Starbuck (who visited RISE this past summer) launches her newest book, Permission Granted. Margot’s previous book Small Things with Great Love was the focus of our Lenten series last year and offers practical ways to live into God’s dream. Margot will take over worship that morning reading passages from her book and taking questions. Copies of Permission Granted will be available for purchase at a discounted price that morning.

Gleaning at the Farmer's Market

"When you harvest your land’s produce, you must not harvest all the way to the edge of your field; and don’t gather up every remaining bit of your harvest. Also do not pick your vineyard clean or gather up all the grapes that have fallen there. Leave these items for the poor and the immigrant; I am the Lord your God."
-- Leviticus 19:9-10

Every Tuesday from 12:30 pm until 2 pm, we need volunteers to collect produce donated by vendors at the Tuesday Farmer's Market. After the food is collected, we transport it to one of the three local food pantries (Blessed Sacrament, Summit House, and Community Mennonite). The pantries are on a rotating schedule, so while a different pantry receives the produce each week, each one is visited at least once a month.

Also, beginning this summer, we'll be gleaning on Saturday mornings at the Farmer's Market!

Can you help? We are in need of friends who can help glean produce from the Farmer's Market once every 3-4 weeks and then help deliver it to the appropriate pantries. It's a small way to make a big difference in the community. If anyone in your organization is willing to help us in this endeavor, or you know of anyone interested, please contact Lindsay Davis.

Love Packs Food Drive this Saturday!

We are having a food drive for Love Packs on Saturday March 23 from 10 am until 2 pm at Red Front Supermarket. Contact Ashley Jacquette if you have questions ... and we would love for you to show up and volunteer collecting items.

Love Does Book Club Starts Tuesday Feb. 19

Maggie Nave is leading a book discussion about Love Does by Bob Goff Tuesday nights at 10:00 pm beginning February 19. You do not have to have read the book to participate! The discussions will take place at Maggie’s House: 657 S. Main St. (at Main and Cantrell). Contact Maggie (mnave9@gmail.com) for more info.

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