Furnishing Homes with Love
You may have heard this expression before in another context, but it rings true at The Blessing Board as well. It absolutely takes “a village” to make the ministry of The Blessing Board work. The official definition of “village” is a human settlement or community where people live. The volunteers of The Blessing Board make…Continue reading It Takes a Village
Friday morning I was walking into The Blessing Board and I noticed several women carrying boxes into bay three. I walked through the Vintage Market, dropped my computer and camera bags, and headed over to see what was going on. What I discovered was purging, exercising and the Oakmont Bakery. The women in these pictures…Continue reading Purging, Exercising and the Oakmont Bakery
Happy Valentine’s Day! The heart is the symbol of love, and on Valentine’s Day, it smells like roses, tastes like chocolate, feels like happiness and penetrates all areas of our lives. I can remember as a kid filling out dozens of valentines asking my classmates to be mine. Anticipation made my heart beat faster…Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day
What a day to celebrate! Yesterday I had the awesome opportunity with my team to celebrate the Grand Reopening of our McKeesport location. Over the past three weeks, the volunteers have logged over 400 hours of work to clean, paint and organize the new space. This week they prepared for the luncheon which brought 50…Continue reading TBB and the Jefferson Regional Foundation
5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God” 3 John 5-6 It is…Continue reading Happy New Year!
Got called out the other day to help with a pickup. Most of the people that I talk to don’t want me to do that, but every once in a while I like to show that the “old man” can still move some furniture. The pickup wasn’t hard but there was a lot of stuff….Continue reading Saving the Planet