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The Board of Missions voted to give monetary gifts that have been specified for missions, such as memorial and honorary gifts, and share it in tangible ways to meet needs to four of our ministry partners: CrossOver Healthcare Ministry, Welborne Community Food Pantry, LUCHA Ministries, Inc., and Feed More.
"One of the greatest joys of being a CBF field personnel is being able to walk beside Spanish-speaking immigrant families over the long run. We still have contact with many of the families that we worked with in the early days of our ministry in Virginia, nearly 20 years ago. We’ve seen them through good and bad times. We celebrate their victories and mourn with them in their losses. We try to be present when they need us." --CBF field personnel Sue Smith, LUCHA Ministries, Inc.
"As difficult as things are for the Acero family, they are only one of thousands of families across the United States who are being affected in some way by COVID-19. Many don’t have a safety net to rely on, as their friends and family members are in similar situations." -- Sue Nutt Smith (LUCHA Ministries, Inc.)
In our newest podcast episode, we catch up with Greg and Sue Nutt Smith, co-founders of LUCHA Ministries, Inc.—a non-profit that offers legal and other services to immigrants—on the state of immigration in our country today.
Our conversation moves from legal matters such as the potential end of DACA this summer and the consequences of the new public charge ruling to the people they've met who have impacted them most and the continued need for dignity in our actions and discourse.
https://tinyurl.com/ocmoviesnow
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I thought a picture of me with cards would be a good idea for a thankful post today, but I don’t think that’s what you need to see today. Scroll through these images of our neighbors - some are from my phone and others were captured by the organizations we partner with. Today is a day of thanksgiving - a day where most of us sit around the dinner table with family and friends.
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Let us be thankful that our family and friends are within arms reach today - as our refugee and migrant neighbors struggle to make new friends and rarely have family here in their new homes. Let us be thankful today for outrageous amounts of food - as our refugee and migrant neighbors often find it hard to source healthy and affordable food. Let us be thankful today for the organizations and the people leading the way for our refugee and migrant neighbors - Organizations such as ReEstablish Richmond Miry's List CWS Harrisonburg Refugee Resettlement heart center and LUCHA Ministries, Inc. ❤️
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Lastly - know that your refugee and migrant neighbors near and far are so grateful for your support no matter how big or small. You all have donated thousands of dollars back to programs this year through purchasing cards and other illustrations that will ultimately help our neighbors assimilate and make new homes here in the United States. Celebrate each other today and we hope you can lift up prayers, vibes, good thoughts today for our neighbors as we enter into a busy and family oriented holiday season.
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I could not be more thankful for each and every one of you today - thankful for the opportunity to create tiny works of art for mailboxes near and far to receive. Happy Thanksgiving friends 💕
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