I am embarrassed to write this true confession. While serving dinner at Mercy Street I said out loud, “I don’t know if I have anything new to blog about our trip to Mercy Street this month.” For shame! Do NOT get me wrong. I love writing about Mercy Street – the faith based ministry that […]
Recently I read something I really liked. “If Plan A doesn’t work, remember there are 25 other letters of the alphabet.” Today was that kind of day. Plan A – For sometime, the Albers Men’s Class and the Living Stones Bible Study Fellowship of First Baptist Church Richardson had been planning and preparing to furnish […]
When the gang from the Living Stones and Albers Men’s Bible Study Fellowship Classes gathered at Buckner International to sort shoes in May, I realized it had been well over a month since Lanabird had shared about Buckner. As we stood in front of this poster for the April group picture, it was a reminder […]
On the website for the Well (click HERE to view the website), I found this information: Welcome to the Well: We are a community of people working to bring love and health to adults recovering from serious mental illness. “Jesus said, ‘People soon become thirsty again after drinking water. But the water I give takes […]
Buckner’s Shoes for Orphan Souls is gearing up for five large shipments in the near future. There is a lot of work to be done. Our group from First Baptist Church Richardson recently went again for our monthly morning of volunteering. These dear people volunteer each week. They tried to educate us on the various […]
Finally the day arrived for the Living Stones Bible Fellowship Class and the Alber’s Men Class to take a meal to Mercy Street Mission in West Dallas. I for one have been waiting for this day since last fall when we attended the Mercy Street luncheon. Be still my heart. Going to Mercy Street was […]
Buckner update: The first Wednesday of each month is the Living Stones and the Albers Men’s Class day to volunteer at Buckner International. We sort shoes for Shoes for Orphan Soles. As always, it was a fun day. We enjoyed being with friends, doing something worthwhile, and then “breaking bread” together at the Circle Grill. […]
Telling you about Buckner is so much fun. Members of the Living Stones and Albers Men’s Class from First Baptist Church Richardson have a good time, and we feel – no -we know we are doing something worthwhile. In September, we sorted school supplies to go to Peru. When we were volunteering in October, Alex (the […]
