Community Movie Night Rides Again

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Scott

From email announcement:

Community Movie Nights
begin Friday, May 9
at Dusk

Pleasants Park
(Behind Pine Street Baptist Church)
Refreshments Served:
Grilled hot dogs, chips and beverage

Winter Wonder From This Morning

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Scott

The snow from last night made Oregon Hill into a winter wonderland this morning.

Snow angels outside Pine Street Baptist Church:

Wintery Parsons Linear Park overlooked Belvidere Street:

Pine Street Baptist Church Helps The Homeless

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Scott

The Religious Herald newspaper has an article on the 160-year old Pine Street Baptist Church’s efforts to help the homeless.

Excerpts:

Home is where your mailbox is and for some homeless residents in Richmond’s historic Oregon Hill neighborhood, that’s now Pine Street Baptist Church.
The recent addition of 50 lockers and 25 mailboxes is about more than a safe place for the homeless to keep belongings and a mailbox with their name on it, said Jennifer Turner, director of the Oregon Hill Baptist Center. It may be the first step in transitioning to a more stable lifestyle.

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“Over the past couple of years, Pine Street Baptist Church entered a ‘Pursuing Missional Faithfulness’ process to help the church identify who we are in light of where we are, and the theme of hospitality continued to rise up in our gatherings,” said pastor Philip Turner, Jennifer’s husband.

“The homeless population around our church has increased — along with the number of students attending Virginia Commonwealth University,” he said. “The church felt that a ministry of hospitality to both the students and homeless needed to be part of our mission.”