Each year at Christmas, the congregation collects enough food, meat and dairy products to supply 25 needy families in our community with a hearty Christmas pantry stock-up. Folks of all ages get together for "Boxing Party Night" to sort and box the food for distribution.
Since a team from First Baptist helped with Christmas season ministries in inner city Baltimore in the early 1990's, we've co-sponsored with other churches and volunteers in our town The Radford Elf Shelf - a place where qualified needy families can shop for brand new toys for their children each December. In an average year, 250 children in Radford benefit!
Inside/Out is our name for groups of volunteers who gather to pray, study, and carry out a specific ministry project in the local community. Some groups plan a one time project, others choose a repeating seasonal event, and still others choose to administer an ongoing outreach effort.
The goal of each project is to enable First Baptist Church to be a good neighbor to those in our community by meeting our neighbors and making friends, as well as in contributing in a positive way to the development of others.
Current Inside/Out groups include:
THE EASTER PROJECT
Participants meet weekly in the season leading up to Easter, and plan a special event for the mothers and children who live in the Cornerstone House of Radford's Women's Resource Center (WRC). The WRC provides a haven for battered families, offering safe shelter, counseling, and life skills training to help abused families become independent. The Easter Project provides the mothers with a fine dinner in a church member's home, and the opportunity to make Easter baskets for their children. Meanwhile, their children celebrate enjoy a pizza party provided at the church, which includes an Easter egg hunt, story time, and craft-making.
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN PROJECT
This group offers a home-cooked meal every Tuesday night during the school year to the children who live at Willow Woods Complex, and who participate in the Beans and Rice After School Tutoring Program. During the summer, this group assists with reading practice and pizza parties for special events. Additionally, this project group addresses other school-aged children needs, including providing yearbooks to middle school children who cannot afford to purchase one, and also...
THE PROM BOUTIQUE PROJECT
Recognizing that not every girl who would like to attend high school prom can afford the dress and accessories to do so, this group collects slightly used prom dresses, and working with high school guidance counselors, provides to those in need a boutique experience in which to come and shop for the gift of a prom dress.
The goal of each project is to enable First Baptist Church to be a good neighbor to those in our community by meeting our neighbors and making friends, as well as in contributing in a positive way to the development of others.
Current Inside/Out groups include:
THE EASTER PROJECT
Participants meet weekly in the season leading up to Easter, and plan a special event for the mothers and children who live in the Cornerstone House of Radford's Women's Resource Center (WRC). The WRC provides a haven for battered families, offering safe shelter, counseling, and life skills training to help abused families become independent. The Easter Project provides the mothers with a fine dinner in a church member's home, and the opportunity to make Easter baskets for their children. Meanwhile, their children celebrate enjoy a pizza party provided at the church, which includes an Easter egg hunt, story time, and craft-making.
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN PROJECT
This group offers a home-cooked meal every Tuesday night during the school year to the children who live at Willow Woods Complex, and who participate in the Beans and Rice After School Tutoring Program. During the summer, this group assists with reading practice and pizza parties for special events. Additionally, this project group addresses other school-aged children needs, including providing yearbooks to middle school children who cannot afford to purchase one, and also...
THE PROM BOUTIQUE PROJECT
Recognizing that not every girl who would like to attend high school prom can afford the dress and accessories to do so, this group collects slightly used prom dresses, and working with high school guidance counselors, provides to those in need a boutique experience in which to come and shop for the gift of a prom dress.
First Baptist Church
Radford, Virginia
Radford, Virginia
