My very dirty shirt, proof that I was working (or else rolling around in mud).
About half of our group. Six persons weren't here, and one (me) was taking the photo. Standing in front of the heaping full dumpster. L-r: Pam,Jeff Jacobs, Lisa Sutton, Terry Sutton, RJ, Tim Hallman.
This morning, about a dozen people from Anchor Church did something for the neighborhood: cleaned up the alley that runs behind the church (and a long ways in either direction). We took the part of the alley on our block, which is probably a quarter-mile long.
In three hours, we filled a whole dumpster with junk. Much of it was tree branches, victims of the ice storm earlier this year. But there was all kinds of other stuff, too.
After filling the dumpster, we drove a couple miles to a lady's house and thoroughly raked her yard, filling a trailer with more wood and debris.
It was a great way to serve our neighborhood. And there were some neat God-moments as we interacted with our neighbors.
Tonight, Pam and I ache. We'll sleep well.
Career-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
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