Making a Difference in the Neighborhood
When the people of First Christian Church in Downtown Knoxville made the decision to move to this place and become the Table, a big part of that decision was with the intention of building community with the neighborhood we were joining and finding ways to make a difference in that neighborhood.
Now that we are here in West Haven, we hope that we are proving to be good neighbors and an important, difference making, part of the community.
We certainly felt like part of the community when the West Haven neighborhood hosted a fun picnic and get together at our church in June.
A West Haven Neighborhood picnic at the Table
And we also felt like the neighborhood was part of our community the last few weeks.
As a church, we decided to have a drive to get school supplies for the children at West Haven Elementary who might not be able to purchase those supplies for themselves. We also opened this drive up to the neighborhood and were overjoyed by the response. Together, the church and our neighbors gathered up enough items for 60 children at West Haven Elementary, ten backpacks with the full amount of items on the school supply for each and every grade!
Last Sunday, July 30, we packed those supplies into the backpacks
Packing backpacks with school supplies for West Haven Elementary
And then we delivered them to a very thankful West Haven Elementary
School supply backpacks delivered to West Haven Elementary
We couldn’t have accomplished this without the support and help from the people of the West Haven neighborhood, and we hope to continue to partner with them and whoever else will join us as we try to make a difference in our community!
Thanks to all who helped make this possible!
Rev. Josh