During this tour, participants will see community development efforts in three distinctly different settings and stages – a mature expression in a public housing community, a one year old expression in a church setting and a our brand new efforts in a commercial corridor of our city. Embrace Richmond is a faith-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization
Wendy will be speaking to over 400 YMCA supportersat the 5th annual Good Friday Breakfast on March 29 at 7:00. The breakfast will be at the Holiday Inn Kroger Center located at 1021 Kroger Center Blvd, Richmond, VA 23235. Admission is $15.00. For registration and more information go to their website.  
Embrace Richmond is a faith-based non-profit organization addressing issues of concern from a Christian perspective. Embrace Richmond grew out of a homeless woman’s desire to give back and we continue to foster this “pay it forward” philosophy in everything we do. Our mission is to strengthen under-resourced communities by empowering neighbors to help one another.
Best Practices for Faith-Based Community Transformation When: November 30- December 1, 2012 Where: Northminster Church/ 3121 Moss Side Ave/ Richmond, VA 23222 Come learn how your local congregations can effectively and sustainably partner with their neighbors for community transformation. We invite any pastor, staff person or lay leader feeling challenged by the realities of making
Bob Lupton has invested almost 40 years of his life in inner-city Atlanta. In response to a call that he first felt while serving in Vietnam, he left a budding business career to work with delinquent urban youth. Bob and his family sold their suburban home and moved into the inner-city where they have lived
As previously posted, Embrace Richmond was selected as one of the recipients of this year’s proceeds from Deep Run High School’s Dance Marathon and Fundraising events. Kathleen Kern, faculty and co-director of the Dance Marathon writes, “The dance is a 27 hour event filled with not only dancing, but costume parties, air-band competitions, team-building games, and
ANNE O’BYRNE, SOPRANO will perform on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 7:30 p.m at Salisbury Presbyterian Church. The proceeds from this concert will benefit Embrace Richmond. “Around the World in 60 Minutes” and will feature Irish soprano Anne O’Byrne and pianist David Fisk, executive director of the Richmond Symphony, as they explore the world through
We are so thankful to our friends from Brandermill Church who will be volunteering with us on MLK Day. Because of the limited space in the Hillside Recreation Center we are unable at this time to accept any additional volunteers from outside the Hillside community.We do have several additional events coming up this spring that
Want to learn more about Embrace Richmond? Join us for the “Embrace the Streets Tour” Date: January 26th, 2012 Time: Noon-3:00PM Location: 3400 Brook Road (On the campus of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond) Virginia Hall Building – foyer Itinerary 12:00 – 12:30– Welcome and Embrace Richmond Overview 12:30-2:15 – Driving tour of the
Want to learn more about Embrace Richmond? Join us for our upcoming “Embrace the Streets Tour” Date: January 26th, 2012 Time: Noon-3:00PM Location: 3400 Brook Road (Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond) Virginia Hall Building We will meet in the foyer of the first floor unless otherwise specified Itinerary 12:00 – 12:30– Welcome and Embrace Richmond