Salvation Army gains new leadership

Free Press staff report

A new couple is in charge of Salvation Army Central Virginia, based at 2 W. Grace St. Majors Samuel and Christine Kim, who recently led the Christian organization’s operations in Spartansburg, S.C., have assumed command in Richmond and were welcomed with a community reception last Sunday.

They took over June 19 from Major Jason Burns and Capt. Bethany Burns, who led the Richmond-area operation for three years and who are now charge in Charlotte, N.C.

In a statement, the Kims said, “When we work together, we are better together.”

In Richmond, they will be responsible

Maryland church, with $100,000 in vandalism damage, continues in faith

The Rev. Jerome Jones Sr. is shocked by two things: the extensive vandalism that took place in his church building in Maryland’s capital in early June and the outpouring of support Fowler United Methodist Church has received in the aftermath.

On June 8, the red-carpeted sanctuary of the historically Black church was turned into a debris-filled space, with items once sacred ripped apart and an estimated $100,000 in damage.

“Nothing but paper — it looked like snow around our whole entire sanctuary,” said Rev. Jones of pages that were torn from Bibles and from hymnals that had been in the pews, whose upholstery was ripped when a wooden cross was torn down and tossed onto them.

“When we do our offering, we always lift our hands towards the cross for God to receive our offering,” explained the pastor since 2021 of the Annapolis church founded in 1871.

In recent weeks, congregants had to rethink that longtime tradition: “I told them the cross is in their hearts.”

Marc Limansky, a spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department, said police are investigating the vandalism and burglary at the church in what is considered by law to be a hate crime. As of midday Tuesday (June 27), there had been no arrests in the case.

“It’s just a violation of sanctity,” Limansky said of the incident, described in a news release as “significant damage” to the church’s interior. “I know they’re working hard on it.”

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Riverview Baptist Church

Sundays Sunday School - 9:30 A.M. Morning Services - 11 A.M.

In Person Sunday Service also on FACEBOOK and YouTube

2604 Idlewood Avenue, Richmond, Va. 23220 (804) 353-6135 • www.riverviewbaptistch.org

Rev. Dr. John E. Johnson, Jr., Interim Minister for the Men and Families’ Shelter located that the Grace Street site, the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club in Church Hill, and the Angel Tree and services in the Petersburg, Hopewell and Colonial Heights area, according to the Salvation Army. The Kims, the parents of two grown children, have served with the Salvation Army for 15 years. a December 2022 report on “Slavery and the Medical College of Virginia.”

Delegate Reid’s legislation established the Enslaved Ancestors College Access Scholarship and Memorial Program. Under it, VCU and three other schools, Longwood University, the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Military Institute, provide a “college scholarship or community-based economic development program for individuals or specific communities with a demonstrated historic connection to slavery that will empower families to be lifted out of a cycle of poverty.”

The legislation also requires each of the schools to “identify and memorialize, to the extent possible all enslaved individuals who labored” on property those entities previously owned or currently control.

For more information on Project Gabriel: visit projectgabriel.vcu.edu

Good Shepherd Baptist Church

The Rev. Sylvester T. Smith, Ph.D., Pastor “There’s A Place for You”

Broad Rock Baptist Church 5106 Walmsley Blvd., Richmond, VA 23224 804-276-2740 • 804-276-6535 (fax) www.BRBCONLINE.org

“BACK IN SERVICE” Our doors are open again Mask required • Must provide vaccination card Every Sunday @ 11:00 am. Live Streaming Every Sunday At: BRBConline.org or YouTube(Broad Rock Baptist Church)

“MAKE IT

Pastor Kevin Cook

St. Peter Baptist Church

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“ e Church With A Welcome”

Sharon Baptist Church

500 E. Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222 www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org (804) 643-3825 Rev. Dr. Paul A. Coles, Pastor

Sundays Morning Worship 10:00 A.M. Back Inside

Antioch Baptist Church

“Redeeming God’s People for Gods Purpose” 1384 New Market Road, Richmond, Virginia 23231 | 804-222-8835