CHURCHGOERS PLAN `LABOR OF LOVE' AT RESEDA SHELTER.Byline: Deborah Adamson Daily News Staff Writer When Cheryl Dial goes to work in the garden of a Reseda shelter Sunday, she'll be doing much more than just pulling weeds 1. weeds - Refers to development projects or algorithms that have no possible relevance or practical application. Comes from "off in the weeds". Used in phrases like "lexical analysis for microcode is serious weeds." 2. and watering plants. The registered nurse and Granada Hills resident will be sharing a bit of her good fortune with those who haven't been so blessed. ``I really feel called to share with people who are less fortunate,'' said Dial, who will be volunteering at the Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (măg`dələn; formerly, and still in Magdalen College, Oxford, and Magdalene College, Cambridge, môd`lən, hence maudlin, i.e. Project, a group that helps prostitutes get off the street and start new lives. ``I feel very blessed to have a job, a good home and loving family and friends. So many people don't have that in their lives,'' she said. After church service Sunday afternoon, Dial and about 100 people from the First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church is a generic church name, and can refer to hundreds of churches within the English speaking world. If you followed a link here, please consider making it more specific by including the city or town in which the church resides. of Granada Hills will don their work clothes for an afternoon of good deeds deed n. 1. Something that is carried out; an act or action. 2. A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit. 3. Action or performance in general: Deeds, not words, matter most. . The event kicks off the church's first ``Labor of Love,'' an outreach effort aimed at encouraging members to be good samaritans Good Samaritan man who helped half-dead victim of thieves after a priest and a Levite had “passed by.” [N.T.: Luke 10:33] See : Helpfulness Good Samaritan on a regular basis. Church members will feed the homeless, repaint Re`paint´ v. t. 1. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. s> Verb 1. buildings, perform maintenance tasks and provide other services. ``Why should we care? Because that's what Jesus wants us to do,'' said Pastor Jim Sillerud. ``We should take care not only of their spiritual needs, but their physical and emotional needs as well.'' ``These are folks we already support (financially),'' the pastor added. ``We want to do more than just give money.'' That's just fine with Shari Stump stump (stump) the distal end of a limb left after amputation. stump n. 1. The extremity of a limb left after amputation. 2. , director of volunteers for the Mary Magdalene Project. ``We rely on the generosity of others to help run our program,'' she said. ``Just a simple act of kindness really makes a difference to us. It's a great gift when you can give your time.'' The 13 volunteers from First Presbyterian will garden and paint rooms for four hours Sunday afternoon. The paint is being donated by a local contractor. Stump hopes the paint will all be in one color. ``If not, we'll have to change our name to the Rainbow House,'' she joked. |
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