"Love in Action" - Downtown Monthly Outreach - 2019

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Thanksgiving 2017 “love in action” downtown outreach. Here’s an update of our event on Sunday for our Thanksgiving celebration. All I have to say is that it was “a beautiful day in the neighborhood”! 🎶LOL🎶 The weather was awesome, the people were awesome and the presence of God was awesome!! Grateful to God for His abundant provision, and grateful to all our awesome volunteers! Team Dimensions rocks! 🙌🏼💪🏻❤️✌🏼👣😎

Here is the update for our downtown "Love in Action" outreach last Sunday, September 17. Say hi to Myron!🖐🏼 The weather was beautiful, we did not run out of food, the prayers, fellowship and encouragement run deep because God shows up! His provision abundant! Please pray with us for Felicia, at six months pregnant, she's used to being on the streets pretty much her whole life and is just not ready to give up some things (or trust probably) to get help! We love her desperately, God loves her desperately! Please pray for her that His Love will break the barriers of bondage. (to see part of Felicia's story go to our website dimensionsreno.org or this Facebook page to see her video with her permission ) 😢🙌🏼 Especially with the coldness and loneliness of winter setting in, we pray an awakening over the body of Christ in Reno, that we would be the change! Thank you to all our faithful volunteers, financial partners and prayer partners, we could not do it without you! 

Last Sunday, July 16, at our downtown "love in action" outreach, we served about 140 people with groceries, steak and chicken fajitas, watermelon, drinks, clothing, pet food, Bibles and lots of smiles, prayers and kind words from our awesome volunteers! It was pretty hot and we were able to put up tents so they had a little bit of shade. We also serve a food pantry every Sunday of the year from 8 AM to 9 AM at 1805 Geiger Grade Rd., Valley View Christian Fellowship. You are welcome to come down and help serve, but you also are welcome to come down and get a hand up with some groceries and anything else God provides for us to give away. All u need is an ID for yourself and your family to sign up! Come on down and check us out! 😎🙌🏼✌🏼🖐🏼❤️👣👂🏼

Here's a few pictures of Father's Day downtown! The first one is a new volunteer, RJ, giving his shoes to a woman who needed them. He even put them on her! Amazing🙌🏼🖐🏼👣❤️. We had massive plates of chili cheese nachos, lots of groceries and awesome volunteers with big hearts serving God by serving His people. There also was some sad news. I found out that a friend of ours, Nestor, passed away directly after we saw him at last months service...😢. The good news is that he was a follower of Christ, and the Bible says absent from the body present with the Lord! So we say RIP Nestor and we will see you on the other side! We celebrate your life🙌🏼😘 

2016… Dare I say that it was another amazing year in the Lord? I know that I sound like a broken record and at the same time, it's beyond my comprehension that ministry gets more amazing every year!

The "numbers" that we served are similar to years past. We served 11,031 people groceries, 2,155 hot meals, 240,683 pounds of food were distributed and literally tons of clothing, Bibles, hygiene items and pet food. Most importantly we engaged in countless prayers, encouragement and conversations with anyone who asked or accepted the offer! The prayer tent, I believe has become a symbol of the place people can go to talk and find some refuge and comfort.

Our name, “Dimensions", represents the 3-D personhood of human beings. We (people) are body, mind and spirit. The name “Dimensions” also represents depth. The Lord has brought depth to the ministry in people's lives. The numbers may seem the same as last year, but not the depth of what we do. As I look at the whole picture, myself included, the Lord has brought His concept of Love, true Love, to a whole new level. I have people asking to remind others that God loves them! Our volunteer base is strong and I see people growing! I see struggle and freedom from bondage happening! I am privileged to see people downtown and at the food pantry accepting the Lord in salvation and re-dedication to Him! Glory to God!

The streets are just not a life-giving force! What I have discovered is that we are all so extremely unique, and individual, that God truly does have an individualized plan and purpose for each of us. So would you join us in prayer, service and giving, that we would be a catalyst in helping people discover God, Who He is, who we are in Him and the life in abundance He promises for those who belong to Him! John 10:10. He truly wants to set the captives free!

Thank you for supporting us, thank you for letting me continue to minister! In his service, Fran Richardson

Here are the photos from last weeks "Love in Action" prep on Saturday and service on Sunday! I remembered to take pictures! The Lord's abundance was amazing. We had big grocery bags, a big, hot meal, a bunch of clothing and pet food, prayer and encouragement, and a very special donation. The employees at a company called Radial (used to be eBay) had a coat drive and donated them to us and here they are pictured below with one of the bosses Greg and his wife! Thank you to all the people who donate, who pray, who give, who volunteer and serve! We certainly couldn't do it without you!