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We invite you to join in unified prayer for our schools on August 18th & 19th. School starts August 19th this year in Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, and Chesterfield. Click through for details on how to pray and engage!
We want to help you solve your service, mission and volunteerism challenges both inside and outside your house of worship. For that reason, we are partnering with Serve Virginia to share an exciting new report on volunteerism with church leaders on June 25th and July 16th.
Four Richmond Public Schools students have been shot and killed since Easter Sunday. Click through to learn how we can work together to address gun violence in our city.
The public is invited to join us for The Spirit of Our Politics: An Evening with Michael Wear presented by Needle's Eye Ministries, For Richmond, and RCLI.
An opportunity for senior pastors to learn from the CEO of the Center for Christianity & Public Life and Author of The Spirit of Our Politics.
Join with us to serve families across Metro Richmond in our 2024 Share the Love gift card drive in partnership with local departments of social services.
We invite you to join in unified prayer for our schools from August 20th-23rd. School starts August 21st this year in Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, and Chesterfield. As part of our Education Initiative, we've invited the Superintendents from each region to share both their hopes and challenges for the 2023-24 school year along with a few prayer points and practical next steps for engagement.
Now more than ever, our pastors need to know that we are “FOR” them. Click through for 5 simple ways to encourage your pastor.
Our nation is grieving the events of January 6th and is bracing for what could come in the days ahead. As Christians, we know that God is a God of peace. God is sovereign. And so, in times of deep grief, fear, and uncertainty we turn to God in prayer. Click through for a Personal Prayer Guide from our friends at Arrabon.
Join churches from around Metro Richmond this fall in reading Latasha Morrison’s book, “Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation.” Click through to access resources, register participation, receive training and more.
May is Foster Care Awareness month and we’ve put together some wonderful resources to help your church highlight this issue during the month of May and beyond.
We’ve created this page as a portal to local government resources and key nonprofit resources that may be helpful to you, your neighbors and your congregations. We will continue to add to this resource.
Join us on May 7th in praying for Metro Richmond on the National Day of Prayer. We’ve put together a COVID-19 specific Prayer Guide to help you and your congregation pray for the healing and flourishing of Richmond.
Social Distancing is necessary in light of the threat of the coronavirus and COVID-19. Let’s embrace these measures for the sake of our neighbors whose immune systems aren’t as strong. Loving Our Neighbors is also important and we thought we would throw out a few ideas to inspire you to love well in the midst of uncertainty.
For Richmond’s leaders have put together a variety of resources to help your church participate in the Nov. 17th Moment of Lament around the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans arriving in the American colonies. Make sure to let us know that your church will be participating!
For Richmond invites you to become trauma informed and trauma resourced on Saturday, October 26 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at U-Turn Sports.
In 2017 and 2018, the Barna Group conducted extensive research on 131 U.S. Cities, including Metro Richmond, that provides important insight into the spiritual health of our community. This research includes where we are with both our public and private faith and has implications for the work of For Richmond as we seek to connect and equip Christian leaders to collaborate around the deep needs of our region.
Have you wondered what For Richmond means when we talk about unity? If you haven’t looked at the book of John, Chapter 17 in a while, that’s a great place to start out. In this chapter, we have Jesus’ final prayer before he dies. He knows that he’s about to die, so in his final hours, what was Jesus talking about?