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'It has kind of rocked us': After Walmart shooting, Chesapeake faces all-too-familiar scenes
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHESAPEAKE, Va. – Monica Atkins understands her community’s grief and anger in her bones. Atkins,...
Juneteenth-Jubilee event in Chesapeake
WAVY via Yahoo News· 1 week agoCHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A Juneteenth-Jubilee celebration is scheduled to take place in Chesapeake on June 9 at 11 a.m. The event takes place at the New...
Some Chesapeake leaders pushing to ask residents to weigh in on district voting system
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoCHESAPEAKE — Some leaders in Chesapeake are pushing the possibility of transitioning to a...
Local church wants you to walk by faith — and donate your shoes
WAVY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Folks at Alpha and Omega Baptist Fellowship Church are walking by faith, literally — and they hope you’ll join them. Shoes, or the reference to feet, can be found in ...
Chesapeake church trying to reach souls with soles
WAVY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A church in Chesapeake is looking to help people in need across the globe and has been collecting shoes to donate, and while they’re well on their way to their goal, ...
Chesapeake church hosts preparedness seminar
The Ironton Tribune, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 18—Will feature Bryan and Nikki Foster CHESAPEAKE — Union Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake is hosting a free preparedness seminar — "Surviving a World in Distress" on Saturday, Oct ...
Black pastors group holds vigil for Walmart shooting victims
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoCHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Five days have passed since Lorenzo Gamble was killed in a mass shooting at a...
Are churches setting the tone for reparations? How movement is growing from Hyde Park to Texas
Poughkeepsie Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSt. James' Episcopal Church in Hyde Park was built by slave owners. Some of those slaves are buried...
World Changers wrap up week of volunteer work in Henderson
The Gleaner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHENDERSON, Ky. — Storms may have washed out a few of the home improvement projects planned by the...
Williamsburg’s Juneteenth commemorations continue with new Black history tour, celebration
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWILLIAMSBURG — Tour company Junket recently announced a partnership with The Historic First Baptist...
