At the beginning of the month, the city shut down the street directly in front of the Charlottesville Seventh-day Adventist Church (Va.) to hold a block party! Members saw this as a great way to get to know their neighbors so they joined the party with several activities. They contracted a petting zoo with live animals to [...]

Most Saturdays, Muna Salih, a Sudanese native and Lorton, Va. resident, can be found relaxing at home or taking her daughter to soccer games. Salih put those activities on hold when she was invited by her friend Veronica Chollette, a member of Community Praise Church (Alexandria, Va.), to attend the church’s annual International Day. “It […]