Goodness Weekly 10.21.2024
“let growth be your mission. let healing be your reward. let freedom be your goal.”
― Yung Pueblo
What’s Good
Know Before You Go: Charis Park Grand Opening
We’re excited to welcome you to the Grand Opening of Charis Park on Saturday, October 26th! Here’s everything you need to know:
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Opening Remarks and Ribbon Cutting at 10:15 AM)
Location: Charis Park, 291 Emporia Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78209 (Across from Sunset Ridge Collective)
What to Expect:
Dress Code: Casual attire is encouraged. The event is outdoors, so dress comfortably for spending several hours outside.
Restrooms: No public restrooms on-site, but restrooms will be available at the Sunset Ridge Collective campus across Brees.
Parking: Free parking is available at the Sunset Ridge Collective campus. Additional street parking is available along Brees, Emporia and Vanderheck.
Accessibility & Ride Share: For easy drop-off, use the entrance off Vanderheck.
Family-Friendly Activities:
From 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, enjoy rotating activities hosted by our partners:
Sprouts School
NYX Wellness
Artist Mark Menjivar
Mission Compost
Coral Studio
Sunset Ridge Farmers Market
Food & Refreshments:
One Another Coffee and Scott’s Pizza will be serving limited samples and will be open for business!
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Holding It All
Mae Czarnecki, Communications Coordinator, Sunset Ridge Collective
We have a new coworker at Sunset Ridge Collective.
He doesn’t pay for a membership. He doesn’t leave the room when he toots. And he gets unlimited snack breaks.
His name is Bass and he’s our Collective Coordinator’s newborn baby boy.
The joy that fills an office full of mostly women with a new baby in our midst is immeasurable. It is proof of the multifaceted nature of being human, and being part of our community here. Shortly after cooing over Bass’s sweet wiggles, we step into the next room to hold space for a family who experienced the death of a spouse in our church. We are holding hands with women who are remembering their children during Infant Loss Awareness month. We are buying congratulatory coffees in celebration of new babies, businesses, and blessings. We are practicing “both, and” from moment to moment, together.
The ability to hold all of these things, whether it be together all at once, or in a well choreographed juggle, takes both skill and strength, neither of which can be cultivated by an individual without community.
This Saturday we have the opportunity to host a highly anticipated event, the Grand Opening of Charis Park, as evidence of our flourishing experiment. Many new families (and their babies) from the neighborhood; our coworkers that we pass in the halls each day; our congregation members who have watched the evolution of Red Cross Building, to parking lot, to park; all will be in attendance to celebrate shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand, the growth of our community.
If you see a lady at the park on Saturday, with furrowed eyebrows, sweating, please do wave hello. Just remember that I’m also holding a camera and tripod, wondering where my kids are, and making sure I’m checking off my shot list frame by frame.
This Week
Saturday, Oct 26, 10AM - 1PM Charis Park Grand Opening
Sunday, Oct. 27 2 - 4PM Batopia, Terrell Heights Community Garden
Coming Up…
Nov 4th-6th Betty’s Co Mobile Women’s Health Clinic
Nov 9th Second Saturday
For frequent updates of One Another Coffee, Charis Park, Scott’s Pizza, and NYX Wellness, please feel free to check our calendar and follow us on Instagram for any updates.
Inhale:
May I experience the fullness of my community
Exhale:
by using each hand to hold it all.
