LEWISVILLE, TEXAS – Lewisville residents Jerry and Wendy Marshall have been chosen as the November 2017 good neighbors of the month, an award presented by Loving Community a local neighborhood advocacy group. In 2012 the Marshalls moved from Denton, TX to Lewisville, TX and became an active part of the Rockbrook Town Home community. Their......
Here are some tips that Lewisville Police Department has for you and your kiddos, to help keep them safe on Halloween night. ▪ Avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in groups or with a trusted adult. ▪ Plan a trick-or-treating route in familiar neighborhoods with well-lit streets. ▪ Hold a flashlight while trick-or-treating to help you see......
National Good Neighbor Day 2017 is in the books! It was this past Sunday, September 17th and is celebrated annually on the third Sunday of September. The goal of the day is to proclaim and demonstrate the value of being a good neighbor by encouraging and building neighborhood relationships resulting in stronger and more caring......
Tomorrow in cities and towns all across America people will celebrate National Good Neighbor Day. This celebration of friendship happens annually on the third Sunday in September, as proclaimed by President Jimmy Carter beginning in 1978. This year our Rockbrook Townhome neighborhood will have a community potluck picnic hosted at our community pool. There will......
Do you ever dream of what it would be like if in every community — if businesses, and faith communities, and government, and non-profits were connected and involved with every school, for the benefit of every single child? What would the reality of such a dream look like? Perhaps it would be a community where......
Amidst the heartache of millions of Americans being effected by great loss and tragedy due to Hurricane Harvey comes the heartening pictures and accounts of everyday people emerging as good neighbors. From water rescues, to dry places for shelter, to warm meals and so much more, the spirit of the good neighbor is alive and......
Quick question. Do you know your neighbor’s names? The people living to the left and right, and across the street and behind you. If when leaving for work today, could you wave, say hi and call them by name? If you can, congratulations your part of the 10% club! In their book Next Door As......
Rebecca Walls embodies the definition of being a good neighbor. In her role as Executive Director of Unite the Church of Greater Dallas, Rebecca and her team connects Christian leaders to each other and to resources needed to address the urgent social challenges facing our cities. Unite’s origins date back to 2009 when Rebecca says that, “God......
Daily as our nation struggles with division on a host of issues, do you ever wonder how the church can speak good and breathe life into the conversation? Can we live out a better way? Can we model Jesus by being “good neighbors”? National Good Neighbor Day is Sunday, September 17, 2017. It originated in......
Blair and Braylon were sound asleep in their toddler beds and Holly and I were comfortably enjoying the beginning stages of REM sleep one Wednesday evening when the doorbell rang. A bit startled, I jumped out of bed and walked to answer the door, with Holly cautiously following close behind. It was Marcus and LaToya,......
President Jimmy Carter has long been known for his enduring and great love of all peoples. This continues to be lived out in communities all across the United States via his involvement with Habitat for Humanity and also National Good Neighbor Day which he helped establish by presidential proclamation in 1978. (see below) Please join......
In days gone by my high school buddies would call and say, “Jim, let’s hang out. Let’s go get a Coke. Let’s go play some ball”. — And I NEVER said no! Margin in our lives, time to simply “hang out” is freeing and fun, and yet woefully absent in our over scheduled and device......
It was displayed in plain sight. I’m sure I must have seen it before. However on this particular evening while waiting on my next appointment, it caught both my attention and curiosity. Three short phrases carefully crafted together. One empowering mantra displayed in over 21,000 community gathering places worldwide— one person, one cup and one......
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