Host: Maggie Blaha

Theme music: "Thanks for the Memory" written by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger, performed by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in the 1938 film of the same name

The Church at Ponce & Highland in Atlanta, Georgia, started hosting yard sales on their front lawn to raise money for mission trips. It also just seemed like a nice way to bring the congregation and community together. 

Siblings Chuck and Linda Warren took the lead on organizing these sales, not only asking parishioners and people in the neighborhood to donate items, but also going through and offering up their own stuff. 

For Chuck, it was an opportunity for him and his wife to do some light spring cleaning. But for Linda, it was a chance to purge all the things that were becoming a burden for her and could one day become a burden for someone else. 

I like how the congregation was using a yard sale to raise money for something greater than themselves, but I feel like all yard sales, in a way, are about people helping people—whether it's raising money for a cause, helping a friend go through a deceased loved one's belongings, or buying something to take off of a stranger's hands.

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