Local church gives away $10,000 in free gas
By: Beverly Kidd
and last updated 2021-05-04 20:25:55-04
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Members of a local church took action to lift the spirits of those in the Portsmouth community by filling their hearts with love and their cars with gas.
Grove Church in Portsmouth blessed hundreds of people and their gas-hungry vehicles by giving away $10,000 worth of gas at the Exxon station on High Street Saturday.
âIt is a gesture of love; it is a gesture of village concept that one makes the other person stronger, and here at Grove Church, it s about meeting the needs of people, said Grove Church Pastor Melvin Marinner.