Jewish New Year
Rosh Hashanah or in Hebrew ראש השנה, which literally means “head of the year,” is celebrated in 2016 from sundown on October 2 to nightfall on October 4. The Hebrew date for Rosh Hashanah is 1 Tishrei 5777. The holiday actually takes place on the first two days of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, which is the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar. This is because Rosh Hashanah, one of four new years in the Jewish year, is considered the new year of people, animals and legal contracts. In the Jewish oral tradition, Rosh Hashanah marks the completion of the creation of the world. Rosh...
Read MoreAn Essay on Community
by Parker Palmer “Whether we know it or not, like it or not, honor it or not, we are embedded in community. Whether we think of ourselves as biological creatures or spiritual beings or both, the truth remains: we were created in and for a complex ecology of relatedness, and without it we wither and die. This simple fact has critical implications: community is not a goal to be achieved but a gift to be received.” So starts Parker Palmer in a thoughtful essay called “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Community (With a Fourteenth Thrown in For Free)” published online this past...
Read MoreABA with the Chief
Special Meeting June 21, 5:30-6:30 pm Police Chief Ciminelli will be joining us at the Arnett Block Association for a special neighborhood meeting meeting on Tuesday evening, June 21st. We plan to meet at 350 Arnett Boulevard briefly and then take him on a walk on Arnett from Rugby to Wellington, meeting with businesses, talking, and pointing out areas of interest along the way. We will then meet back at 350 for refreshments and a time to talk more privately indoors. If it rains (really rains) we will meet indoors for entire meeting. Pop it on your calendar and plan to join...
Read MoreBeverley visiting
For over 30 years His Branches has been encouraging and helping support a Canadian woman, Beverley Timgren, who has been a faithful and quiet witness to the love and resurrection power of Jesus in the Middle East for decades. Dr. Bill first met Beverley at a celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem sponsored by the International Christian Embassy-Jerusalem (ICEJ) in 1982. She was in the process of being called as a dental hygienist to serve the people of war-torn South Lebanon at the very time we were discovering that the Lord wanted our ministry to be involved in the same area....
Read MoreGame Day at the Library
On your mark, get set, read! This Monday morning over 300 kids from Adlai E Stevens School #29 came by classes, played in the Arnett Block Association’s award winning garden, and then visited the library to pick up library cards and hear some fun stories. A big thank you goes out to Ms. Brittany Wells from the Mayors office, the Arnett Friends, the City Rec Center, Susan Morehouse, and the kids and teachers from School 29 for getting excited about this summer’s sports themed, reading program. As you can see from these photos we have some great students, teachers and volunteers in...
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