Gardening Conference 3/19
Dear Gardeners, My name is Lauren Caruso and I’m a volunteer with the Urban Agriculture Working Group in Rochester. We are organizing a conference on urban agriculture and gardening, From Plants to Power: Bringing Rochester’s Gardeners Together, on March 19 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm at Wilson Foundation Academy. (see attached flyer for more info), If you are receiving this email, it is because you have indicated an interest in receiving information about educational opportunities related to community gardening on your permit application with the City of Rochester. If you are...
Read More“Duo Vela” performing
2016 Music Series This year’s neighborhood Music Series, sponsored by the Arnett Branch Library Friends, is up and running! Join us for the next in our series of family-friendly music events featuring a wide variety of music styles and instruments. Interactive, educational, and fun – sure to delight people of all ages! Refreshments and a time of fellowship and meeting the musicians will follow each program. The March concert What: Daniel and Marla Nistico performing as“Duo Vela“ – an internationally known flute and guitar duo from Eastman – will be with us....
Read MoreSuper Tuesday Thoughts
R.I.P. religious right? By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor Was [Super Tuesday] a coming-out party for atheists or a funeral dirge for the religious right? In an election year full of questions, Super Tuesday raised a few more, as voters in 12 states went to the polls and the GOP’s Donald Trump and Democrats’ Hillary Clinton emerged as big winners. Exit polls can’t answer every question about Tuesday. They didn’t plumb the depth of religious commitment among Trump’s evangelical flock, or measure the size of the “God gap” between supporters of Bernie...
Read MoreOde to Black History
To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr… love always He and many others fought for freedom and won Some measure of progress The greatness of which Time still tells the story of… Generation succeeds generation We live in a new day With a new voice And a new song Yet… We labor still for freedom For ourselves, For all men All creeds to understand God’s plan “Yes, we hold these truths to be self-evident, That all men are created equal by God And endowed by their Creator with inalienable Rights” Which they should never be striped of So, we labor with God for true freedom...
Read MoreYouth Ministry Training
Reaching neighborhood youth Gary Ham from Caleb Ministries will be teaming together with His Branches to establish a youth outreach ministry in the Arnett Boulevard neighborhood this spring, starting with a series of 4 Saturday morning training sessions for mature members from local churches who are motivated to help. The first session will be on Saturday, February 27, from 9 am to 12 noon at the His Branches Conference Room, 350 Arnett Boulevard, Rochester 14619. Click here for more information and then contact Vera McCollough by phone at (585) 402-8493 or by email to find out more and sign...
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