MLK Luminary Evening
For many years the 19th Ward has celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday in a public, community-building manner and will be doing so again this year. On Monday, January 21st there will be luminaries throughout the area. The luminaries themselves are small paper bags weighted down with sand or kitty litter and containing a votive candle. Neighbors make a number of luminaries and set them at the sidewalk edge of their tree lawn from sunset until 9 pm, making a beautiful sight. Some people host warming fires and a hot chocolate stands. Luminary kits will be available for purchase from 1/14...
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Glory to God in the Highest! Thanks for all your amazing support this year!We’re looking forward to serving together in 2013.Dr. Bill & Susan Morehouse Click here to read our Christmas letter....
Read MoreChristmas Tree in Park
We have another wonderful Christmas tree for our neighborhood park beside the Arnett Branch Library again this year. Many friends and neighbors contributed to getting it, setting it up, decorating with the School 29 kids, being Library story readers, and coming out to sing Christmas carols with us. Thanks to all for making our tree project such a success!...
Read MoreFall Newsletter
2012 – A Busy Year We’ve been very busy here at His Branches over the past year serving the families of Rochester in a variety of ways. From patient care to much needed activity for neighborhood youth and critical counseling in the area of life decisions, the staff and volunteers of HBI have been pouring their God-given passions into the work they do for their community. For a full report click here to read our Fall Newsletter, being sent to our local mailing list in print form. As our services to the community grow, we’re challenged with the reality of “doing more with less.” In order...
Read MoreRunaway Slave showing
The Frederick Douglass Foundation of NY will be hosting two showings of C. L. Bryant’s timely and challenging full-length feature documentary, Runaway Slave, about modern-day slavery right here in the United States. This is a film you will want to preview and then invite all your friends back to see with you. First showing (limited seating): Saturday, October 27th – 7 pm at the Cross Culture Youth Center on the corner of Bay and Goodman Streets. Second showing (open to general public): Friday, November 2nd – 6:30 pm at Joy Community Church, 890 North Goodman Street. There...
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