Prayer walking underway
We appreciate your concern about the troubling disturbance* we experienced on the corner beside our Arnett Boulevard offices earlier this week. In response, the surrounding faith community was energized to join us in our first organized Neighborhood Prayerwalk on Saturday. His Branches has been teaming up with Caleb Ministries, New Life Fellowship, and other churches to cover our neighborhood in prayer and work with others in the community to redeem the streets. Over 20 men and women of faith, schooled in prayer and concerned about the welfare of the people in the 19th Ward community,...
Read MoreSt. Patrick’s Day
When we consider St. Patrick let’s put aside the leprechauns and shamrocks and all the fanciful trappings that have come to surround the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day for a moment and consider the man himself. Who was Patrick, and what did he do? A good place to find out is Thomas Cahill’s engrossing book, “How the Irish Saved Civilization” which clearly relates Patrick’s pivotal role in the remarkable story of Ireland’s part in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. In the meantime, David Jeremiah’s meditation...
Read MoreNeighborhood Prayer Walk
We will be prayer-walking in the Arnett Boulevard neighborhood for at least the next 5 Saturdays, from this Saturday forward. The first time this Saturday begins at 11 am, coordinated by New Life Fellowship, and thereafter it will begin at 9:30 am, coordinated by Caleb Ministries. Once a month, we will be partnering with New Life in prayer walking. Also, plans are being made to prayer-walk on a week day as well. This will also accommodate those who cannot make it on Saturdays: we will let you know when that day is scheduled. Come out and join us – the more prayer walkers the...
Read MoreGardening 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...
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