Resurrection Sunday 2015
He is Risen! And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before1 me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to...
Read MoreEaster Eggs in the Park
We had a great turnout and fun time again this year preparing, hiding, and letting kids find and gather Easter eggs in the neighborhood park down the street. Rora spent spare moments throughout the year finding special sales on Easter baskets and brightly colored plastic eggs just waiting to be filled with candies. Then neighbors who have been helping maintain the Bird & Butterfly Garden on the corner of Wellington Ave. and Arnett Blvd. all year long gathered to share a meal together, plan for spring planting, and stuff eggs with candies they had brought. When the day arrived (predicted...
Read MorePesach/Passover 2015
The festival of Passover, or Pesach, will begin on Friday as Jewish communities worldwide commemorate the liberation of the Israelites from slavery, in one of the important festivities in the Jewish calendar. According to the Book of Exodus in the Torah, Moses called for the Pharaoh to free the Israelites, warning that if he failed to do so, Egypt would be struck by terrible plagues – the last one of which would be the death of every Egyptian first-born male. The Pharaoh refused to do so, despite the onslaught of plagues of frogs, flies, the death of livestock and total darkness. To avoid...
Read MoreSpring 2015 Grapevine
The latest published and printed edition of our newsletter, The Grapevine, is now out! If you’re on our postal mailing list, you’ll be getting a copy delivered to your address within days, and if you’re not please contact us so we can add your address to our list. In the meantime, click here to read about what’s happening at His Branches and then stay in touch by coming back to our website often or, if you’re in the area, stopping by to visit...
Read MorePurim, the PM, and the President
Twenty-five hundred years ago Queen Esther violated protocol and appealed to the king to intervene against a threat to annihilate the Jewish people. This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu violated protocol and appealed to the United States Congress to intervene against a threat to annihilate the Jewish people. In both cases, the enemy threatening the people of Israel was Persia (today, Iran). In the days of Esther, the deliverance of the Jewish people led to the institution of the holiday known as Purim. Today, just one day after Netanyahu’s speech, it is Purim again. Truth...
Read MoreMorehouse Glee Club
Celebrating 104 Years THE WORLD – RENOWNED Morehouse College Glee Club In Concert Please invite your friends, come, and enjoy an historic event in the city of Rochester! Tuesday, March 10, 2015 – 7:00 to 8:30 pm Aenon Baptist Church, 175 Genesee Street, Rochester, NY 14611 – Rev. Robert L. Miller, Sr., Pastor A free will offering will be taken – Click here for a printable PDF flyer to...
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