Winter Update
The Arnett Block Association has been active this winter! Thanks to your generosity we were able to provide warm jackets, gloves and hats to needy children at School #29. About 300 children walked to the Arnett Bird & Butterfly Park with handmade ornaments for our 15-foot community Christmas tree. Later in December, we also hosted a well-attended caroling event around the tree with hot cocoa, popcorn and Christmas Nativity coloring books for the kids. This winter we’ve helped organize a Music Series at the Arnett Library with music students from Eastman and other local talent – a great...
Read MoreIlluminating the Beloved Community
Join us for the Martin Luther King, Jr, Celebration and the 50th Anniversary of the 19th Ward Community Association. Celebration January 17, 2015 12 noon – 1:30 pm at Arnett Library Guest Speaker Rochester City Court Judge Stephen T. Miller Refreshments will be served RSVP by Jan 15, 2015 seating is limited MLK Luminary Night January 19, 2015, 5 pm – 8 pm Celebrate The Beloved Community by placing your luminary in front of your home and around your neighborhood on Monday Evening, Jan 19, 2015. Stroll around the neighborhood and visit a Hot Spot for refreshments. Visit www.luminaryevening.com...
Read MoreSt. Nicholas and Santa Claus
It’s been a long journey from the Fourth Century Bishop of Myra, St. Nicholas, who showed his devotion to God in extraordinary kindness and generosity to those in need, to America’s jolly Santa Claus, whose largesse often supplies luxuries to the affluent. However, if you peel back the accretions, he is still Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, whose caring surprises continue to model true giving and faithfulness. There is growing interest in reclaiming the original saint in the United States to help restore a spiritual dimension to this festive time. For indeed, St. Nicholas, lover of the...
Read MoreCaroling in the Park
Our neighborhood came together in a wonderful way this season, choosing a tall Christmas tree, bringing it here on a trailer pulled by a big truck, setting it up on a heavily weighted stand, wrapping cord after cord of lights around it with a bright star on top, and then hosting 15 classes of students from School #29 down the street who came on December 10 with hand-made ornaments and decorated it from top to bottom! After each class had put on their decorations they went into the Arnett Branch Library next door where special story readers were waiting to warm them up and reintroduce them to...
Read MoreHappy Hanukkah!
A common understanding of the December holiday season is that Christmas is the holiday for Christians and Hanukkah is the holiday for Jews. Few Christians relate to Hanukkah since it is not one of the biblical feasts of Israel. But, the fact that Jesus celebrated Hanukkah should make Christians curious enough to investigate the possible importance of the festival to their faith. It is no exaggeration to say that had it not been for Hanukkah, there could have very well not been a Christmas. Hanukkah prepared the way for the birth and ministry of Jesus. Therefore, Christians may want to not...
Read MoreBranches in the Vine
His Branches has been called to bring Hope, Healing, and Restoration to our community as a visible manifestation of God’s love for the world. To listen to an inspired message about what it means to be a Branch that’s abiding in the Vine, delivered earlier today by Pastor James Laughlin at Joy Community Church, please click here. The associated PowerPoint presentation can be viewed here. We who have been grafted in through faith as His Branches believe in the coming Kingdom of God, not only as a “pie in the sky” concept of good things to come in Heaven after we die but as a present...
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