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Neighborhood Prayerwalking
Calling all intercessors! Please invite your fellow prayer warriors and join us for a Neighborhood Prayer Walk in Rochester’s 19th Ward this coming Saturday morning, April 9. Please note that this week’s Prayer Walk may be converted into a Prayer Drive due to the weather. We had a wonderful time or prayer walking this past Saturday, and felt God’s presence and power go before us as the cloudy skies opened up into blue with glorious sunshine! We will be continuing this very important part of our ministry for the next several weeks...
read more2016 Spelling Bee!
19th Ward Spelling Bee Competition The Sixth Annual 19th Ward Spelling Bee, a competition involving students from Rochester Schools 10, 16, 19, 29 and 44, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 9 in Hoyt Hall at the University of Rochester. The event is a partnership of the 19th Ward Community Association, The Community Foundation, the University of Rochester Admissions Office, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, the Rochester City School District, and Arnett Branch Library. Currently, the event is organized by the Association’s Schools...
read moreHochstein Student Ensembles
2016 Music Series This year’s neighborhood Music Series, sponsored by the Arnett Branch Library Friends, has been a great success! Join us for the last concert 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 the program. The April concert What: This month’s program will focus on young musicians. We will have Isaac Pollock from the...
read moreApril Update 19
Your copy of the April Edition of Update 19, the official newsletter of the 19th Ward Community Association, can be found here – 15 pages of information for Spring. Be sure to click the logo above to download and read it so you can be in the...
read moreCaleb Prayerwalking
Calling all intercessors! Please invite your fellow prayer warriors and join us for a Neighborhood Prayer Walk in Rochester’s 19th Ward this coming Saturday morning. We had a wonderful time or prayer walking this past Saturday, and felt God’s presence and power go before us! We will be continuing this very important part of our ministry for the next several weeks and encourage you to invite church members and friends to join us in this city wide prayer effort. Contact Sister Vera if you have any questions about the prayer walking...
read moreSpring Networking Event
Spring Greetings! Anthony Jordan Health Center is hosting a networking event featuring the Black Physicians Network. This is a great opportunity to come out, connect, make some new friends and catch up with old ones. Come and hear about what we have been doing and what we have learned. Meet network physicians while having a bite to eat. Get more information or contact us at 585-308-1088 or by email blackphysiciansnetwork@gmail.com. The deadline for...
read morePurim
The celebration of Purim will begin this Wednesday as Jewish communities worldwide commemorate the historic rescue of the Hebrew people in Persia from destruction during the time of Esther. Although it is not a major holiday, it is one of the most entertaining festivities in the Jewish calendar. According to the Old Testament account written in the book carrying her name, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia named Esther was taken to the harem of Ahasuerus, King of Persia, where she became his queen. While there she discovered a...
read morePrayer 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...
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...
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...
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