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Citizen of the Year
19th Ward Community AssociationCitizen/Merchant of the Year Awards Dinner Saturday, June 20 Reception 5:30 pm – Dinner 6:15 pmUnity Health, St. Mary’s Campus Auditorium89 Genesee Street (free parking in garage)Tickets on sale now: $20 per personCall 328-6571 to reserve your tickets As reported in the May 2009 issue of Update 19: Congratulations to our 2009 Citizen of the Year, Susan Morehouse. Susan’s nominator wrote of the work she has done in founding and leading the “Arnett Block Club, one of the most active Block Clubs...
read moreGreetings from BT
BT writes from Jerusalem: Besides managing the dental clinic and teaching English, I am also involved in a women’s ministry of reconciliation. During a recent retreat we looked at principles of reconciliation during times of crisis when relationships are tested, and we tend to identify with one side or the other. As believers it is important to reach out to one another and make the effort to come together to pray together. Putting this principle into practice during the recent Gaza conflict, some of the women had taken the initiative, and we...
read moreOscar Romero – 3/24/80
Oscar Romero: Bishop of the Poor In 1980, in the midst of a U.S. funded war the UN Truth Commission called genocidal, the soon-to-be-assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero promised history that life, not death, would have the last word. “I do not believe in death without resurrection,” he said. “If they kill me, I will be resurrected in the Salvadoran people.” On this 29th anniversary of his death, the people will march through the streets carrying that promise printed on thousands of banners. Mothers will make pupusas...
read moreAmerica at the Crossroads
Dear Friends, I write to you today with contrasting and conflicting emotions. We have just seen the inauguration of the nation’s first black President, and many of us, even those who didn’t vote for him, are celebrating that historic moment. Given the scourge of slavery and the suffering of African Americans through most of the past 400 years, our ancestors would never have believed that a black man would someday be elected to the most powerful and influential position on earth. That is, indeed, a political achievement that is...
read moreRisego 1st Anniversary
Dear Friends of RISEGO: March represents our one year anniversary commemorating the completion of “The Arnett,” a Social Entrepreneurship Center dedicated to creating young entrepreneurs. The Arnett includes several businesses and partners that are also willing to share their many lessons with the next generation of business people. Please join us in March for one or more of the events below and on the attached flyer to meet and support our business partners and the showcasing of entrepreneurial talent in our region. Jazz and Poetry...
read morePalm Sunday Breakfast
A long-time 19th Ward tradition will continue with the Palm Sunday Breakfast on April 5th at the Presbyterian Home, 256 Thurston Road. The event is from 8 to 9:30 am, and the featured speaker is Mayor Robert Duffy. Westminster Presbyterian Mission cosponsors the occasion together with St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and the Roman Catholic Community of the 19th Ward. Proceeds from this function will support the 19th Ward Community Association. Tickets are $7 per individual, $11 for a couple, or $15 per household. They are available at the...
read more19th Ward Luminaries
Dear Friends, For the past few years the 19th Ward has celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday in a public manner and will be doing so again this year. On Sunday, January 18th there will be a FREE concert by the Rochester Oratorio Society at 3 pm at St. Monica’s Church. On Monday, January 19 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. Luminary kits are available at Hunt’s Hardware, and Tops Market will have kits for...
read moreHappy New Year!
Greetings from the Morehouses! We deeply appreciate all your support and look forwardto serving together with you in the coming year. Click here to read our holiday...
read moreSanta vs. God?
OK, Virginia, There’s No Santa Claus.But There Is God My 8-year-old son, Caleb, puts his hand on my shoulder; he wears an expression that shows he wants to have a man-to-man talk. “Dad,” he says, “I know there’s no Santa Claus.” He rattles off his indictments, starting with the pure physics of the enterprise. There’s no way one guy can visit every house in a single night. And how does he get into houses with no chimneys? Then there’s the matter of zoology – not a single nature book on our...
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