Upcoming Events
Pot-Luck DInner & Movie Night
Our next movie night is scheduled for Fri., August 27th. Our women's ministry will be coordinating a pot-luck dinner (6:00 PM to 7:00 PM) with the theme of high school cafeteria food before we watch the movie "Freedom Writers" (beginning at 7:00 PM sharp!) starring Hilary Swank & Patrick Dempsey. This movie is about a dedicated English teacher in LA, Erin Gruwel, who who is challenged by students in her class rifted by race. After she sees a drawing someone drew of a black student, she begins to get them thinking about how these actions can take their toll, by refering to the way Jews were drawn in newspaper cartoons back in the beginning of the Nazi uprise. These kids have never heard of the Holocaust and she overtime, helps them see what Jews faced when the Nazi's took over Germany and other parts of Europe (she takes them to the Simon Weisenthal Museum of Tolorance) and she plays games with them where they divide into two sides of the room and come to the center of the room for each thing they have in common (such as whether they've lost someone they love in gang violence, or whether they have the same music taste). Soon they see that it doesn't matter if they are Black, White, Hispanic or Cambodian - they are all so similar in so many ways and they shouldn't let race divide them. For upcoming movies see schedule.
Benefit Luncheon, Sports Memorabilia, & Silent Auction
Thie church will host this benefit luncheon to raise funds for the Mosaic Learning Center on Sat. Sept. 18th from 11:30 AM- 1:30 PM. The learning center seeks to miniser to "at-risk" children in the Title I schools in our county by offering help with homework, tutoring, and mentorship as well as life skills workshops for parents. Join us in this important fund-raiser to help launch this new non-profit to make a difference in the life of one child at a time. If you want to make a silent auction donation please see Alice at the church on Sundays after the worship service.
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