Help Put the Brakes on Family Homelessness – RAIHN Car City 2017: a fundraiser as well as a way to shed light on homelessness in Rochester.  Families, youth groups and other teams are invited sleep in their cars at Asbury Methodist Church on Saturday night, May 6th.  There will be dinner provided by Tasteful Connections as well as evening activities, including Car-aoke, a sundae bar and Bedtime Yoga. In addition, a panel of RAIHN graduates will speak about their experiences. Photography by Michele Ashley, a celebrated documentary photographer, will also be displayed.

If you don’t want to sleep in your car but want to support RAIHN Car City, join Team VirtUUal.  Here’s how:

 - Go directly to the Team VirtUUal /Marti Eggers page by clicking on THIS LINK.

- then click on the Donate Now button.

The rest is up to you.  A donation of $30 or more will admit you to the evening activities as well as the overnight (if you so choose!).  Your donation in any amount will be gratefully received and will directly help families get home for good.

Every spring the City of Rochester treats volunteers who pick up parks and public places with food, a Tshirt and a baseball game. This year it is on Saturday, May 6th. Begin at Frontier Field (free parking) with coffee and donuts, join a group, take free transportation to the site, come back at the end of the morning for lunch, stay for the Red Wings game which starts at 1:35. Tools are provided. It’s a great event for families! Or you can just show up at Washington Square Park about 9:15; the Washington Square Park Neighborhood Association cleans up there. A rough head count of those wanting tickets would be helpful. Contact Sarah at ssingal@rochester.rr.com.

http://www.cityofrochester.gov/cleansweep/

The 2017 Spring Clean-up Day has been scheduled for Saturday, May 13th, starting around 9:00 AM.  If you have ever wanted to volunteer for the church or to just get to know the building as well as other members a little better, this is a perfect opportunity! There will be all kinds of cleaning, fixing, painting, etc. jobs to be completed – something for all skill levels.  Bring along your favorite tools or cleaning products.  Breakfast snacks and a light lunch will be provided.  Socializing and fun will also be part of the agenda.  For more information, please contact Tom Ruganis at 746-7796 (cell) or 442-2968 (home) or email to tom.ruganis@frontier.com.  

“The time is right to do what is right.” Martin Luther King Jr.

On May 21st the congregation will vote to accept or not accept the Faith In Action Council recommendation that we work with the social issue racism as our project for Social Justice the next two years.

The FIAC team (Joy Leccese, Heather Jones, Becky Elwell)  encourages you to step up - determine and participate in the activities that help us to better impact individual, institutional and systemic racism.  By understanding our history, we can better understand the present.

When the social justice issue is accepted by the congregation a project team will be assembled to plan the effort.  As stated by Martin Luther King Jr., “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” We plan on our beloved community to help begin building the staircase.