Thanks for taking a moment to check out these events in our shared life & the wider world.
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DONATE YOUR BOOKS!
We are holding a book drive – for kids AND adults – from now until our Community Fall Festival on October 31.
Please bring your donations to church! There is a box in the Narthex where you can drop them off.
Maysa Abu Daoud and her daughter Mary al-Najjar were among five Palestinians killed in the attack that hit the ground floor of a building in the Remal neighbourhood, in the latest Israeli violation of the ceasefire agreement. Their funeral took place last Saturday at Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza. The two women were Palestinian Christians from Gaza City who devoted their time to helping parishioners and displaced people sheltering at the Holy Family Church.
God of the oppressed, we are broken, enraged, and grieving at Maysa’s and Mary’s death by the hands of empire. We pray for their souls and for their community as they grieve. Illuminate the policies, structures, and ideologies that led to Maysa’s and Mary’s death, and empower us to rise against them. Lord, rescue the people of Gaza from the teeth of Israeli occupation.
Lord in your mercy…hear our prayer.
From the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
Join us on Sunday 10/11 after church for a report from the field!
Outreach has supported Southside Together for their fantastic work building power in Woodlawn and across the Southside, organizing tenants to prevent displacement. Come hear from Southside Together directly to find out how they’re making sure longtime residents aren’t pushed out by the new Obama Center Presidential Library, and more.
BOOK CLUB
Saturday October 17
at 10:00 AM (on Zoom)
Our pick for the month is Vigil by George Saunders, and our discussion will be led by Karen Graham.
“Vigil transports us, careening, through the wild final evening of an epic, complicated life. Crowds of people and animals—worldly and otherworldly, alive and dead—arrive, clamoring for a reckoning. Birds swarm the dying man’s room, a black calf grazes on the loveseat, a man from a distant drought-ravaged village materializes, two oil-business cronies from decades past show up with chilling plans for Boone’s post-death future.”
–Goodreads
Save the date! The AIHSC is gathering Saturday, October 17 for a gala celebration of community and their traditions at the Irish American Heritage Center. This fundraiser will include dinner and entertainment. Attire will be semi-formal (suits, sports coats, cocktail dresses). Cocktails begin at 6:00 pm with dinner and the program following at 7:00 pm. Outreach has purchased a table (tickets are $125). Four seats remain.
Please Contact Barb Lagoni if you wish to attend. If more people are interested, we will purchase another table!
The SWG fundraiser returns on Saturday, October 24th! Click the image above to purchase tickets or make a donation.
We hope to see you there!
If you have any questions, please contact Emily Wheeler at SWGAdmin@waucc.org.
Save this date on your calendar now! Our inaugural community-facing event call for “all hands on deck” engagement, including folks who are willing to decorate their car trunks & hand out candy as part of our “Trunk or Treat” event. Ask Claudette how you can help!
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As we wade in the water with God as our Shepherd,
may we find the way forward.
My Shepherd is the Living God
performed by Carlos Carlos
Wade in the Water
performed by Cynthia Liggins Thomas
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