Weekly Updates         June 24, 2016
VIM PROJECT - NICARAGUA
A Volunteers In Mission team is forming for work in Managua, Nicaragua.  The dates are October 8-16 with an optional 4-day extension for sightseeing.  The team will be working with Fundacion El Samaritano with whom Methodist teams have been working annually since 1997.  Work will focus on children in a Christian school operated by the foundation.   There will be additional humanitarian projects with maternity and women's oncology hospital visitations, and a children's feeding program at a Nicaragua Methodist church.  Time for worship, shopping, sightseeing will also be included.  The cost is $1450 per volunteer.  If you have questions about this mission or would like a brochure and application, contact Jack Reif at jack.reif@zoomtown.com  
Art:  A Springboard of Hope
It is easy to long for the past.
We mourn people who are no longer with us.
We miss the places where we once gathered.

On Columbus' South Side, one of those places was the South Side Settlement House. For over 100 years, a racially and economically diverse group of people gathered there: meals shared, kids played, poets spoke, and camps held. The House was more than a venue of social services, but a voice for social justice and center for the neighborhood.

On Labor Day weekend 2011, South Side Settlement house closed. Five years later, the date is still remembered with sadness.

Recently though, not only was the community's history honored, but the legacy emerged as a challenge to the present, as original pieces of art were unveiled at the Reeb Avenue Center. 
Waynestock Free Christian Concert in St. Mary's, Ohio 
August 20
Begins at 2:00 p.m. at Skip Baughman Stadium, St. Marys  featuring Unspoken, About A Mile, Jordan Feliz,  Lori Triplett, City of Bright, St. Paul's Sunday School Band, and AWAKEN Band. A free-will donation will be accepted at the concert   ww.waynestocklivingfortherock.com 
Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, sunscreen, and friends! Food stands available. 

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