From winterety at sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 10 12:50:34 2009 From: winterety at sbcglobal.net (sheryl lynn gerety) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:50:34 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] Newsletter regarding Cold Weather Rotating Shelter Message-ID: <7148FAC7-2AC0-4A39-9818-D59D2BFD5114@sbcglobal.net> UBUNTU A Newsletter of the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter "Ubuntu is to say, My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in yours." -Desmond Tutu http://sites.google.com/a/irwsd.org/volunteers September, 2009 In This Issue IRWS Opens in November! Book Group Forming Davis Community Meals Fundraiser Congregations are invited to sign up online to host the IRWS in 2009-2010 CLICK HERE! Thank you! Many thanks to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis and City Council member Don Saylor for hosting the fantastic fundraiser for the IRWS and Grace-in-Action. Video of the music from the event can be found HERE. Supporting Groups Alpha Phi Omega Boy Scout Troop 111 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Davis Community Church Davis Christian Assembly Davis High School Service Club Davis Lutheran Church Davis United Methodist Church First Baptist Church Lutheran Church of the Incarnation Our Faith Lutheran Church Society of Friends St. James Catholic Church St. Martins Episcopal Church The Belfry Campus Ministry Yolo Thrivent Financial Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis University Covenant Church Waypoint Community Church Board of Directors Linda Barolak, Co-chair Bill Habicht, Co-chair Natacha Foo Kune Wanda Kennedy Mary Anne Kirsch Gina Pascual Gretchen Peralta Willa Pettygrove Mary Philip Linda Scott IRWS Opens in November!! The IRWS will be opening its doors on Sunday, November 29, 2009 The IRWS Board and some extremely dedicated volunteers are busy at work to make improvements on the program for this coming season. If you would like to help us in this planning process, we'd love to have you!! Just drop a line to one of the co-chairs: Linda Barolak (bearmom59 at aol.com) Bill Habicht (bill at dccpres.org) Book Discussion Group Forming A special six-week Book Discussion / Small Group is forming forGrace- in-Action and IRWS volunteers based on the book "Yours Are the Hands of Christ". When: Thursdays, Oct. 1st - Nov. 5th Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm Where: Grace House (441 D Street) Enrollment fee is $30 and includes the book. Maximum of 15 members, sign ups will be taken based on a first enrolled basis. Please email CindyB at Grace-in-Action.org if you would like to join the group. Support Davis Community Meals Davis Community Meals will be holding a fundraiser to help support their ongoing mission of providing open doors of hope for homeless and low-income individuals. Your participation will go a long way toward helping our brothers and sisters living homeless. 3rd Annual Art Auction and Benefit Saturday, Oct. 10th 6:00pm Davis Art Center (1919 F St.) Individual tickets are $35.00 and can be purchased at Cable Car Wash (904 3rd Street) or at Davis Community Meals's office (202 F Street). U.N. International Day of Peace The Unity Center of Davis cordially invites IRWS members to celebrate the U.N. International Day of Peace with a Candlelight Prayer Service. This is one way the IRWS can join other faiths in unity. Monday, Sept. 21st 7:00pm - 8:00pm Central Park "The United Nations International Day of Peace is a global holiday when individuals, communities, nations and governments highlight efforts to end conflict and promote peace." The purpose of the UBUNTU Newsletter is to educate and inform the greater Davis community about the IRWS during its 2009-2010 winter shelter season. We hope the information provided serves as a vehicle for greater understanding of homelessness in the City of Davis, and inspires compassionate care for those without a secure, dry place to sleep. Linda Barolak, Bill Habicht IRWS Co-Chairs The Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter (IRWS) of Davis is a community- based effort enabling member congregations to provide cold-weather shelter and hospitality on a rotating basis to persons who are homeless in the Davis community. Forward email This email was sent to winterety at sbcglobal.net by bill at dccpres.org. Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe? | Privacy Policy. Email Marketing by Davis Community Church | 412 C Street | Davis | CA | 95616 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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