Parish and Social Concerns
September 30, 2008
On Sept. 13, the Parish and Social Concerns Committee had its annual retreat to discuss current activities and plan for future events. Although the Crossroads lunch-making has been a huge success, it has been a struggle to get the donated tuna needed to make the 100 sandwiches needed monthly. Due to the fact that tuna is quite expensive ($8.00 per/large can= $50 a case at BJs), we would like to have different people commit to either buying a case of tuna or donating the money for tuna on their assigned month. That means we only need 12 people to donate tuna or the money for this cause.
The committee also voted to support Books Through Bars which donates paperback books to prisoners across the country and is located in our parish house and needs support packing books on Sunday evenings.
Also discussed at the retreat was to revisit the resolution passed against the start of the Iraq war and what our congregation can currently do to support peace and standby our resolution through action and possibly generating another resolution. Please refer to Joanne DeVoe’s article in this edition for more details on how our congregation can take action against the war.
We are also planning to have a film series that will showcase films on social justice which will be
in conjunction with the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
There is a lot to look forward to from the P.& S.C. Committee, including our worship service on Oct. 26 about the upcoming election.
~Clara Hardy
Parish and Social Concerns Chairperson
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