January 21: In this season of colds and flu we give
thanks for all our nurses and doctors.
January 28: On the day of our annual meeting, we
give thanks for our outgoing Bishop’s Committee
members Cindy Poulos, Mark Moody, Liz Chiarolla
and Rick Skubecz and we pray for our new BC
members and convention delegates and all who
serve Redeemer in the Church.
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YOUTH NEWS
ACOLYTE TRAINING
AND CHRISTMAS CHEER
Sunday, December 10th @ noon. Come have pizza
with us and become part of the Redeemer Dream
Team. Open to all young people 3rd grade and up.
FLOATING FRIDAY
Christmas Party on Friday, December 15th. We’ll
deck the halls, sing carols and do the Secret Santa
thing.
ESPECIALLY FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES:
A SPECIAL EPIPHANY EVENT:
“Follow the Star”
“Follow the Star,” a musical journey with the wise
ones to Bethlehem will be presented Sunday,
January 7, 2007 @ 10 a.m. by composer and
songwriter Sam Kauffman. Sam is well known in the
Cursillo community for her praise music and
powerful messages for all ages. The concert which
will take the place of our liturgy of the word is
offered free of charge, but you may make a free will
offering to defray Sam’s costs. After the presen-
tation, we will have communion and coffee hour.
January Float Date: January 26th
, Event TBA
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Saving the World one Step at a Time:
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
At the start of the new millennium, leaders from 191
nations, including the United States, agreed on a
plan to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015.
Together, they created the eight Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs):
Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education for
Children
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower
Women
Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other
Diseases
Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Goal 8: Create a Global Partnership for
Development
AND NOW VIDEO GAMES CAN HELP SAVE
THE WORLD TOO!
Perhaps you have already read about how video
games are creating communities of cooperation.
Now you can participate in one. To help people
young and old better understand what is happening
in our world, the United Nations has created Food
Force, a computer game about world hunger. You
can download it for free at:
Food Force takes players on a journey of what is
involved in bringing emergency food supplies to an
island threatened by ecological collapse and civil
war. Hunger is rarely caused by crop failure alone,
but is aided by political unrest and unjust distri-
bution systems. For instance, India, a poor country,
but a very democratic one, has never had a famine.
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PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE
:
Awakening Love: Redeemer International Film
Festival Will Begin January 5, 2007
DVD distribution delays force us to move our film night
ahead a month!
Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint, a film by Neten
Chokling, a principal actor in Khyentse Norbu’s ‘The
Cup’ is an extraordinary exploration of spiritual life,
vengeance, ingratitude and the power of love. It is a
Tibetan Buddhist story with interesting parallels to both
Moses and Harry Potter. Come to one or both of our free
showings:
Friday Night, Jan. 5 @ 7 p.m. or Sunday Evening, Jan.21
@ 5 p.m.
Coming Next: Jesus Camp
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