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Peace Talks-Cuba Friendshipment | March 1 | Middle Church Sanctuary
We will have the Executive Director of IFCO (Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization)/Pastors for Peace, Ellen Bernstein and others from her office for a Q&A.  Includes a screening of  the film, "Who's Afraid of the Little Yellow School Bus?"  This short documentary details one of the organization's 19 caravans to Cuba--this year will make its 29th.  IFCO/Pastors for Peace will tell those who are interested what to expect should they decide to jointhis year's Cuba Friendshipment scheduled to deaprt NYC on July 9, 20009.  Whether you know a lot or a little about Cuba, plan to attend this specail gathering.  Contact athorne@middlechurch.org for more information.
GULF  COAST
Middle Church volunteers and our friends from the Collegiate Churches committed to the just rebuilding of New Orleans following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.  Our journeys to the Gulf Coast included rebuilding homes with ACORN, working with social services facilities in the 9th and 7th Wards and a brief tour by our Middle Church Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir to St. John #5 Faith Church and the Douglass High School.  In cooperation with Collegiate Church, Middle has produced two documentaries in the Gulf Coast, Untold Stories and Hope In New Orleans.  View clips on this site (Inside Middle/Media Library).  DVD copies are available at the Middle Store, opened Sundays following Worship Celebration.  For more information, contact kfarrell@middlechurch.org, Kate Farrell.