More Babies!

Sixth has been blessed by the birth of lots of beautiful babies in our congregation this fall.

And guess what? That 6th 'fertile touch' extends to our contributions to the Goats For Gifts program, too! ;-)

The program's administrator writes: "Sorry about her backside, but yea, she's pregnant! The firstborn must be given to another survivor. So many thanks, again, to your thoughtful congregation."

Goats for Gifts is a volunteer organization; our contribution goes fully to the purchase of goats for survivors of the Rwanda genocide. Sixth's giving has provided 25 more goats this year.

Home at Last

EECM has launched a capital campaign in support of the East End Community House, a new facility to house -- in one central location -- all of the many EECM services now tucked into various nooks and crannies across the East End of Pittsburgh.

See http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09334/1017254-53.stm for more.

Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

34th Annual
Community Interfaith
Thanksgiving Service

Tuesday, November 24th at 7 PM

Baha'i - Christian - Hindu - Islamic - Jewish

Please join us as we share this wonderful Thanksgiving tradition with our neighbors of many faiths. This year's service is hosted by Congregation Beth Shalom at 5915 Beacon Street (corner of Beacon & Shady)in the Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary

Speaker: The Rev. Cynthia Bronson-Sweigert of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

With participation by the Taylor Allderdice High School Choir

An offering of canned goods and other non-perishables will be received for the Food Pantry of East End Cooperative Ministry

A cash offering will be received for the Squirrel Hill Food Pantry.

Norma & Jack Rally for Braddock

Undaunted by rain, Norma and Jack protest plans to close UPMC-Braddock.

For more on the community's efforts to ensure that health care is available, see:

Braddock Hospital's Closure Protested;

and

Braddock Residents Look Into Suing UPMC .

Reminder: Our Meeting's Coming Up

Please mark your calendars for the Church and Community Committee meeting on Sunday, December 6th, in the parlor.

We will make our final set of 2009 allocations at this meeting, and we are also working to set up a guest speaker on an issue of community concern. (Check back here for more on that as plans start to fall in to place!)

Support Rally for UPMC Braddock

Norma and Jack F. are staying on top of the community efforts to save the UPMC Braddock facility for healthcare in that community. A rally is planned for Thursday afternoon of this week (November 19th).

Save Our Community Hospitals

SAVE UPMC BRADDOCK

RALLY
TO SAVE OUR HOSPITAL
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 at 2PM

Fifth St. & Braddock Ave.

Braddock, PA

Lisa Larges Ordination

Lisa Larges, who preached so eloquently at Sixth this fall, has been approved for ordination by the San Francisco Presbytery, which also recognized That All May Freely Serve as a validated ministry.

For more, see the More Light Presbyterian website!