Social Justice Service Opportunity!

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We are currently looking for four more sponsors for the Adopt-A-Child program at the Umuryango Boys' Home in Bukomero, Rwanda (www.umuryango.org ). There are four spots open in the home because four of the boys are now in secondary school and do not live at the home anymore.

This is the program that was started after the team that went to Rwanda returned from the trip last year. This is a commitment of one-year and a monthly donation of $50. The monthly donation covers the boy's food, medical costs, school supplies, and clothing. We also prefer the sponsor maintains a personal relationship with the boy. You can do this through writing emails and/or sending cards or care packages. The correspondence is translated into the native language, Kinyarwanda, and then given to the boy. If you would like to be a sponsor, you would receive a monthly email reminder about it.

You can send a check to the US bank account, make an electronic transfer from your bank, or pay online. You can do it on your own, or if you can't do it alone, feel free to pull in a group of your friends or Life Group and do it together...a great way to build community and serve together! We've seen this program bless the street children in the home in countless ways, and relationships established between the sponsors and the boys is remarkable. If you or your Life Group...or whoever you want to pull in this amazing opportunity would like to sponsor a child or just want more info, please contact Matthew at heinzmatthew@gmail.com.

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Housing/Sublets

- 2 Roommates needed for 1 year lease beginning in August
- $230/mo + utilities
- Townhouse located on Old Boalsburg Rd, near Allen Street, approx 10 min walk to campus
- Roommates would have own bedrooms
- Current resident is a post-grad working in town
- email Dave Palmer IOWADavePalmer@hotmail.com

Housing Available

Apartment for rent
1 bedroom in Milesburg
Rent is $400/month and includes water, sewer, and trash
Large backyard, quiet neighborhood, second story deck.
Interested? Contact Becky at 814.659.9682

ThirdPlace Prayer Retreat

This Saturday, July 12th at 8:30am-12:30pm
at Harvest Fields:
The Theme is "Can you hear me now?" (hearing God's voice/praying for those in need)

With guest facilitator Pete Cannizzaro, the prayer retreat will be a unified time of corporate prayer and worship combined with solitude and time for reflection and connecting with God!
A time to connect with God, with others, be encouraged and unified, and pray on the behalf of others!

The schedule for the day is as follows:

* 8:30am-9:30am: Corporate prayer/worship.
* 9:30am-11:00am: Personal connection time with God. Solitude and Reflection.
*11:00am-11:30am: Prayer for those in need
* 11:30am-12:30pm: Group sharing/encouragement, along with corporate worship and prayer.

Don’t miss this opportunity, it’s a great way to connect with God and others!

Breakfast, coffee, and tea will be provided.

Please RSVP to lois@calvarysc.org.

Impromptu Worship Night

Come and worship Jesus for an hour or two with us at 8:00 PM at the Upper Room downtown (see address below)!

When: Friday, July 11, 8:00 PM
Where: The Upper Room (351 E. Calder Ave)

Bruce Eveleth, myself and Lane, Josh Ambrose and his wife (who are both going to start helping out with worship at Encore in the fall) and some other folks are getting together and spending an hour or two worshipping Jesus, praying for each other, and encouraging each other.Hope you can make it out! :)

Josh

Service Opportunity

People's Choice festival in Boalsburg on Thursday, July 10th - Saturday, July 12th. It will mainly consist of wiping down and cleaning tables at the dining tents, as well as driving golf carts around to help the elderly people to their cars and transporting their packages. It is organized through Centre Vision and the United Methodist Church. Please contact Sharon Taverno set140@psu.edu for more info.