Dear Friends,

Minister’s Message
Rev. Rita is on vacation, and much of the time out of cell range. Office Administrator Linda Ganske and Board President Penny Herickhoff are available to assist you while Rev. Rita is away.

She does encourage you to continue with the 21-day Anti-Racism Challenge from the Bexley Anti-Racism Project The challenge began July 1 and runs through July 21. You can find links to all the events here .

The events for the final seven days are:

July 15: Watch Episode 1 of Dear White People on Netflix
July 16: Listen to Code Switch: “A Decade of Watching Black People Die” on NPR
July 17:  Watch American Son on Netflix
July 18: Read “More states are trying to protect Black employees who want to wear natural hairstyles at work” in The Washington Post
July 19: Listen to an episode from the podcast 1619
July 20: Read “The Case for Reparations” in The Atlantic
July 21: Listen to Kendrick Lamar’s album “To Pimp a Butterfly”