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 next seven days are:

July 8: Listen to Janelle Monae’s album Dirty Computer
July 9: Read “Performative Allyship is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead) in Forge
July 10: Watch The House I Live In on Youtube
July 11: Listen to the play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange on Youtube
July 12: Watch Just Mercy
You can also order the book
July 13: Listen to an episode from the podcast Pod Save the People
July 14: Read “We protest police in the streets so why do we let police in our schools?” in Chicago Reporter