Urban Onramps

Below is the text of the latest Harambee e-newsletter that was sent out yesterday.

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SOLAR PANELS UNVEILING & MORE
Harambee Ministries Update
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You are invited to the
Harambee Solar Panels Unveiling
Thursday, July 24 at 6 p.m.
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With the support of Leadership Pasadena’s Class of 2008, we are installing solar panels on one of our properties and will publicly unveil them on Thursday, July 24th. Our program starts at 6pm with a greeting by Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard. A community meal follows (no charge; donations accepted), and then we have our program. The program includes Councilmember Jacque Robinson, Pastor Jean Burch of Community Bible Church, and a presentation by Leadership Pasadena and Harambee leaders. The location for the event is the Harambee campus, 1609 Navarro Avenue, Pasadena 91103 (map). Please RSVP via email or by calling (626) 798-7431. We hope to see you there!

Extreme Garden Makeover
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During the day on July 24th we will transform a section of our property into a garden that grows vegetables. With the help of a youth group from Cornerstone Church of Boulder, Colorado, land will be cleared, soil tilled, planters built, and veggies planted. The vision is that children and youth at Harambee will learn from the experience of managing a garden. We are in need of donations for the following items: Soil (24 feet, with manure), tools (12 rakes, 40 sets of garden gloves, trash bags), wood for planters (72 2×6, 48 1×3, etc.). If you can and would like to assist with these donations, please email or call (626) 798-7431.

Day Camp Highlight
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[ PHOTO BELOW ] We are excited that we can provide time during our summer day camp for learning via computers, especially after experiencing a theft of children’s computers last summer. It took months to raise funds to replace the lab, but we finally achieved our goal in the winter. When summer rolled around, we were ready to put the children on to excellent equipment and guide them in lasting learning experiences. MORE DAY CAMP NOTES: · We are thankful to Intervarsity Christian Fellowship for providing 6 summer interns to work in our day camp. · We are grateful for Uncharted Waters Sports Ministry, which brought a team of volunteers from Colorado to run a sports camp each afternoon this week as a part of our day camp offerings.

Urban Ministry Internships in Boston, Chicago,
Denver, Los Angeles, Washington DC & Seattle
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The deadline is fast approaching for paid urban ministry internships through TechMission. Visit the information page and then contact thierry@techmission.org.

In Seattle/Tacoma
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On Wednesday, August 6, Harambee’s Executive Director Rudy Carrasco will give a keynote address at the Act Six National Convention. If you will be in that area and would like to connect with Harambee, at that event or at another time, please send an email to Rudy.

and finally…

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A VERSE: “Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.” Proverbs 16:32

Thank you for your support of Harambee Ministries!

Rudy

This entry was posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 7:27 am.