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First Reading:      Acts 4:32-35
Second Reading  1 John 1:1-2:2
Holy Gospel:        John 20:19-31
Psalmody:           Psalm 133

WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER:

• Richard Copperud
• Chung Bae
• Glenda Lisk
• Sylvia Beckerley, stepmother of Scott Beckerley,
• the father of Ted Hyrons
• Jan, sister of Pastor Anita Hill
• Ron Merk
• Bruce Jervis
• Bill Hunter
• Bob Douglas
• Sophie Barron, mother of James Barron
• Pr. Lionel Ketola
• Humberto Valle, friend of Dale Leininger
• Mary, cousin of Michael Petrelis
• Eileen, the mother of a friend of Ken Hedrick
• our shut-ins
• Robert Gardiner, friend of Pastor Robert
• Those who use our facilities, especially our Seniors, and those attending the 12-step programs that meet here. We pray for their continued health, happiness and success

Those serving in the world:

• The Rev. Megan Rohrer, Missionary to the Homeless of SF through The Welcome Ministry;
• The Rev. Pieter Oberholzer and his partner, Fanie Zondagh, and the staff at Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM) in South Africa, serving LGBT people and allies;
• Catharine Coon and the Hope Alive Project in Uganda.
  

A young Jewish Orthodox disciple praying at the corner of the Western Wall in a T-shirt with English Business mottos. If he were Ultra-Orthodox he would have been dressed in a black suit and with long curly sideburns.

Women have won the right to pray at the Western Wall in a separate section. Some are working to end the segregation at the Wall.

Israel has a young population and the Orthodox represent 20% . At the founding of the nation in 1948 the Orthodox were given all religious authority to conduct all weddings and all divorces. The majority of the population is secular who, if they were religious, say they would be Orthodox. But there are movements in society and in the courts to end the Orthodox monopoly.

The TV news cameras were recording the annual cleaning of the Western Wall of the many millions of prayers in preparation for Passover.

Prayers are inserted in the cracks between the giant stones of the Wall.

When Israel was attacked in 1967 by three nations on three fronts it won the war and East Jerusalem. The huge Temple Mount that Herod of the Bible built was included and at its Western Wall Jews could pray once again. Israel left the administration of the Islamic mosques with the Arab population. In this photo note that at center right there is a TV crew.

JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL AND INTERFAITH PARTNERS

To Recruit Volunteers to Confront Poverty at April 29th Event
Contact: Linda Frank, co-chair 415-263-8926; Linda@franknet.net

Lend a Hand, Share a Skill, Lift a Spirit is the theme of an interfaith volunteer recruitment “fair” scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street. The event will match volunteers’ interests and skills to tasks offered by participating nonprofit agencies.

Co-sponsors includes the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family & Children’s Service, Temple Emanu-El and Episcopal Charities. These and other agencies will also “exhibit” their volunteer offerings. JCRC plans to implement a simple matching system that will steer potential volunteers to appropriate agencies, making the recruitment event an efficient use of both attendees’ and exhibitors’ time.

New and gently used children’s books will also be collected by the Jewish Coalition for Literacy, a tutoring program in public schools. Collection barrels for non-perishable food and personal hygiene items to be donated to the San Francisco Food Bank and San Francisco Connect, respectively, will also be available. The event is free for volunteers and agencies.

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