Tatum's TotesThe collection for July and August is creative project materials- like sketch pads, paints, anything that can be built by hand, jewelry making kits for teens. As well as easy slip ons for when the weather changes would be great (tough to think that will happen again, but pretty sure it will). Teens love Adidas and Nike slides right now- and slides are very forgiving on sizes. Regular gym shoes would be helpful too. We can find homes for any size, but if you want target areas, youth 3-5 and regular 6-10 in gender neutral would find homes the fastest. Please leave donations in designated basket in the Narthex. Thank you!

New Art Exhibit at FCCB: 

Images from Israel and Palestine 

BY LOTTA SUTER

In February 2020, just before COVID hit, my Jewish  Friend Sibylle and I finally made our long-planned  journey to Israel and Palestine - a land that is holy  to many religions, cultures and peoples. The beauty  of the historic buildings and the “biblical” landscape  was breath-taking. But we were also deeply moved  by how much the decades long conflict in the Middle  East had affected the everyday life in Jerusalem, in  the Westbank (Bethlehem) and the Jordan Valley.  The pictures in this exhibition present a few of our  impressions from our visit five years ago, before the  current tragic round of conflict. - Lotta Suter