Feast of Beginnings 2006
September 24, 5:30 pm
This year’s Feast of Beginnings – to be
held the evening of Sunday, Sept. 24 – will feature an evening packed with
activities, opportunities and
entertainment.
The much-anticipated annual event is expected to be especially meaningful this year, since it will be the first in the new space, and it also will mark the conclusion of the church’s 50th anniversary celebration.
The evening’s program will feature State Rep. Rafael Anchía, D-Dallas, and Rev. Brett Younger, pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, who will discuss how progressive Christians can reclaim the moral high ground from the religious right. The two men presented a similar program at a Texas Freedom Network workshop earlier this year.
The Feast will kick off at 5:30 p.m. with a volunteer fair, organized by the Church in Society Commission. Church members who volunteer at nonprofit organizations supported by Northaven will be available to share information and opportunities.
In addition, members of Northaven’s Youth Group will provide fun activities for the younger children. And guests are invited to bid on the pieces of donated artwork up for auction, which are on display in the outer gallery upstairs. Proceeds from the silent auction will benefit the church’s arts programs.
A Tex-Mex dinner will be served at 6 p.m., prepared by the staff of Wesley-Rankin Community Center – a United Methodist ministry that Northaven supports. After-dinner musical entertainment will be provided by Lisa Anderson, the wife of our new organist, Chris Anderson, who has a master’s degree in piano performance.
The evening will culminate in Anchía and Younger’s program.
Anchía is a state representative who has served his district – which covers the western corridor of the Dallas area – since 2004, working on such varied issues as public safety, ethics reform, and health coverage for women and children. He has previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Independent School District.
A first-generation American and an accomplished Dallas attorney, Anchía was honored by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) as its 2005 national “Man of the Year.”
Younger has been a pastor of churches in Indiana, Kansas, and Texas, and he is the author of the book, Who Moved My Pulpit? He writes regular columns for Baptists Today and the online edition of the Baptist Standard. His downtown church is affiliated with several Baptist organizations, but as its website attests, it “is not subservient to any state or national convention or organization.”
The much-anticipated annual event is expected to be especially meaningful this year, since it will be the first in the new space, and it also will mark the conclusion of the church’s 50th anniversary celebration.
The evening’s program will feature State Rep. Rafael Anchía, D-Dallas, and Rev. Brett Younger, pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, who will discuss how progressive Christians can reclaim the moral high ground from the religious right. The two men presented a similar program at a Texas Freedom Network workshop earlier this year.
The Feast will kick off at 5:30 p.m. with a volunteer fair, organized by the Church in Society Commission. Church members who volunteer at nonprofit organizations supported by Northaven will be available to share information and opportunities.
In addition, members of Northaven’s Youth Group will provide fun activities for the younger children. And guests are invited to bid on the pieces of donated artwork up for auction, which are on display in the outer gallery upstairs. Proceeds from the silent auction will benefit the church’s arts programs.
A Tex-Mex dinner will be served at 6 p.m., prepared by the staff of Wesley-Rankin Community Center – a United Methodist ministry that Northaven supports. After-dinner musical entertainment will be provided by Lisa Anderson, the wife of our new organist, Chris Anderson, who has a master’s degree in piano performance.
The evening will culminate in Anchía and Younger’s program.
Anchía is a state representative who has served his district – which covers the western corridor of the Dallas area – since 2004, working on such varied issues as public safety, ethics reform, and health coverage for women and children. He has previously served on the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Independent School District.
A first-generation American and an accomplished Dallas attorney, Anchía was honored by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) as its 2005 national “Man of the Year.”
Younger has been a pastor of churches in Indiana, Kansas, and Texas, and he is the author of the book, Who Moved My Pulpit? He writes regular columns for Baptists Today and the online edition of the Baptist Standard. His downtown church is affiliated with several Baptist organizations, but as its website attests, it “is not subservient to any state or national convention or organization.”
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