Micah & Hungry Long Islanders

The Garden City Clergy Fellowship presents An Interfaith Study Series "Micah & Hungry Long Islanders"

The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals identify eight key areas that we should work together on, both locally and globally, to eliminate hunger and poverty in our own country and throughout the world. Here on Long Island, the Long Island Council of Churches (LICC) and Catholic Charities are encouraging faith communities to join the MICAH (Mobilized Interfaith Coalition Against Hunger) Project to alleviate hunger and poverty on Long Island.

As people of faith, we will gather together to talk about what we can do about hunger on Long Island and about the MICAH project. The curriculum we will be using is called "Hunger No More", which is supported by a wide range of religious, ecumenical, and charitable organizations. We will conclude our study series on January 30 by collecting non-perishable food for the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) in Hempstead.

All are invited to come and participate in the study sessions. Attendance in prior sessions is not required for participation in any session. For each session, we will gather for refreshments at 7:15 pm; then break into small groups at 7:30 pm to go through the lesson and have discussion, then all groups will gather together from 8:45 to 9:00 pm for sharing thoughts and ideas.

DATES and PLACES

• Wed., Jan 9 "Hunger No More" (Isaiah 49) Presbyterian Church in Garden City, 91 Chester Ave., GC, 354-1848

• Wed., Jan 16"Defend the Cause of the Poor" (Psalm 72) Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Rd., GC, 741-7304

• Wed., Jan 23"The Breath of School Children is the Reason for the World's Existence" Garden City Jewish Center, 168 Nassau Blvd., GC, 248-9180

• Wed., Jan 30 "Sufficient for Their Needs" (Deuteronomy 15) (Food Collection for INN)

St. Anne's Catholic Church, 35 Dartmouth St., Rectory-Lower Level GC, 352-5904

For more information, contact The Rev. Debra Low-Skinner at Christ Episcopal Church, 775-2626, or christchurchgc@earthlink.net