Concert and cookout fundraiser
on behalf of the Acton and Stow Area Interfaith Partnership to Support Afghan Refugees
on behalf of the Acton and Stow Area Interfaith Partnership to Support Afghan Refugees
When: Friday July 29, 2022
Where: St Matthews Church 435 Central Street Acton, MA
Cookout starts at 6 PM Concert is 6:30 – 8PM
Join us for a cookout and concert from the Summertime Jazz Band on a summer evening! Food available starting at 6PM and the concert will begin at 6:30. Enjoy your dinner while listening to jazz tunes. If the weather is nice, we will be on the front lawn. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs to sit on the lawn. If it is raining, we will be indoors.
All proceeds from the event will directly support a family of six who has recently moved to Lowell, Massachusetts from Afghanistan. This family is being supported by six local churches in Acton, Stow and Shirley, including Church of the Good Shepherd.
Please sign up for tickets with this link:
If you would prefer to make a donation, use this link to First Parish Church of Stow and Acton
http://fpc-stow-acton.org/donate
Select "Give to Restricted Gift" and include the comment: " Interfaith Afghan Families".
How can you help?
Donate Food or Time! There are lots of opportunities to provide food or volunteer on the day of the event. We are also looking for several more people to provide grills and grillers. Please sign up here.
Attend! Please invite your friends and neighbors to this special evening for a special cause!
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Creation Care at Good Shepherd
Each Sunday in Easter Season, we renew the promises and vows of Holy Baptism: “Will you cherish the wonderous words of God and respect and restore the beauty and integrity of all creation?” We answer, “I will with God’s help.” At Good Shepherd we are taking some small but important steps to restore God’s creation by learning more about Electric Vehicles (EVs) and to launch Our Sustainable Kitchen.
This is an example of our caring, green, sustainable kitchen
CGS Kitchen: Caring, Green, Sustainable
Reach out in love for God’s Earth and for each other by a commitment to plastic-free
coffee hours and events. Our kitchen is already supplied with alternatives to single-use plastic.
Why no single-use plastic?
Never goes “away.”
Breaks up into microplastics that absorb toxins, harms wildlife, our oceans and ends up in our food supply.
Recent studies have found microplastics in human lungs and blood.
Is made from crude oil and natural gas.
Litters our roadways, streams and land.
Recycle don’t just throw it away!
“Nothing we use for a few minutes should threaten our health and pollute our future for hundreds of years.”
https://masspirg.org
Electric Vehicle (EV) Rides with Ray, Jessie and the Pupos
Take a spin in an EV after the 8:00 or before or after a 10:00 May church service (except for our 5/22 COVID respite time)
Learn how an EV can reduce CO2 emissions, are inexpensive to drive and are fun!
Why EVs?
· Clean Up Planet Earth With electric cars, you’ll reduce air pollution around you right now and cut greenhouse gases to protect people and the planet for years to come. Future generations will thank you.
· Save on Fuel and Maintenance Costs Drive where you want at a fraction of the cost.
· Get Money for a Purchase/Lease That’s right. Buy or lease the car you love and get money back. There are federal, state, and local incentives to bring down the cost of buying or leasing an electric car.
· And Ray Lyons says:
o “E-Cars are FUN!”
o “I bet $1 my Chevy Bolt is quicker off the mark than whatever car you drive (excepting Teslas).” (you gotta test drive my Bolt to collect.)
o “No gas engine to maintain and drag around… My only maintenance expenses in the past 7 years: swapping out snow tires and changing windshield wipers.”
o “I pay less than 2 cents per mile for electricity; with gas at $4/gallon, I saved over $100 last month using electricity rather than gasoline
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