When: December 6, 2008, 9am-6pm
Where: St. Anthony Chapel

St. Thomas University
16401 NW 37 Ave
Miami Gardens FL 33054
Fr. Matthew Linn, SJ will be conducting our annual Advent Retreat on December 6, 2008 from 9 am to 6 pm at St. Anthony Chapel on the campus of Saint Thomas University. The title of the retreat will be “Discovering Christmas Everyday: Healing the Past, Present and Future”.

Pre-Registration Cost Per Person: $15.00. 5 persons pre-registered together: $10.00 PP (Pre-Registration must be received by 11/24/08)

For more information, please call Cynthia at (305) 628-6641 or email crose@stu.edu

When: November 15 & 16, 2008
10am-5PM Saturday & Sunday

Where: 24801 SW 187 Avenue, Redland at the Fruit and Spice Park

Tickets: available at the gate $6 per person, kids 12 and under are free.
For more info call 305-247-5727 or visit www.myspace.com/greatgreenfamilyfestival or www.REHSonline.com

Bring a blanket on Saturday to lay on the lawn and enjoy live music by Groove Kitchen, Psychadelic Mist, Usual Suspects.

On Sunday, sew your own cloth grocery bag from Morsbags: Sociable Guerilla Bagging.

Special Presentations include Green Trends Fashion Show
Soul Full Eating by Maureen Whitehouse Reducing Household toxins by Migule Cisneros Abreu

Buy local, independent, & handmade, from over 40 vendors.

This video, and this website mark the launch of an inspiring global endeavor to celebrate compassion and to promote a new collaboration between the world’s religions. Starting today, we are writing the Charter for Compassion. The twist here is that the writing won’t be done behind closed doors. It will be done by you… and perhaps millions of others around the world.

Later this week millions of Muslims, Christians, and Jews will be sent an email inviting them to come to the site and offer their choice of words, in their own language, to help create a charter capable of inspiring the world to focus on what the great religions share, as opposed to what divides them. The goal is to obtain all input from global participants within the next four weeks, select the best contributions with the help of a council of religious “sages”, and conduct a major launch of the finished document in 2009.

Three things you can do to help:

1. Help write the Charter! The first writing phase begins now with the Preamble, a concise explanation of why the Charter is necessary and urgent.

2. Share Your Story. We want this to be a truly global and diverse document that represents all of our voices.

3. Tell others about it. We want this to be a truly global and diverse document that represents all of our voices.

Help Change the Conversation

South Miami

Host: Maite y Juan Carlos Hernanez
Time: Every 2nd Tuesday of the Month, at 8PM (Starts November 11th)
Location: 9170 Fontainebleau Blvd Apt 205, Miami FL 33172
Contact: Call Maite (786) 290-5309

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Check-in & breakfast: 8:15 am – 9:00 am
Project duration: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm

It’s still not too late to volunteer! All donations and registration fees will be used to support Hands On Miami’s year-long programs and projects. The Day-Of-Event Registration Fee for walk-in registrants is $30.
Cash or checks made out to Hands On Miami will be accepted at sites on Saturday.

Two sites are available for walk-in, day-of-event registration

For more information visit: Handsonmiami.org

Host: Raul Justiniano
Location: Rachel Justiano’s Parents House
5100 SW 82nd Ave, Miami, FL 33155 US
When: Sunday, November 16 @ 6:30
Phone: (305) 322-4797 or raul@prototypesyndicate.com

We are going to have a Candy Station at Dadeland Mall. Yeah… we are going there to shamelessly promote Christ thru propaganda about the community at Mosaic.

If you would like to join us we are looking for some fun loving people to come and hand out candy prior to Raul/Rachels costume party. We will be at the mall from 5-8pm, sending teams throughout the mall to hand out candy…..yes you can and should dress up….and bring your kids. A suggestion would be that we limit/omit the vampire devil darkness look….ahhh….we are christians. the purpose is to leverage the day and use it to bring the light of the kingdom….

Now that said….you do not have to be moses….if you are dressing up use your imagination and your discretion. I am going for the super hero look. Shari wants me to be mark anthony while she is cleopatra. I think she just likes my legs in a toga.

We also need candy bags so bring a few pounds. You can bring it to Mosaic on sunday.

This sunday looks like it is going to be a “Special Sunday“…..the school is tenting the building next to the gym and we cannot use the gym….so we are going to have church outside at the pavilion. so…. we are going with the picnic theme this week. it should be cool if the weather is good. we are working on a contingency plan should the weather not be favorable. we are going to have sandwiches…you can bring some picnic stuff…lawn chairs your coolest sunglasses…cuz mosaic will be kickin it nature style this week.

We have a podcast now for all of you, this gives you an opportunity to check out a replay of the message. go to the web site mosaicmiami.org and click the podcast button on the right and you’ll be ready to rock.

The CCDA conference is going on downtown starting today thru saturday. ccda.org if you are interested.

We are also looking for volunteers to hand out water on voting day. If you have an hour or two we need you. It is a great opportunity to promote the kingdom thru the community at mosaic. We are targeting the Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, South Miami voting stations.

Host: Megan Tice
Location: Megan and Leslie’s Home
3450 Oak Avenue, Miami, FL 33133 US
When: Sunday, October 19, 2:00PM
Phone: Megan’s Cell: 321-704-2166
ATTENTION ALL MOSAICKIDS VOLUNTEERS AND POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS

If you have been serving MosaicKids or you have been wondering how to get involved at Mosaic you are invited to a Thank you and Welcome lunch. At MosaicKids, it’s time to take things to the next level.

Please join us for a time to get to know each other as a team and share ideas to continually improve what we do for MosaicKids.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

— St. Francis of Assisi