Sole to Soul is set for 8:00 a.m. Saturday, September 25, 2010. This annual 5K race, with a one mile fun family walk, will raise money for Door of Hope. Click here for race details and to register.
Soul Fest Weekend - September 24-26
Soul Fest events go on all weekend! Friday night, September 24: Trivia Night; Saturday morning, September 25: Sole to Soul 5K; Saturday night, September 25: Low Country Boil; Sunday, September 26: Church Potluck Lunch. Click here for details.
Skip 2. Feed 40.
Thanks to everyone who volunteered at the food packing event at Holy Communion on July 31. Those 100,000+ meals will be designated for poor and handicapped children in Haiti. They will be shipped by the West Tennessee Haiti Partnership with Stop Hunger Now! SKIP 2. FEED 40. Skip two fast food meals and save the $10 it takes to feed 40 of the world’s most impoverished children. Use your contribution to support the West Tennessee Haiti Partnership. These meals will be designated for poor and handicapped children in Haiti. Make online contributions at www.stophungernow.org/memphisevent. Learn more at www.stophungernow.org.
Unsheltered: Unseen
Photograph Exhibition
Now showing at Jack Robinson Gallery
44 Huling Ave. @ S. Front St.
A group of Rhodes students have been working with Idlewild’s More Than Art and other community programs to help people tell their stories through photography. Community friends, some homeless and in great need, were given cameras and asked to capture their impressions of Memphis. The result is Unsheltered: Unseen, a gallery show of their amazing photographs.
The show's opening, April 16 at Artists in Memphis Gallery (287 Madison Ave.), was a great success! Many of the powerful photos were purchased, with proceeds going to hunger and homelessness efforts in Memphis. The show is on display this summer at the Jack Robinson Gallery (400 S. Front St, 901-576-0708). NOTE: You might call ahead, as we aren't sure when the exhibit will be up.
More info about the show is at www.uumemphis.blogspot.com.
Day 1 returns to Memphis
What is Day 1? It is a nation-wide radio broadcast sponsored by several different mainstream denominations, including the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and the Episcopal Church. In years past some of you might have listened to it under the former name, The Protestant Hour.
For the past few years, no Memphis radio station has carried the broadcast; due to the hard work of one anonymous benefactor, it will be returning to Memphis on Sunday mornings at 7:30 a.m. on WREC600 AM (the same radio station that carries our 11:00 worship service). Some of the leading preachers of the country have preached for Day 1, including Tom Long, Barbara Lundblad, Barbara Brown Taylor, Joanna Adams, and Will Willimon and Anna Carter Florence.
Find out more at www.day1.org. Listen to the sermons and the conversations with the preachers, and let us know what you think. Then, keep your radio tuned to WREC600 AM the first two Sundays of Advent (Nov. 27 and Dec. 4) to hear a familiar voice—a certain senior pastor of Idlewild.
McMerton Community Gardens update
McMerton Community Garden is growing fruits and vegetables and friendships this summer. Started in 2007 by Carl Awsumb and nurtured by Idlewild's Peacemaking Committee and church volunteers, our McMerton neighborhood garden brings Binghamton residents from diverse backgrounds together to learn about healthy eating, sustainable lifestyles, and living in community.
If you have questions about the garden contact David Bell, davidbelllaw@gmail.com.
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On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, students from White Station’s Facing History and Ourselves class joined the gardeners to pick strawberries.
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Recent Special Events
A Concert for Reconciliation
On Sunday, April 25, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Rhodes College MasterSingers, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra presented this wonderful concert featuring Dave Brubeck’s monumental oratorio "The Gates of Justice," written in the tragic days immediately following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, and Haydn's "Mass in Time of War." Special guests were the Conference Call Jazz Quartet, with Michael Jefrey Stevens at the piano. Conducting will be William Skoog, Music Director at Rhodes College, and Dr. Ted Gibboney, Idlewild's Organist/Music Director.
Public concerts and organ recitals are presented frequently at Idlewild Presbyterian Church. Check back often for upcoming event.
Idlewild Church is on the National Register of Historic Places
Idlewild Presbyterian Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The application process began several years ago from the encouragement of Griff Burr, a long-time member of the House and Properties Committee. After being reviewed by the Tennessee Historical Committee and the Static Historic Preservation Officer, Idlewild’s application was then sent on to Washington for review by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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“The South’s Cathedral of Presbyterianism"
Idlewild's beautiful Gothic style building was built in 1928. It was designed
by architect George Awsumb. Built with stone from quarries in Arkansas,
the design is similar to the original buildings of Rhodes College.
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