News and Notices

Just putting some reminders and news out there for you!

Thursday Night at Breakthrough
Everyone should have received an email yesterday, but we're having a team meeting to further talk about our vision and the steps to accomplishing what God has given us to do. Your ideas are welcome. Your help is welcome. This is an exciting time to draw closer to God! This is all part of the Kingdom Initiative God has given us. I hope you'll be there. Dinner at 6 PM (potluck- bring something to share) then soon after we'll get to work so we can be done around 8 PM.


The North Douglas Causeway
If you are interested and agree, I wanted you to have the opportunity to hear about this. Here is the text from the Action Alert email I received.

"We are at a critical phase on the North Douglas Causeway, and we need your help!  To help us pass the next critical hurdle to advance this project, please do either or both of the following:

1. Between now and Monday, call, fax, or email all Assembly Members and urge them to put the North Douglas Causeway proposal on the October municipal ballot.
2. Attend the CBJ Assembly meeting at City Hall on August 23^th @ 7:00pm.  It is really important that we have a good turnout Monday night.

More information: At the upcoming CBJ Assembly meeting (City Hall, Monday August 23^rd, 7pm), the motion to put the North Douglas Causeway proposal on this October’s ballot will be discussed and voted upon.  Public testimony will be allowed.  We hear that there may be a motion made for an alternative approach to putting this project on the Ballot.  The alternative probably would be a bond for more agency studies – without a specific project identified, and no funding for actual construction.  We need to send a clear message to the Assembly members that this community wants the opportunity to vote on funding the entire project, not just more studies.

If you are contacting the Assembly members, the attached document provides some sample comments in support of the project.  Click on this email address link Borough_Assembly@ci.juneau.ak.us to send an email to all Assembly members.  Other contact info for Assembly members can be found at http://www.juneau.org/assembly/members.php."

Suicide Intervention and Coping with Suicide Loss
Hospice and Home Care of Juneau is sponsoring a workshop by Dr. Bob Baugher on September 8, 2010 from 9:00-11:30 am at Centennial Hall on Suicide Intervention and Coping with Suicide Loss. 

Dr. Baugher has a Ph.D. in Psychology and teaches at Highline Community College in the Seattle area.  He is a lecturer on grief and loss and on suicide intervention throughout the United States and several other countries.  We are fortunate that Dr. Baugher is coming to Alaska on a cruise and has generously offered us some of his time while in Juneau.

This workshop is free of charge and open to the public.