Speaking out in search of young opinions
Youth's passion forum a fizzer
ANY dream will do. Among the nightmares and challenges of our perilous present any dream will do. If we adults are not equal to these challenges, can we expect young people to be?I crave the opinions of youth and I was really looking forward to Passion In The Square, the soapbox forum for young people in National Youth Week last week in the blighted Victoria Square. It was a fizzer. It lacked passion and young people and young people with passion.Perhaps part of the problem is...
Passion Forum: DATEBOOK
Special events BINGO: Lancaster Court, Order of the Amaranth, will sponsor basket bingo Sunday, April 25, at the Al Starr Community Building, 2901 Willow Street Pike, Willow Street.Doors open at 1 p.m. with bingo starting at 2 p.m. Food and drinks will be available at 1 p.m.Tickets are $15 and are available by calling 464-0524 or 294-7462. Those purchased in advance will be eligible to play the early bird game.'PASSION' FORUM: St. Paul's...
Passion Forum: THE SACRED IN ART, MUSIC, BOOKS
Author on Tibet Douglas Wissing, author of Pioneer in Tibet: The Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton, will be at a reading and discussion of this new book from 5 to 6 p.m. on Friday at Garcia Street Books, 376 Garcia St.For more information, call 986-0151.Bach's birthday bash There will be a musical celebration of the birthday of J. S. Bach at 7 p.m. on Friday at the First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave.An organ recital on the Austin Organ will feature...
Passion Forum: Online quilters give comfort to kids in need
THREAD strengthens and unites, one stitch at a time. And just like stitches, an Internet site, Quilting Passion, has united three Oklahoma women and others across the country with similar interests. These devotees of quilting provide strong support to a charitable project for children. Lolly Pratt, an Oklahoma City mother of six, ages 1-22, said a child's blanket is like a hug. She said a blanket represents warmth, love and comfort, especially when it is sewn by...
Passion Forum: Interfaith 'Passion' forum a big draw,
Several hundred hear a panel discussion at Temple Beth Israel.
It was a sunny Wednesday afternoon at the height of tourist season, and the sanctuary at Temple Beth Israel was packed as if it were the holiest day of the year.Several hundred people -- including Jews and Christians from various denominations -- filled the pews and folding chairs that stretched to the back of the room. They listened quietly for nearly two hours as an interfaith panel of clergy discussed their reactions to a movie that has been the talk of the pulpit for weeks: Mel...