Sunday, February 15, at 6:30 PM The Awakening Church will hold a
special event benefiting Blood: Water Mission and Lwala Community
Alliance. Blood: Water Mission is an organization started by the Grammy
Award winning band Jars of Clay. The organization helps with HIV
education and to build water systems in Africa. Millions of Africans
are in need of a basic need for life, water. The Lwala Community
Alliance was started to keep the local African health clinic open and
supplied with needed materials and drugs.
The Ashley Gonzalez Trio
will begin the night with their incredible and emotional music and
vocals. They have asked to play for free as their honorarium will be
given to the benefit. Following the music we will then feature a free
screening of the award winning documentary, “Sons of Lwala.” Milton and
Fred Ochieng’ are two brothers from Kenya whose village sent them to
America to become doctors. But after losing both parents to AIDS they
are left with a heartbreaking task: to return home and finish the
health clinic their father started before getting sick. Unable to raise
enough money on their own, the brothers are joined by students,
politicians, and a rock band who launch a fund raising drive among
young people across the United States. Sons of Lwala follows Milton and
Fred on their incredible journey as they find a way, despite all odds,
to open their village’s first hospital.
After the film we will be
holding an art auction with 100% of the money going to Blood: Water
Mission and the Lwala Community Alliance.
So, how can you help?
1.
We are looking for artists to donate art work to be auctioned the night
of the event. Without your generous donations of your work we wouldn’t
have a donation to give. We are looking for paintings, sculptures,
drawings, photography or whatever you create. If you are interested
please email Pastor Dennis Minner at dennis@theawakeningnyc.com or call
573-776-5027.
2. The next thing you can do is to show up, with
friends, and bid on this amazing collection of art. For every $1 you
spend, an African will have clean water for one year. That means every
dollar you donate will go to truly give life to someone on the other
side of the world. We need your help in promoting the event and letting
as many people as you know to come February 15 at 6:30 PM. If you would
like to help hand out fliers, interview, or help in other means please
email Pastor Dennis Minner at dennis@theawakeningnyc.com or call
573-776-5027.

The Awakening Church is in the heart of Greenwich
Village at 115 MacDougal St, next door to Café Whaa. We are inside The
Players Theatre. We are a church that is focused on the creative and
those seeking out spiritual Truth. Each service features live art
stations for anyone to use and also live local artists performing
weekly on stage. We also have an incredible live worship band and a
weekly relevant talk about real life. We hope to see you soon.

www.theawakeningnyc.com
www.sonsoflwala.com
www.bloodwatermission.com