10:00 a.m. Sunday, March 26, 2023 The Nauset Interfaith Association envisions a time in which no young person experiences homelessness or rejection and every young person has the freedom and support in which to thrive. Their Youth Outreach and Hospitality Action Team works to make this vision a reality. Their members support Cape Cod youth who are, or who are at risk of becoming homeless, or who otherwise experience dire need or exclusion from the community. Their goal is to help … Continue reading 26 Mar 2023: “Nauset Interfaith Association’s Youth Outreach Efforts” with Brooke Eaton-Skea

10:00 a.m. Sunday, March 19, 2023 When the Cape Cod Children’s Place was founded thirty years ago, what community needs was it responding to? What has it accomplished over the three decades since then? How have conditions changed today? A conversation with friends at the Fellowship about this place, just up the road, very near and dear to Elizabeth Aldred’s heart. All are welcome! Live at Chapel in the Pines and on Zoom. Elizabeth Aldred raised her sons in Eastham … Continue reading 19 Mar 2023: “The 30-year journey of Cape Cod Children’s Place” with Elizabeth Aldred

10:00 a.m. Sunday, February 26, 2023 Lisa Brown, a veteran teacher at Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, has a popular class  with a curriculum of her own making called “Exploring and Respecting Differences.” It focuses on social emotional learning skills, conflict & mediation, gender, identity, personal morality and empowering students to effect positive change in their own lives and in society through social change and leadership. Brown will share with us some of the nuts and bolts of this … Continue reading 26 Feb 2023: “Inspiring Youth To Action. . . Compassionate Activism” with Lisa Brown

10:00 a.m. Sunday, January 29, 2023 Last year, the Homeless Prevention Council assisted more than 2,700 housing insecure people on the Lower and Outer Cape and not a single one of those helped ended up in a homeless shelter. Learn about the history of this phenomenal organization and breadth of its programs from CEO Hadley Luddy. Hadley will give us fresh insights into our area’s housing crisis and share ways the both full time and seasonal residents can be part … Continue reading 29 Jan 2023: “Housing Instability on the Lower & Outer Cape” with Hadley Luddy

10:00 a.m. Sunday, December 11, 2022 Cape Cod Grandmothers Against Gun Violence holds rallies on the 14th day of all but the coldest months at the Airport Rotary in Hyannis. They have done this for the last eight years. The group’s former President, Pat Hatch, will give a brief history of the group and introduce their latest campaign to prevent gun violence, “You Can Save a Life Now!” Like all of the group’s educational programs, this campaign raises awareness around … Continue reading 11 Dec 2022: “You Can Save a Life Now!” with Pat Hatch

10:00 a.m. Sunday, September 25, 2022 Marilyn Lariviere, director of Homeless Ministries with the Cape Cod Council of Churches, will share the story of Youth StreetReach. Youth StreetReach provides area teenagers with the opportunity to interact with people who are homeless. It sheds light upon injustice and teaches participants to respect all people with dignity. All are welcome. Live at the Chapel and on Zoom. Marilyn Lariviere is the President of Church Women United of Cape Cod and from 2012-2016 … Continue reading 25 Sep 2022: “Gather the People, tell the Story, Break the Bread” with Marilyn Lariviere

Program for Sunday, January 23, 2022 With the arrival of Afghan evacuees last August, the resettlement process for arrivals in the U.S. has shifted to a community-based approach. The Lexington Refugee Assistance Program (LexRAP) has successfully been using this approach for several years now. Marianne Boswell, founder of LexRAP, will explain their approach to creating an effectively welcoming community and share information about their most recent experiences in helping to resettle Afghani arrivals. As part of her presentation, Boswell will … Continue reading 23 Jan 2022: “Coming to America . . . from Afghanistan” with Marianne Boswell

Program for Sunday, January 26, 2020 The Community Development Partnership (CDP) is a nonprofit community development corporation helping people live, work and thrive on the Lower Cape since 1992. CDP supports a vibrant year-round economy by working with small business owners, including fishermen and shellfishermen. Andrea Aldana, CDP’s Director of Housing Advocacy explains what CDP is doing to preserve and create affordable housing opportunities. Get a big picture overview of the affordable housing crisis on the Lower Cape, what is … Continue reading 26 Jan 2020: Andrea Aldana presents “Lower Cape Housing and Community Development Initiatives”