Our Third Annual Albuquerque World Food Day was held at La Mesa Presbyterian Church on Sunday, October 14, 2018, two days before the actual World Food Day. The theme of the global commemoration this year was Greening the Blue. We chose the theme Food Sustains Us All for our local celebration, which was co-sponsored by the Interfaith Hunger Coalition, New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light, East Central Ministries and La Mesa Presbyterian Church.
Our commemoration featured stories of hope, offered by six inspirational individuals. The stories reached the ears and hearts of about 50 people who attended the event. We planed to start the commemoration outside in fruit garden/park located between La Mesa Presbyterian Church and La Mesa Elementary School, but moved the event indoors because of inclement weather.
In between each of the stories, the audience chanted a simple but beautiful piece that local musician David Poole wrote for our first commemoration (see words below), and which we have used for each of our three local World Food Day celebrations.
The Matunda Ya Yesu Refugee Youth Choir, led by Lungile Sinandile, helped us celebrate with two songs of joy and commitment at the beginning and at the end of the event. We have a video of the closing song (in Part 4 of this series).
The videos and images contained in this series of blog posts follow the sequence of the program.
Opening Song: David Poole started us off with a simple song
Welcome. Rev. Bre Roberts, Lutheran Campus Pastor at the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College, welcomed all participants and offered brief instructions.
Song: Matunda Ya Yesu Refugee Youth Choir led by Lungile Sinandile
First Story: John Bulten has lived and worked in the La Mesa neighborhood for 20 years. He is the Executive Director of East Central Ministries with a passion for cultivating Shalom within our community.
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