As a result of our World Food Program benefit, Grace Church members made connections with several other churches that also are supporting refugees and asylum seekers.  One effort we are supporting is a fundraiser by the Irish International Immigrant Center and the United Universalist First Church in Belmont to help a group of 75 Central American asylum-seeking women and their children who have recently arrived in Massachusetts.  These families have experienced violence and trauma in their home countries and need our help!  The fundraiser, a benefit concert, will fund a case worker who can give these families the support they need to build better lives. The concert will be held at the First Church in Belmont, Sat., Oct. 1, at 7 pm. and feature The Loomers with The Blood Mountain Brothers and a special guest appearance by The Yellow Room (Jon Svetkey and Heather Quay). Tickets will be $25 at the door.  A Grace Church group is going, so if you want to join us, meet at Catherine Smith's house at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 1 for some soup and bread before carpooling to Belmont.  Catherine's address is 15 Monmouth Ave., Medford.  If you can't go but want to support the effort, you can donate on-line here or contact Beverly J. Freeman at

617-835-5187 to see how you can help.

We all need a plan for our money. Financial Peace University (FPU) is that plan! Through video teaching, class discussions and interactive small group activities, FPU presents biblical, practical steps to get from where you are to where you've dreamed you could be. This plan will show you how to get rid of debt, manage your money, spend and save wisely, and much more!  FPU classes will meet on Sundays from 12-1:30 PM each week for nine weeks, starting on 16 October.  The cost is $93 per family for the course materials. Scholarships are available.  Vin Maganzini (vincent.maganzini@gmail.com) and Sara Folta (sara@folta.net) will coordinate - just let them know if you have any questions.