New Workshop: Talking About Faith So People Will Listen – in May on Tuesdays at The Bridge!

Join us at the Bridge Café for a new May workshop on Tuesday evenings, from 7-8 pm. “Talking About Faith So People Will Listen” is a 4 week workshop led by Pastor Dan Rothra. It will explore two interactive video talks from www.rightnowmedia.org . Click the links for more details:

Exploring Evangelism https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/content/details/364987

and

Mission in Motion https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/content/details/739104

Discussion will include the opportunity to experiment with prayerful requests for Open Doors – just like Paul did on his missionary journeys.

All are welcome!

Creative Corner Art Workshops at The Bridge Café on
Tuesdays May & June

Local artist Joan Burroughs is offering an 8 week Creative Corner workshop experience for the 8 Tuesday evenings (7-8 pm) in May and June — at the Bridge Café (4400 Buffaloe Road, at First Alliance Church.) All are welcome! Bring your own materials or donate $1.50 per workshop to cover materials Joan will provide for painting and drawing. No experience needed! Come be creative with friends. It’s not necessary to attend all 8 workshops to have fun doing art together.

Joan says, “Is there a majestic mountain scene, photograph, or card that inspires you? Do you say, ‘If only I could draw or paint that?’ If you’re like me, you get lost in the picture as it takes you to the place you would rather be at the moment. Let me help you create that picture. I will provide visual sources to create from, if you do not bring you own. “

The May workshops will be an introduction and opportunity to explore different media on the subjects of birds and butterflies. In June the theme will be “Beautiful Beaches” as we paint on shells. (Bring your shells or we will have extras for you to use also.)

June 4 – Watercolors and pencils on watercolor paper.
June 11 – Chalk pastels on pastel paper
June 18 – Acrylic paint on shells or small canvas
June 25 – Finish projects or create a new one.

Let’s all have fun together at the beach as we create together!

Food Pantry at First Alliance Church

Did you know about the Community Food Pantry at 4400 Buffaloe Road? (in parking lot of First Alliance Church). It was started by neighborhood residents Allison & Brandon DeLucca with the help of Dan Rothra, Kent Hoffman and Nora Hoffman (all in the photo) as a service to our neighborhood.

The Pantry is open 24/7 with the motto “Take What You Need – Leave What You Can.” It operates solely on the generosity of the Buffaloe Road community and First Alliance Church.

If you wish to donate non-perishable food or small toiletry items, you can leave them inside the pantry cupboard or deliver to the Bridge Cafe (entrance to First Alliance Church) Tuesday-Friday (8:30 – 11:30 a.m.) or Sunday (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)

A Tale of Two Cities May Book Club – All welcome!

A Tale of Two Cities 379 pages

Join us on May 7 for our new book club discussion of Charles Dickens’s classic novel set in Paris. We’ll meet for the four Tuesdays in May from 7-8 pm at the Bridge Café, 4400 Buffaloe Rd, Raleigh. Everyone welcome! For questions, contact Marty Poehler 919-606-2169 or [email protected]

A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history, with a cast of characters that includes a bloodthirsty ogress and an antihero as believably flawed as any in modern fiction. Though the least typical of the author’s novels, A Tale of Two Cities still underscores many of his enduring themes—imprisonment, injustice, social anarchy, resurrection, and the renunciation that fosters renewal.

IT ISN’T AVAILABLE AS A BOOK PACK ON LOAN FROM THE LIBRARY (EXCEPT PERHAPS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL IF YOU ACQUIRE A BOOK SEPARATELY FROM THE LIBRARY) – BUT IS A CLASSIC WELL WORTH READING!
Download it – or buy it on Amazon.

Download Kindle or text version: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/98

Download or listen online to Free Audio book part 1 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d…

Download or listen online to Free Audio book part 2 https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d…

Download or listen online to Free Audio book part 3: https://www.google.com/search…

Community Breakfast

Join us every Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. in the Bridge Café for a Community Breakfast for only $4 per person. Enjoy home-cooked hot and cold treats, freshly roasted coffee and a chance to meet your neighbors on Buffaloe Road. Free Wifi. All ages welcome!

We’re located in the entrance to First Alliance Church at 4400 Buffaloe Road, Raleigh, NC.

Alliance Womens Spring Retreat – last registration is April 4th

The regional spring retreat for Alliance Women will be in Greenville, SC on April 26-28th. Last registration is April 4th. Here’s a link with more information:

https://www.asalliancewomen.org/spring-retreat

Contact Becky Armistead with any questions or if you desire to travel with and share a room with others.

Come to the Table Meal –
at 6:00 PM at The Bridge –
**NO TUESDAY MEALS IN APRIL**

Our popular “Come to the Table” Dinners have begun again for 2024. Come enjoy a homemade soup or entree, salad, bread and dessert for only $4 (suggested, not required) and meet your neighbors on Buffaloe Road. We meet in the Bridge Café every Tuesday at 6 pm, on 4400 Buffaloe Road, Raleigh. All are welcome!

Card Games at the Bridge Café!
Wednesday, April 17th at 9:30am

Do you enjoy playing card games? Our card playing hostess Vicki Strayer is back at the Bridge Café on Wednesday February 21st from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.. Join her to learn a new card game or share a favorite.

All are welcome to join friends or meet new ones at this card playing event. For more information contact Vicki Strayer at 919-523-6218 or email [email protected]