Reverend Harry Louis Williams, II
Minister/Author/Activist/Ghost Writer/Public Speaker
Once Again, It’s On!
East Oakland Peace Rally/Barbecue
By the time that you read this, “The End Of Watch” will probably be the number one in America. It is the story of two squad car cops who serve in South Central Los Angeles. They face gang members who have lost all fear of law enforcement or imprisonment. The policemen come in contact with transnational drug cartels, human trafficking and other evils which would have been hardly heard of you 15 years ago. As I left the theatre yesterday one question throbbed inside of my temples. What is the role of the Church in this changing world? How can we make a difference?
I don’t have all of the answers. However, I do know that we can’t do much to bring change from inside of the church building. If thugs have updated their game and their resolve, what about us? If we are going to share hope with the hood, we are going to have leave the comfort and safety of our cushy churches. We’ll have to ask ourselves whether Christ came to create a movement or a social club? How we answer that question will determine whether we once again become essential and crucial to the health of the community or increasingly irrelevant.
On October 13th, Hood Movement 21 and a small group of churches and community organizations will be banding together to host the Neighborhood Peace Rally. There will be barbecue food, music, dancing and a jumper for the kids. There will also be real voices of peace. We are going to give the mic to the people in the hood. It has been said, “Nobody can save us but us.” There is some truth in that sentence. Come out to be with us. See the flyer on the “News” page on this website.
Write to Harry Williams today hoodmovement21@yahoo.com