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Community Screening of "Un|Divided", Friday, Oct 17

Meaningful Movies in Kirkland and Kirkland Interfaith Network invite you to a free public screening of the documentary film, Un|Divided.

Un|Divided documents the true story of how a suburban church unites with at-risk Roosevelt High School – once Portland, Oregon’s most outstanding but now failing and slated for closure – to create a beautiful transformation for students, the school and the volunteers serving it.

The film documents the startling possibilities for reconciliation and restoration. We watch as the volunteers of SouthLake Church – suburban, affluent and with little insight into economically challenged inner-city youth – decide to follow their faith.

They show up en masse one Saturday to work on the grounds, only to discover disaffected kids suffering from crumbling facilities, losing sports teams, a high dropout rate, hunger and nearly 20% of the student body homeless.

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So they make a decision: to serve them with unconditional love. The results are surprising, even shocking.and an inspiring blueprint for rewriting how schools and communities can change their destiny:

Free - donations kindly accepted.

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7pm, Oct 17, 308 4th Avenue S, Kirkland, WA 98033

http://northlakeuu.org/movies/

Community discussion follows the screening.

http://www.undividedthemovie.com/

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