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DESCRIPTION:\nGLIDE GOES FROM THE ‘HOOD TO THE HOUSE \nA Benefit to Honor Reverend 
 Cecil Williams’ 45th Anniversary\n Featuring Dr. Maya Angelou, Alonzo 
 King LINES Ballet and More\n\nThursday, November 12 at the War Memorial 
 Opera House\n\n\nWHAT:	Glide’s Annual Holiday Festival, From The ‘Hood 
 To The House\n		An evening to benefit Mo’s Kitchen and Glide’s 
 programs\n\nWHERE: 	San Francisco War Memorial Opera House at 301 Van Ness 
 Ave at Grove Street\n\nWHEN:	Thursday, November 12:\nArrival: 6pm\n		Stage 
 program: 7 – 8:30pm\n		Reception: 8:30 – 10:00pm\n\nWHO:	Dr. Maya 
 Angelou, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows, Glide 
 Ensemble Choir and Change Band; and other celebrity guests to be 
 announced\n\nTICKETS:	Individual tickets range from $75 - $500, 
 Sponsorships start at $5,000.\nFor Tickets contact:\nSan Francisco Opera 
 Box Office\nMonday 10am-5pm, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm\n301 Van Ness 
 Ave\nSan Francisco CA 94117\n415-864-3330\n\nINFO:	Call 415.674.6117, 
 email: festival@glide.org or visit 
 http://glide.org/HoldOn.aspx\n			\n\nBACKGROUND:\nEach year, Glide’s 
 Annual Holiday Festival raises funds for Mo’s Kitchen and Glide’s 
 programs.  Mo’s Kitchen serves up three meals a day to San Francisco’s 
 poorest residents – nearly one million meals each year. This year’s 
 Holiday Festival will highlight Glide’s Reverend Cecil Williams and his 
 45 years of service at Glide.\n\nABOUT REVEREND CECIL WILLIAMS:\nThe 
 evening’s festivities will highlight Glide’s Reverend Cecil Williams 
 and his 45 years of service at Glide.  Reverend Williams arrived at Glide 
 in 1963 when it was a struggling congregation.  With his determination to 
 celebrate life and bring hope to people, Williams embraced and embodied the 
 spirit of change that was raging through our country at the time.  By the 
 late 1960s, Glide had become home for San Francisco’s diverse communities 
 and marginalized populations and was ground zero for the 
 counter-culture’s political and spiritual aspirations.\n\nOver the next 
 40 years, Rev. Williams, and Glide’s founding president Janice 
 Mirikitani, have built Glide into a thriving church offering a unique and 
 powerful blend of spirituality, principled compassion, and forward-thinking 
 programs for those most in need. As minister, author, social activist, 
 lecturer, community leader and spokesperson for the poor and marginalized, 
 Williams is respected and recognized as a national leader on the forefront 
 of change and in the struggle for civil and human rights. \n\nOften 
 considered controversial and radical, Rev. Williams was one of the first 
 clergy to take a revolutionary stand for same sex couples by presiding over 
 their weddings four decades before today’s struggle to legalize gay 
 marriage.  \n\n	Williams’ ministry underscores his roots in liberation 
 theology and his vision for the 21st Century church – a church that 
 offers hope, compassion and real help to those in need.  With a membership 
 of over 11,000 and located in the heart of the city’s toughest 
 neighborhood, Glide is one of the fastest growing churches in North 
 America. People of all races, ethnic backgrounds, cultures, social classes, 
 ages, faiths, and sexual orientations join together at every Sunday 
 Celebration to experience the energy of spiritual liberation.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/02/18620506.php
SUMMARY:Glide's Annual Holiday Festival: From the 'Hood to the House
LOCATION:San Francisco War Memorial Opera House \n301 Van Ness Ave at Grove 
 Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94117
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/02/18620506.php
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