Lynn Trimble
New Xico Board Members
Xico Inc. has three new board members, including Jacob Moore, Maria Elena Coronado-Sutter, and Robert Booker. Moore is an associate vice president in ASU’s tribal relations office, Sutter works in grants administration and strategic development for a small business division at Chicanos Por La Causa, and Robert Booker is a former head of Arizona Commission on the Arts. Xico is working to open its new Roosevelt Row location in 2021. The date has not been announced.
Arizona Arts Budget
Every year, state agencies submit their annual budget requests to the governor’s office as part of the state’s budget process. Arizona Commission on the Arts, the state agency charged with making the arts accessible for all community members, has requested $5 million for the arts in the state’s fiscal year 2022 budget, which covers the period between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. The amount agencies receive will depend on the final budget approved by the
Egyptian Christians Unite Amid Difficult Year
Thursday, December 10th, 2020
It’s been a difficult year for so many, including Christians in Egypt.
The closure of churches and limits on gatherings have affected livelihoods, with economic instability and political uncertainty adding further heavy burdens.
With this is mind, satellite broadcaster SAT-7 took the step of calling the church together for three days of online worship and prayer.
Joe Willey from SAT-7 has told Mission Network News, Egyptian Christian leaders also led the community in prayer.
“They prayed for numerous things but for healing and safety from the COVID pandemic; they prayed for economic stability in the Middle East and North Africa,” he says.