>>> COMING UP THE SUPREME COURT COURT ENDED ITS TERM THIS PAST WEEK WITH SEVERAL DECISIONS IMPORTANT TO FAITH COMMUNITIES.

IT RULED ON ABORTION, IMMIGRATION, CONTRACEPTION AND COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.

WE ANALYZE THE RULINGS.

ALSO TEN YEARS AFTER THE HORRIBLE SCHOOL HOUSE MASSACRE IN AMISH COUNTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA, WE'LL REPORT ON THE FAITH AND FORGIVENESS THAT FOLLOWED.

AND FOR MUSLIMS, THE HOLY MONTH OF AMERICA, WE'RE YOU'RE RETIREMENT COMPANY.

>>> WELCOME, I'M BOB ABERNATHY GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

CATHOLIC BISHOPS ATTACKED FOLLOWING BRITISH FOLKS LEAVING THE EUROPEAN UNION.

POLICE CHIEF RECEIVED 85 HATE CRIMES ON JUNE 23rd THE DAY THEY VOTED, AND JUNE 26, 57% INCREASE IN HATE CRIME REPORTS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST MONTH, INCLUDED INCIDENTS OF VANDALISM AND ABUSE.

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AND A KUSZED PEOPLE OF USING THE ACCUSED PEOPLE OF USING THE EU REFERENDUM AS EXCUSE TO SPEW HATRED.

THE ATTACK AT THE AIRPORT CLAIMS 41LYS.

EARLIER IN THE WEEK AT THE VATICAN CEREMONY FRANCIS MET WITH POPE BENEDICTXVI.

IT WAS ALSO TO PUT TO REST ROLES ABOUT THE CURRENT AND FORMER POPES.

POPE FRANCEISEIS INSISTED THERE'S ONLY ONE POINT.

HE CREATED CONTROVERSY WHEN HE SAID CHURCH OWE GAYS, WOMEN AND POOR APOLOGIZE.

ABOARDING A PLANE HE SAID HOMOSEXUALS SHOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND REPEATED A SLIGHTLY MODIFIED VERSION OF HIS NOW FAMOUS REMARK, WHO AM I DO JUDGE.

TWO DOZEN SYRIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN AIDE GROUPS ARE THREATENING TO PULL OUT OF PEACE TALKS UNLESS MORE IS DONE TO PROTECT SILL CIVILIANS AND TO END THE SYRIAN CONFLICT IN ITS SIXTH YEAR.

MEANWHILE THOUSANDS OF CHRISTIANS, BUDDHAS, I HINDAS GATHERED IN NEW YORK TO MAKE CARE PACKAGES FOR REFUGEE.

THE EVENT WAS THE ORGANIZED BY RELIEF ORGANIZATION HEART TO HEART INTER NAKSNATIONAL WITH THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE AND MULTI-FAITH ALLIANCE FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES.

THE KITS ARE BOUND FOR REFUGEE CAMPS IN TURKEY.

THE PRESS BIT TEARCHURCH REPENTED FOR, QUOTE, CORPORATE AND HISTORICAL SINS, INCLUDING THOSE COMMITTED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA AND CONTINUING RACIAL SINS OF OURSELVES AND OUR FATHERS, SUCH AS THE SEGREGATION OF WORSHIPPERS BY RACE.

IT'S DENOMINATION ALSO CONFESSED TO PAST PARTICIPATION IN WHITE SUPREMACY ORGANIZATIONS.

>>> MEANWHILE THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH U.S.A.

URGING A REALITY COMPANY TO STOP SALES OF PROPERTY WITHIN JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.

>>> OUR FREQUENT GUEST FATHER TOM REESE IS THE CHAIRMAN ON INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM WE CONGRATULATIONE HIM AND WISH HIM WELL.

>>> AS IT WRAPPED UP ITS TERM U.S. SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN A NUMBER OF DECISIONS IMPORTANT TO RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.

IN A 5-3 DECISION THIS PAST WEEK THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN A RESTRICTIVE TEXAS LAW THAT PROP POP ONLY PROPONENTS ARGUED WAS NEEDED TO PROTECTLE WOMEN WHO SEEK A BORPGS ABORTION.

THE COURT'S DECISION IS MOST SIGNIFICANCE RULING ON ABORTION RIGHTS SINCE 1992.

>>> EARLIER THIS MONTH THE SUPREME COURT DEAD LOCKED ON DECISION REGARDING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION PLAN.

HE THE SPLIT DECISION LEFT IN PLACE A LOWER COURT RULING THAT SAID THE PRESIDENT LACKED THE AUTHORITY TO SHIELD UP $4 MILLION IMMIGRANTS FROM DEPORTATION WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS.

MANY RELIGIOUS GROUPS EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE RULING CALLING IT A MAJOR SETBACK FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES.

>>> IN ANOTHER DECISION SUPREME COURT HANDED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SUPPORTERS MAJOR VICTORY AND OBJECTED THE CHALLENGE TO ERASE CONSCIOUS AD MISS PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN.

AND THE SUPREME COURT DECLINED TO RULE AGAINST THE EXTENT TO WHICH FAITH-BASED NON-PROFITS THAT EMPLOYEES PROVIDE CONTRACEPTIVE WITH EMPLOYEES.

CITING LEGAL BRIEFS, THE JUSTICES THREW OUT ALL PREVIOUS RULINGS AND TOLD LOWER COURTS TO REVISIT THE ISSUE.

MEANTIME COURTS SAID RELIGIOUS GROUPS MAY BE FINED IF THEY DON'T COMPLY.

THE CASE WAS BROUGHT BY RELIGIOUS NON-PROFITS WHO SAID THEIR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WAS BEING VIOLATED.

FAITH GROUPS COME DOWN ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.

TIM IS HERE TO ANALYZE THE COURT'S WORK SO IS RICHARD WOLF WHO COVERS THE COURT FOR USA TODAY.

TO BOTH OF YOU WELCOME.

RICH, WHAT IMPRESSED YOU PARTICULARLY ABOUT THIS COURT?

>> WELL THIS IS AN INTERESTING TERM OF THE COURT LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF JUSTICE SCLEEA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SESSION AND AS A RESULT HAD TO REACH A LOT OF IN CONTRACEPTIVE CASE LEFT IT UP TO THE LOCAL COURTS TO DECIDE.

IN A LOT OF CASES INVOLVING RELIGION AND OTHER THINGS HAD TO BE MORE CREATIVE THAN IN THE PAST FOR DECIDING HOW, TRYING TO DECIDE HOW THEY COULD DISPOSE OF THESE CASES WITH AN EVEN NUMBER OF JUSTICES.

>> A LOT OF EFFECT STILL ON RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.

>> AND BOTH THOSE CASES, THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY WAS VERY ACTIVE FILING BRIEFS BEFORE THE COURT BUT ALSO ON THAT GRASS ROOTS MOENLBILIZING.

ENCOURAGING THE COURT FOR EXAMPLE MANY ON IMMIGRATION.

THERE'S DIVERSE GROUPS.

SOME MIGHT BE MORE POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE JOINING WITH POLITIC AL POLITICALLY LIBERAL.

FOR THESE GROUPS IT'S A MATTER OF JUSTICE AND CARING FOR THE IMMIGRANTS.

SO THEY ARE STILL GOING TO BE AGITATING ON THAT ISSUE EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE A REAL DECISION ON THAT.

>> BUT ONE THING, RICH, THERE'S ONE THING THAT KEEPS COMING UP IN ALL OF THE DISCUSSION OF IT, THIS IDEA OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

PEOPLE USING THIS, MY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS BEING ABRIDGED.

>> THIS IS IN COURTS FOR RECENT YEARS THEY'VE BEEN ACCOMMODATING TO THOSE FIGHTING FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

THE HOBBY LOBBY CASE THE EARLIER CONTRACEPTIVE CASE.

A CASE HAVING TO DO WITH TOWN PRAYER MEETINGS IN UP STATE NEW YORK.

CASE HAVING TO DO WITH SIGNS ON ROADS IN ARIZONA.

ALL THESE CASES ENDED ON THE SIDE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

THE COURT HAS GENERALLY BEEN TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER ON THAT ISSUE.

BUT THERE'S REASON TO BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE CHANGING NOW WITH THE EIGHT MEMBER COURT.

WITH THE POTENTIAL NOMINATION OF MAYOR GARLAND OR SOMEONE ELSE THAT MIGHT COME FROM SAY A CLINTON PRESIDENCY.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE FAVORING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TURNS TO NOT FAVORING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

>> A LOT OF THE CASES, COULDN'T RA SEPTEMBER -- CONTRACEPTIVE CASE, IT'S PUTTING RIGHTS AGAINST RIGHTS.

BEFORE IT WAS GAY MARRIAGE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO DEFEND FROM THAT.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE RIGHTS COMING TOGETHER AND CLASHING, A LOT OF THE RELIGIOUS GROUPS, ESPECIALLY ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE HAVE BEEN VERY WORRIED WHETHER RELIGION WILL HAVE THE UPPER HANDED AS IT HAS IN THE PAST.

A 4R069LOT OF THE CONSERVATIVE GROUPS ARE RAISING THE POINT THAT TRUMP COULD APPOINT CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES IN THE FUTURE.

IT'S BECOME POLITIC AT ISSUE TOOX.

>> IT'S ALSO PLAYING OUT POST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WITH A LOT OF LAWS IN STATE THAT'S HAVE TO DO WITH ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS.

NON-DISCRIMINATION LAWS.

THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY FIGHTING FOR ALL THAT.

>> AND ACCOMMODATION FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

>> AND PUSH BACK FROM MORE CONSERVATIVE STATE LEGISLATURES.

TRANS GENDER AND ALL THIS.

EVEN WITH SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SUCH A LAND MARK CASE PLENTY MORE TO PLAY OUT IN LGBT AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS WELL.

>> QUICKLY RICH, THE COURT IS CHANGING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS GOING TO BE CHANGING A LOT MORE IN THEIR FUTURE.

>> YEAH WE GOT AN EIGHT-MEMBER COURT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE IN LIMBO BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS WON'T CONFIRM OR DO ANYTHING WITH MAYOR GARLAND WE HAVE DEATH OF NOMINEE OF MOST CONSERVEATIVE OF JUSTICES IN SCALIA.

HUGE DIFFERENCE WHO NOMINATES THE NEXT JUSTICE.

IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE JUSTICE 83.

AND A JUSTICE 80 AND JUSTICE BRIAR 78.

YOU COULD HAVE DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE IDEOLOGICAL MAKE UP OF THE COURT.

>> IN FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES BOTH LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVES ARE MAKING THOSE POINTS.

>> MANY THANKS TO YOU KIM, AND MANY THANKS TO RICH WOLF OF USA TODAY.

IF >> THANKS.>> THANKS.

>>> THIS YEAR IS THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF WHAT THE AMISH PEOPLE IN PENNSYLVANIA CALL THE HAPPENING.

IN THE VILLAGE OF NICKEL MINES IN LANCASTER COUNTY A HEAVILY ARMED YOUNG MILK TRUCK DRIVER, NOT AMISH, ENTERED AN AMISH SCHOOL HOUSE AND MURDERED FIVE GIRLS, WOUNDED FIVE MORE, AND THEN KILLED HIMSELF.

CORRESPONDENT DAVID REPORTS FROM AMISH COUNTRY BOTH ON WHAT HAPPENED AND ON THE EXTRAORDINARY DEMONSTRATIONS EVER SINCE OF FAITH AND FORGIVENESS.

>> THE AMISH COMMUNITY OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, CALLS IT THE HAPPENING.

IT TOOK PLACE OCTOBER 2nd, 2006, WHEN THE QUIET VILLAGE OF NICKEL MINE SUFFERED SICKENING MASS SHOOTING.

LOCAL MILK TRUCK DRIVER, CHARLIE ROBERTS, ENTERED AN AMISH SCHOOL HOUSE, LET BOYS AND TEACHER GO AND TIED UP AND SHOT AND KILLED FIVE GIRLS AND WOUNDED ANOTHER FIVE AND KILLED HIMSELF AS POLICE STORMED THE BUILDING.

>> IT WAS SUCH A HORRIFIC EVENT FOR THIS AREA.

AND FOR SOMEBODY TO DO THAT TO AMISH STUDENTS WHO ARE KNOWN TO BE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ACQUAINTED WITH VIOLENCE AT ALL.

VERY PEACEFUL PEOPLE.

SO FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IN AN AMISH SCHOOL WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE UNBELIEVABLE.

NOBODY COULD BELIEVE IT.

>> THESE FIVE SMALL TREES COMMEMORATE THE FIVE GIRLS KILLED BETWEEN THE AGES OF 7 AND 13.

A DECADE LATER THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF HER DEATH HAS BEEN FELT NOT JUST AMONG THE AMISH BUT IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

>> I WOULD WAKE UP AND THE TEARS WOULD BE STREAMING FROM MY EYES BEFORE I HAD A CONSCIOUS THOUGHT.

>> TERRY ROBERTS WAS AMONG THE MANY PEOPLE EFFECTED FOREVER BY THE KILLING.

SHE'S THE MOTHER OF THE KILLER, CHARLIE ROB ERTZS.

NOT AMISH BUT DEVOUT CHRISTIAN WHO RAISED HER CHILDREN TO BE CHRISTIAN TOO.

ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING SHE MIGHT HAVE GONE TO THE SCHOOL TO HELP IN SOME WAY AND WAS WORRIED HE HIMSELF MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHOT BY THE KILLER.

>> I PULLED IN AND SAW MY HUSBAND AND STATE TROOPER IN FRONT OF ME.

I LOOKED AT THE TROOPER AND SAID IS MY SON ALIVE HE SAID NO MA'AM.

THEN I LOOKED AT MY HUSBAND HE SAID, IT WAS CHARLIE, HE KILLED THOSE GIRLS.

>> BACK AT THEIR OWN HOME, STILL IN SHOCK THEY HAD A VISITOR FROM AMONG THE AMISH.

>> ALL DAY LONG MY HUSBAND COULD NOT LIFT HIS HEAD AND KEPT REPEATING THOSE POOR WOMEN, THOSE POOR CHILDREN, THE POOR PARENTS, THE POOR FATHERS.

WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FACE OUR AMISH NEIGHBORS AGAIN.

BUT THEYDAY ONE, A KNOCK CAME ON THE DOOR, AND IT WAS HENRY OUR AMISH NEIGHBORHOOD FROM ACROSS THE STREET, HE WALKED OVER TO MY HUSBAND AND STARTED TO MASSAGE HIS SHOULDERS AND SAID ROBERT WE LOVE YOU WE DON'T HOLD ANYTHING AGAINST YOU WE WANT YOU AS OUR NEIGHBOR.

>> SINCE THEY SHE'S HAD A SPECIAL NAME FOR HIM.

>> I CALL HIM ANY ANGEL IN BLACK BECAUSE THE AMISH WEAR ALL BLACK, JUST WITH ACE ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE AND MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS.

>> FORGIVENESS WAS AMPLIFIED IN DAYS TO FOLLOW.

THERE WAS MASSIVE FUNERAL FOR THE GIRLS AND ALSO FOR THE KILLER.

A EVENT THAT ATTRACTED INTENSE MEDIA ATTENTION.

THEN THE BEREAVED AMISH FUNERAL TURNED UP TO THE ROBERTS FUNERAL.

>> WAUBING OVER TO THE GRASS.

>> WALKING OVER TO THE GRASS WHERE OUR SON WAS TO BE BURIED AND TO SEE THE PRESESSION OF PARENTS COMING OUT AND SURROUNDING US, THERE JUST AREN'T WORDS TO DESCRIBE.

IT WAS A PROTECTIVE CIRCLE AGAINST ALL THOSE MEDIA TRUCKS ON THE STREET WITH THEIR BIG TELE SCOPING LEGISLATIONNS AND HERE WE WERE.

FELT SO SECURE.

>> THE AMISH ARE KNOWN FOR LIVING APART FROM THE MODERN WORLD,ION SHUNNING TECHNOLOGY.

AT ELIZABETH TOWN COLLEGE, HE STUDIES GROUPS THAT INCLUDE AMISH.

>> NEWS REPORTERS WOULD ASK ME ARE THE AMISH PREPARED FOR THIS WITH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

NO THEY DON'T BUT THEY ARE FORGIVENESS PREPAREDNESS.

THEY ARE READY TO RESPOND WITH EVENTS LIKE THIS.

THE AMISH RESPONSE WAS NOT ROBOT ROBOTIC ROBOTIC.

IT WAS QUICK.

DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS THOUGHTLESS OR EASY BUT THEY KNEW IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> HE AMISH FORGIVENESS HAS BEEN STRIKING.

AND IT'S EXTENDED AND TAKEN PRACTICAL FORM.

HUGE HELP FLOODED IN TO HELP THE FAMILY OF THE MURDERED CHILDREN AND SOME OF THE MONEY WAS CHANNELLED TO THE PARENTS OF THE KILLER.

THEY DECIDED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA.

>> I SPOKE TO A FATHER OF A DAUGHTER, AND I SAID HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE FORGIVENESS.

HE SAID FOR ME IT'S GIVING UP MY RIGHT TO REVENGE.

>> IN TERRY ROBERT'S CASE FORGIVENESS CONTINUE AS SHE AND HER HUSBAND REMAIN IN THE SAME HOME.

IT NOW HAS A SUN ROOM.

A GIFT FROM AMISH BUILDERS.

>> WOW THAT WAS REALLY SO INSTRUMENTAL IN MY HEALING TO KNOW THAT LOVE WAS POURED OUT AND TO HAVE SUCH A ROOM OF CONTENTMENT AND PEACE AND CALM TO COME INTO EVERY DAY.

>> PEACE AND CALM HAVE BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT NOW SINCE TERRY HAS CANCER THAT IS LATE STAGE AND IS TAKEN OVER MUCH OF HER BODY.

SHE'S BEEN MORE THAN A RECIPIENT OF KINDNESS FROM THE AMISH.

SHE'S HELD TEA PARTIES FOR LOCAL AMISH WOMEN.

UNTIL THE SURVIVEING GIRLS GREW UP THERE WERE OFTEN CHILDREN PARTIES IN HER YARD AS WELL S OF SHE DEVOTES SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ONE SURVIVING GIRL.

>> FIVE SURVIVED BUT ROSE ETTA STILL IS IN A WHEELCHAIR.

I WENT TO HER HOUSE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT AND WOULD ROCK HER, SING TO HER, HELP BATHE HER.

SHE'S 15 NOW SO I DON'T HOLD HER ANY MORE BUT SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN.

I FEEL TEARS IN MY EYES BECAUSE IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE THAT THIS CHILD NOW COMES TO VISIT ME.

SHE CAME AGAIN IN DECEMBER WHEN ALL THE FAMILIES CAME IN A YELLOW SCHOOL BUS AND SANG CHRISTMAS CAROLS TO ME.

>> AT THE LOCAL NON-DENOMINATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER THERE'S MUCH DEFLECTION IN THE LAST DECADE ESPECIALLY FROM THE LEAD MINISTER.

HE SAYS THE POPULATION IN GENERAL HAS BENEFITS FROM THE AMISH GREAT.

>> EVERYTHING IS COMING FROM A PEACEFUL STANDPOINT, IT WAS AMAZING AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SAW THAT AND IN TURNOVER RESPONDED WITH THEM.

>> SO THE ROBERTS FAMILY SINGLE EXPERIENCE HAS PROVED A POWERFUL INSTANCE OF HEALING COMPASSION BEING DRIVEN BY RELIGIOUS CONVICTION.

>> ONE AMISH FATHER TOLD ME THE ROBERTS FAMILY HAD A MUCH HEAVIER BURDEN THAN WE DID.

THEY HAD TO BEAR THE SHAME AND STIGMA OF THIS WHOLE THING.

WE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THEM BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THEM.

>> FOR TERRY ROBERTS HER LIFE OVER THE DECADE SINCE THE HAPPENING HAS LED HER TOO TAKE STOCK DEEPLY AND FRESH.

>> EVERY DAY I WAKE UP WITH A QUESTION OF HOW MANY DAYS DO I HAVE YET ON THIS EARTH BECAUSE OF STAGE FOUR CANCER.

THIS IS NEARLY TEN YEARS AFTER THE TRAGEDY AND HERE I AM, ALIVE BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE OF THE AMISH.

BECAUSE OF FORGIVENESS.

I BELIEVE SO MUCH LIGHT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN TO SUCH A DARK PLACE.

>> FOR RELIGION AND ETHICS NEW WEEKLY, FROM LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

>>> FINALLY, THIS COMING WEEK, MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD OBSERVE THE END OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN.

THEY ARE CALLED TO FAST FROM SUN RISE TO SUN SET.

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE ISLAMIC CENTER IN VIRGINIA DESCRIBES THE TRANSITION FROM RAMADAN TO THE EVE.

>> WE THINK ABOUT A MONTH, STARVING THE BODY, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU FEED YOUR SOUL.

THE PROCESS OF WITHDRAWING FROM THE THINGS THAT REALLY DRIVE YOU CAUSES YOU IN A SENSE TO FEEL, I HAVE TO RELY ON GOD FOR MY ENERGY.

SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY CAN'T PREPARE FOR, THE FEELING THAT YOU WILL MISS RAMADAN WHEN IT'S OVER.

SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE PREPARE YOURSELF SO THAT WHEN THE MONTH ENDS YOU DON'T HAVE REMORSE.

THAT YOU DID WHAT YOU COULD DO.

AND THEN BE GRATEFUL.

SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, WILL BE DAYS OF FUN AND PLAY, IT'S A DAY OF FUN, JOY, AND IT'S SUMMER TIME AND SO IN SUMMER TIME WE CELEBRATE LIKE THAT.

ON THAT DAY EVERY FAMILY WILL DONATE TO PROVIDE FOR A FAMILY CALLED THE CUT OF SITAR I HAVE TO DUPLICATE MY JOY FOR THAT DAY AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS SO THAT IT REALLY IS A DAY THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY A LIGHT, QUICK BREAKFAST, AND THEN COME TO THE MOSQUE, LISTEN TO A SHORT SERMON, WITH TWO UNITS OF PRAYER AND IN THAT SERMON IT IS GOING TO BE A REMINDER ABOUT THE GREAT SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE MADE AS HUMANITIY.

WE'VE ALL COME OUT OF IT WITH A RENEWED SPIRIT AND CONVICTION, ABOUT CONGRATULATING ONE ANOTHER THAT WE SURVIVED THE MONTH OF RAMADAN.

>> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR NOW.

I'M BOB ABERNATHY.

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AS WE LEAVE YOU THIS 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND THE MORMON CHOIR SINGING "GOD BLESS AMERICA".

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