Friends & Community


This page is a place for us to post pictures and news of our friends and colleagues locally and around the country.

Blessed Be New Arrivals! Welcome to the community, Liliana!
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We congratulate Eric DeBode and Alice Linsmeier on their newly adopted baby. Her name is Liliana Jacqueline Linsmeier DeBode.
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She was born on September 19, 2003 in Los Angeles at 8 pounds, 7 ounces. She has continued to grow and prosper since.


BCM Financial Planning retreat, Memphis, TN, May, 2003
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National Civil Rights Museum, located in the former Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was assassinated on April 4th, 1968. A wreath hangs on the spot where King fell; the plaque in front quotes from Genesis 37: "Let us kill this dreamer and see what becomes of his dreams...". BCM donors Peg Rosenkrands from Detroit and Steve Clemens from Minneapolis were part of the consultation on our financial future. Three of our friends and supporters in Memphis: Andre and Lisa Johnson and Billy Vaughn.


Zehnder: Our Favorite Local Band
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Tim and Tom Zehnder, active members at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in L.A., performed music at the 2002 BCM house party at the Kinsler's in Altadena, CA. You can find out more about their excellent, faith-based and politically progressive music at their website, and order a free copy of their new DVD, "A Song of Peace"!


The East L.A. Theological Reflection Group

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This local Bible study group has been going for 15 years. It began in the living room of Ched Myers' home with Fr. Mike Kennedy and Fr. Luis Olivares in 1988, and has moved around to the LA Catholic Worker, Dolores Mission and other venues. It is now back in Ched and Elaine's living room (706 Burwood Terrace in Highland Park), meeting every second and fourth Wednesday morning from 7:30-9 am. Come along and check it out.


The Neighborhood
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A couple of photos from around the Highland Park neighborhood. A work party at 706 Burwood house in 2001. And good friends who live across the street from Ched and Elain: R to L: Rafael Arechiga, Pepe Palma, Roberto Gonzalez and Frank Arechiga (taken in 2002). These dudes are good buddies of our Cooperative.