Click here (or on the masthead below) to view, read, and print a PDF version of our Spring 2017 Grapevine, our most recently published semiannual newsletter.
2019 MLK Day Events
Arnett Branch Library The first event will be on January 19, 2017 from 12-1 pm at Arnett Library, kicking off with a tribute to King with guest speaker Monroe County Legislator LaShay Harris, the 19th Ward Youth Choir, poetry by Eric Hines, and spoken word drama by the MIBG group coordinated by Robert Ricks. The program promises to be an inspiring event! U of R Medical Center On Monday, January 21 at 11:30am to 12:30pm the 38th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in Poetry, Dance, and Song will be held at the U of R School of Medicine...
read moreWisdom from Pooh
Pooh is Back! Here’s a summer movie the whole family can enjoy: In the heartwarming live action adventure “Disney’s Christopher Robin,” the young boy who loved embarking on adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a band of spirited and lovable stuffed animals, has grown up and lost his way. Now it is up to his childhood friends to venture into our world and help Christopher Robin remember the loving and playful boy who is still inside. Click here for local showtimes Quotes: Winnie The Pooh: Doing nothing often leads...
read moreBlock Party 2018
What an amazing day! Everyone had a wonderful time at our 13th annual Arnett Block Party on Saturday, August 4th! Volunteers started arriving at 9:00 am, and by noon when the party started the tents were up and Tom Stefano on sound had us all set up and rocking to the Gospel! Willie Lightfoot did a amazing job as our MC for the afternoon. Over seven different churches, ministries, and Rochester agencies pitched in with music, food preparation, kids’ clothing, horse rides in the street, a magic show, the RFD Smoke House, Sew...
read moreBishop Curry’s word
The one lasting message of the royal wedding Long after the glossy memories of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have faded, people will recall the sermon by Bishop Michael Curry on the power of love to transform the world. It was a stunner, unexpected by the millions who were watching — and probably by most of those in the chapel that day! Curry’s remarks, which lasted all of 14 minutes, brought us back to what matters as Christians, the idea that the essential teaching of Jesus has the power to transform the world....
read moreHonoring Martin Luther King
Today, April 4, marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and the Board, staff, and supporters of His Branches will join others in our community and across the nation in paying tribute. The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, built around the hotel where King was shot, is asking that bells toll 39 times to honor the number of years King lived and pay homage to his legacy. In our neighborhood the bells will start ringing at the U of R Hopeman Memorial Carillon in the Rush Rhees Library...
read morePastor Geyer 1927-2018
Rev. G. Robert Geyer, D Min slipped into the arms of his Savior Thursday, January 25, 2018. He was 90 years old and served as the pastor of Brighton Presbyterian Church from 1979 to 1997 during the Charismatic Renewal. Pastor Bob was the husband of our long-term Board Member, Ann Geyer, a strong supporter of His Branches, and the former pastor of our Founder, Dr. Bill Morehouse, A graduate of Middletown High School, Lebanon Valley College and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, Pastor Bob also earned his Master’s in Counseling...
read moreRemembering Roy King
It is with deep sadness mingled with joy and gratitude that we share the news that our longtime supporter, prayer warrior, Board member, and friend Roy Wheatley King graduated from this earth to his heavenly home on Friday morning, January 5. We had been friends and colleagues in serving Rochester’s underprivileged citizens since the early years of the founding of His Branches back in the 1970s when Roy was in practice as a local attorney, supported in his office by his wife Lucille. Later on when Roy was appointed to the bench as a...
read moreNew Year 2018
2017 has been a great year for our internal growth as a ministry to individuals, families, and the neighborhoods that surround us. We’ve made great strides in patient care, counseling, community outreach, and strategic planning. We opened the year with a wonderful Banquet and Baby Bottle Drive in the spring, completed Look-Alike application for Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) status, hosted a record-breaking Block Party and welcomed several more Board Members. After a successful push and FQHC site visit in December, we’re...
read moreWinter Kids’ Coats!
The cold winter is coming! Unfortunately many young people in our neighborhoods don’t have winter coats that fit them. But, fortunately, God has a plan for some of them! Lydia’s Closet, a ministry of Calvary Community Church, will be coming to our Arnett Boulevard conference room on Saturday, November 18, from 10 am to Noon with a supply of Children’s Winter Coats, first come, first served! Let your neighbors know, and come on out. Got any coats you’d like to donate? Just contact Ingrid by email or phone at (585)...
read moreGNOC Banquet
Gerhardt Neighborhood Outreach Center Annual Banquet November 2nd, 6-8 pm at Shadow Lake GNOC is our partner in ministry on the Northeast Side where our Joy Family Medicine office is located. Help support our brothers and sisters!
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About our CEO, Dr. Bill
I'm a happy person who loves getting to know and being able to help people of all ages. I connect with little children (and the little child in most adults) almost immediately. Sharing the joys and trials of relationships, pregnancy and delivery, and family life are the things about family practice that really light my fire. I've found that having a sense of humor and seeing God's love at work can see us through some of life's most difficult times, if we can keep the faith and hang in there together. 