Churches offer fair trade items to local community

Mickinzie Magarity, left, and Jessica Blome look over the jewelry items for sale Saturday at the Fair Trade Market at First Methodist Church. The sale continues there and at First Baptist Church today from 9 a.m. to noon. Photo by Stephen Brooks.

Wes Duplantier, For The News Tribune

Sunday, November 7, 2010

First United Methodist Church and First Baptist Church in downtown Jefferson City are located near the heart of America, but on Saturday they played host to cultures from as far away as Chile, Uganda and Bangladesh.

The cultures arrived in the form of several crafts and pieces of native art sold at the Amani Fair Trade Market the two churches are hosting this weekend. The markets will continue today at both churches from 9 a.m. until noon.

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Mac1974 2 years, 6 months ago

Fair Trade + baptists??? That's a juxtaposition you don't see everyday. It's truly unAmerican to support Free Trade and it's a real threat to Capitalism. We need to be concerned with profit...... not people.... particularly people from other inferior countries.

christopherabel 2 years, 6 months ago

Educate yourself before leaving comments like this. Fair Trade and Free Trade are very different things.

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