The United Church of Chapel Hill will host Tim Nonn, national coordinator of Tents of Hope, an advocacy movement for the people of Darfur, Sudan. Tents of Hope are artistic tents created by congregations and other communities as focal points for learning about and helping war-torn Darfur. Tim Nonn will give a sermon, themed “We are All Connected,” on July 27 at 8:45 and 11 a.m.

The United Church of Chapel Hill has a Tent of Hope on its front lawn, designed and painted by churchgoers. The tent is intended to be symbolic of the tents used by the millions of refugees displaced by the violence.

Tents of Hope started in 2007 from a partnership between churches and Sudan advocacy group Dear Sudan. The project encourages communities to shape the project and reach others to raise awareness of the ethnic warfare there, called genocide by the U.S. State Department.