Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock

Together with our friends at First Baptist Church Decatur and the Georgia Center for the Book, we are excited and honored to welcome Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock to Decatur on April 19th at the First Baptist Church Decatur. He will share his newest picture book, Leo's Lunch Box, a timely tale of empathy, community, and caring for others, based on the biblical Feeding of the Five Thousand. A Q& A and signing will follow.

This event is free to attend but registration is required. A purchase of We're In This Together: Leo's Lunch Box from Little Shop of Stories will be required to gain entrance to the signing line. Books can either be pre-ordered at the time of registration or purchased at the event.

About the book:

A powerful modern-day story about sharing what you have, based on the biblical Feeding of the Five Thousand, by Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock.
It’s lunchtime at school, and Leo knows exactly what he’s going to have: a baloney sandwich. His mom does the best she can, but sometimes Leo wishes they could afford more than baloney sandwiches. Then one day, the unexpected happens: His mom gets a new job and buys him a lunch box at a yard sale. Suddenly, he’s got something other than a baloney sandwich! Even more amazing, Leo’s delicious lunch begins to multiply, and the more he shares, the more he receives.
A powerful modern-day story about sharing what you have, based on the biblical story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand, Reverend Senator Raphael Warnock’s tale of empathy, community, and caring for others comes to life with TeMika Grooms’s warm illustrations in the first book in his We’re in This Together series.

About the author:

Raphael G. Warnock was elected the first Black senator from Georgia in 2021. He also serves as the senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta. Reverend Senator Warnock is a graduate of Morehouse College and Union Theological Seminary. As a pastor serving in the Senate, his work focuses on building “the beloved community.” He is the eleventh of twelve siblings and has two children, Chloe and Caleb. He is the author of Put Your Shoes On & Get Ready!, illustrated by TeMika Grooms, and A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story. You can visit Raphael G. Warnock at WarnockForGeorgia.com or follow him on Instagram and X @RaphaelWarnock and on Facebook at Facebook.com/SenatorWarnock.

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