During their Sunday church services on Sept. 28, the Unitarian Universalist Worship Team had arranged for Kathy Carbone, performing arts librarian at Cal Arts, to speak about the university's sister library in Kigali, Rwanda.

When the collection plate was passed around, all proceeds - several hundred dollars - were donated to that charitable effort.

The Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies Center (IGSC) has launched an ambitious book donation drive to have 1,000 books on the shelves in time for the library's grand opening in April 2009.

The mission of the IGSC is to testify to and study genocide, to understand mechanisms and structures of violence, with the goal of preventing mass violence through education.

The collection is focused on the Tutsi genocide.

To learn more about IGSC, visit www.igscrwanda.org/home.html.

To donate books and materials, visit the IGSC library's Amazon Wish List by way of this link: http://tinyurl.com/3lcfoq.

Unitarian Universalist Church services are held at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, 22900 Market St., in Newhall.

For directions and further information, visit www.UUofSCV.org or call 661-254-7866.

This congregation offers a spiritual home for religious free thinkers, drawing upon the teachings of many of the world's faiths to help individuals build their own theology.