NEW RESOURCES TO HELP YOU LEARN ABOUT AND HELP PROMOTE: "From Spirituality to Activism"
(Without Choosing One Over the Other) 8:00-4:00 March 19, 2011 Christ Congregational Church, UCC, Brockton $10.00, which includes lunch, payable either in advance or at the door. An important conference designed to ask "what does our spiritual heritage call us to do in a broken and damaged world?" And "how you and your church can become an activist in ministry and action in that world?"
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. James Forbes Pastor Emeritus Riverside Church, NYC; director of Healing of the Nations Foundation.
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Mary Luti Dean of Chapel and Professor of Preaching and Worship at Andover Newton Theological School
Music: Earth Harmony South Shore Gospel, Bluegrass, Traditional, and Folk group
The Workshops: Morning: "Homelessness and Your Church," Tom Washington, Executive Director, Mainspring House, Brockton. "Faith-Based Political Advocacy for Hungry People," Flavia DeSouza, Northeast Organizer for Bread for the World. "Seafarers Friend," Rev. J. Loring Carpenter, Executive Director. "Guiding Your Church Through 'Opening and Affirming' Without Getting Your Pastor Fired," Rev. Fran Bogle, Just Peace Coordinator, Just Peace Players.
Afternoon: "'Let your fingers do the walking!' Hand-held finger labyrinths as tools for focus, meditation, prayer," Helen Rowe Blake. "How to do Mission When You Don't Have Any Money," Rev. Peter Wells, MACUCC, Associate Conference Minister and coordinator of Conference Mission & Justice programs. "How Faith Communities can Work for Immigrant Rights," Alex Kern, Chaplain, Brandeis University, and executive director of Boston Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries. "Advocacy for Fair Trade Over Free Trade in the Developing World," Neeka Stanley, Jubilee Massachusetts. "Planet At Risk: The Hidden Casualties of Wars and Militarism," Beth Adams, MACUCC Eco Ministries, NE Regional UCC Environmental Justice, and long-time faith-based environmental, human rights, and peace and justice activist.
More Resources and Information How do I sign up? to ask more questions and find more information. An email will open up to Ms. Ruth Poole, conference registrar. to download a registration form. You can either (a) print it out, fill it out by hand, and mail it in to the address included on it, or (b) fill it out on your word processor and send it back as an attachment to the email address included on it.
to forward this notice to someone else you know who would love to come.
How Do I Publicize this Event? Click here
for a down-loadable flier about the conference. Post it in your church. Give it to your missions or justice committees, or to those people in your church committed personally to spirituality and activism. Invite them all.
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to download a pdf file bulletin insert for 8.5x11-sized orders of service
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to download a pdf file bulletin insert for 8.5x14-sized orders of service
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for a fully formatted version of this announcement with photos, that you can forward to your friends.
What more can we do to help? Click here
For a "Best Practices for Doing Mission and Justice" form your mission or justice committee can fill out to tell us what you are doing for spirituality and activism in your church and community. Mail it in with your registration or bring it with you, but fill it out so that we can learn from you. Teach us. Inspire us. We'll share it with others. You'll be famous.
if you would like to make an financial contribution to help with the costs of this conference. It is larger than our normal annual budget and your help will be greatly appreciated (when you click, an email to Stan Duncan will pop up, and you can ask how you can help). | 
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