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Crossing the Divide: Race, Racism and the Body of Christ |
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Written by Brent Laytham
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
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Crossing the Divide: Race, Racism and the Body of Christ
Gathering 2008: July 7-9 at Depaul University in Chicago
The planning committee is pleased to announce the following:
Plenary Sessions will be led by:
Rodney Sadler, Union Theological Seminary
Victor Hinojosa, Baylor University
Kelly Johnson, University of Dayton
Michelle Loyd Paige, Calvin College
Mike Budde, DePaul University
We will also feature a congregational forum in which we hear from two congregations with different approaches to the ministry of racial reconciliation.
Tentative Workshop titles include:
Wrestling with Scripture (led by Mic hael Cartwright)
Race, Immigration and the Divided Church
The Christian Community Development Association and EP in Conversation (led by Craig Wong of Grace in San Francisco and Glenn Kehrein in Chicago.)
The Liturgical Landscape of Race
As always we will worship together. James Lewis will be our opening preacher, we will close with the washing of feet, and we are planning a hymn sing in which we explore the power of various hymns to overcome racial division.
Finally, we consider this gathering an opportunity to practice hospitality, and to open our own work to the challenges and gifts of the greater diversity of the church. So we invite you to invite new friends to this gathering, especially colleagues and friends of color who can help us speak faithfully about habits of race and racism in the church. There is no substitute for a personal invitation, so we challenge our fellow endorsers to help us make this a hospitable gathering.
Here are some details regarding financial assistance for Gathering 2008:
- For students and others with limited income, we offer a half price arrangement; that is, either half price on the double room package ($100) or half price on the commuter package ($35).
- For persons with virtually no income, we're offering free registration (and lodging if needed). We do ask persons who stay on campus to chip in $45 for the meal pass (6 meals).
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 March 2008 )
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Crossing the Divide: Race, Racism and the Body of Christ |
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Written by Brent Laytham
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
EP Summer Gathering , July 7-9, Depaul University
We approach this year's gathering in great hope, believing that the church has been given adequate and even abundant gifts which make unity possible across the false divisions of race. We hope to explore some of those gifts and celebrate the practices of the congregations among us who are being formed graciously into a new body. We are also asking endorsers and guests to help us closely examine our own practices and institutions in order to expose and heal hidden wounds. We plan on worshiping and singing together, and on listening to one another as we encounter a difficult moral issue.
Confirmed speakers or preachers include James Lewis and Mike Budde, but we will soon announce many more. As always we offer our time together in service of the church and pray that our efforts will contribute to its unity. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 15 March 2008 )
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Gathering 2008