Coming Events and Other News

from Every Church A Peace Church

 

(1) . . Next  Bimonthly Potluck Supper  -  July 14th

(2) . . A Very Special Theater Experience  -  July 17 - 20

(3) . . Look For A Paper Mail Message from ECAPC - TC

(4) . . A Special Two-Day Conference - Sept. 19 - 20

(5) . . Volunteers  Needed -- Please Read

 

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(1)

The next regular bimonthly potluck supper meeting will be on Monday, July 14th at 6:30 p.m. at

. . . United Church Church of Christ in New Brighton

. . . 1000 Long Lake Road  -  (just north of I-694 at Exit 41)

. . . 651-633-1327 - - http://www.uccnb.homestead.com

Program will feature a presentation titled:

 

LIVING OUR FAITH

PEACE ACTIVISM IN TWIN CITIES CHURCHES

A Survey Conducted For Every Church A Peace Church

by Polly Mann and Roxanne Abbas

 

Members of ECAPC often find themselves frustrated with the negligible role our churches are playing in advocating Christ's message of nonviolence.  You may have heard Polly Mann rail in frustration "The Churches need to do more!"  After discarding the notion that telling the churches what they ought to be doing, Polly and Roxanne Abbas  decided to try to find out what local Christian churches are actually doing to advocate Christ's message and work for peace. 

 

At our July 14th meeting Roxanne and Polly will report on their findings after surveying 20 "progressive" Twin Cities' churches about their peace related programs and projects.  Copies of their survey report titled "Living our Faith:  Peace Activism in Twin Cities' Churches" will be available to attendees.

 

******  PLEASE! Download the attached file; print a few copies (in color if possible).  Post them at your church and/or hand them to others who should know about this event.  *********

 

(2)

See the play "Cirque de Guerre" at the Illusion Theater in downtown Minneapolis at 6th St. and Hennepin Ave.

in the Center for the Arts - 8th floor.  July 17 - 20, 2008

http://www.illusiontheater.org/season/index.asp?id=126

Look for:  Cirque de Guerre

by  Beth Gilleland, Blayn Lemke and Bill Berneking

This play has been created through the efforts and support of Every Church A Peace Church - Twin Cities.  It began at a Potluck Supper Meeting on a very snowy night in March of 2006.  Those attending worked in small groups to try to imagine dramatic skit that would either humorously or seriously show the absurdity of each of the tenets of "Just War" theory. From there the project went to a committee of our local members and ultimately to Bill Berneking and the two theater professionals mentioned above.

 

(3)

Some time in the next week our local ECAPC Steering Committee expects to send out a paper mail message to all those in our database for whom we have a street address.  The message is in the form of a letter asking for your assistance.  Please do take a few moments to consider our plea and respond as you are able. If you do not receive such a letter within about ten days, please contact us by e-mail or phone (see item #5).

 

(4)

We are planning a two-day special conference which we hope will provide information and inspiration for those of us who are working to move our churches to become peace churches.  Many details are not yet fixed. We can tell you the following, however:

The conference will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 19 -20, 2008 at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

On the evening of Friday, 9/19 there will be a performance of "Cirque de Guerre"

This will be an expanded and/or refined version of the play as done at the Illusion Theater - see item (2) above.

 

On Saturday 9/20 the program will include a keynote address by Glen Stassen, Ph.D. Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary. The topic will be some variation of "Just Peacemaking" as espoused in his several books. Following the keynote address there will be several break-out sessions which will provide opportunities for discussions led by local experts.

 

(5)

We need volunteers!  Can you help with planning, ideas, publicity, record keeping, etc.  Call or e-mail - let us know about your interests and availablity.

 

Rod Olsen   rolsen6376@...    651-228-7224