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Race, Racism and the Body of Christ.
July 7-9, 2008. DePaul University
The Gathering Schedule is now posted on our website. Here are some of the highlights:
Monday:
- Opening Worship with musician Neeki Bey and James Lewis preaching "Doing and Speaking the Truth in the Face of Division." (1:30 pm)
- Rodney Sadler on "God's Word and the Proliferation of 'Humanity's Most Dangerous Myth.'" (4:15 pm)
- Mikael Broadway on "Racialized Ecclesiology, Oneness, and Catholicity." (7:30 pm)
Tuesday
- Victor Hinojosa on "The Most Segregated Hour in America" (8:45 am)
- Kelly Johnson offers "Thoughts on Racism as an Ecclesial Vice" (2:30 pm)
- Workshops at 10:15 am and 1 pm
- Congregational Forum at 6:45 pm
Wednesday
- Mike Budde asks "A House of Prayer for All Nations? The Limits and Hopes of Ecclesial Formation" (9 am)
- Closing Worship with Michelle Lloyd-Paige preaching "We Have This Treasure in Earthly Vessels" (10:45 am)
Workshops
- The Christian Community Development Association and EP in Conversation - Craig Wong from Grace Urban Ministries and Glenn Kehrein from Circle Urban Ministries
- Confronting White Privilege in the Congregation - Tobin Miller Shearer, Damascus Road Trainer
- Wrestling With Scripture - Michael Cartwright
- Culture Matters: Diversity, Relevancy, and Contextualization in Worship - Michelle Loyd-Paige
- Race, Immigration and the Divided Church - TBD
- Church as Sanctuary: The Witness of Adalberto United Methodist Church - Reverend Slim Coleman
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Gathering 2008 Details
We still hope YOU can come join the 112 of us already registered! There are some dorm rooms left, and plenty of room for commuters.
July 7-9, at DePaul University in Chicago
3 registration packages are available (which include registration, housing, and meals):
Registration for commuters - $70
Double room - $200
Single room - $295
To register or inquire about financial assistance, contact Brent Laytham .
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MEET THE EP
Lindsay Cleveland
Lindsay Cleveland is a new endorser of EP. She recently completed a Masters Degree at Yale Divinity School, and will begin a PhD in
Religion, Politics, and Society at Baylor University in the fall. She is currently participating in a summer
internship at Yale focusing on issues of Reconciliation. She is excited about this year's gathering,
which will undoubtedly foster fruitful discussion about reconciliation, as well
as new friendships with brothers and sisters in Christ from around the world.
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New Book From Cascade
Electing Not To Vote:
Christian Reflections on Reasons for Not Voting
Edited by Ted Lewis
 Ethical discourse about the institution of voting rarely includes the
option of abstaining for principled reasons. This collection of nine
articles widens the discussion in that direction by giving readers a
new question: At what point and on what grounds might one choose not to
vote as an act of conscience?
Contributors offer both ethical
and faith-based reasons for not voting. For some, it is a matter of
candidates not measuring up to high standards; for others it is a
matter of reserving political identity and allegiance for the church
rather than the nation-state. These writers-representing a wide range
of Christian traditions-cite texts from diverse sources: Mennonites,
Pentecostals, and pre-Civil Rights African Americans. Some contributors
reference the positions of Catholic bishops, Karl Barth, or John Howard
Yoder. New Testament texts also figure strongly in these cases for
"conscientious abstention" from voting.
In addition to
cultivating the ethical discussion around abstention from voting, the
contributors suggest alternative ways beneficially to engage society.
This volume creates a new freedom for readers within any faith
tradition to enter into a dialogue that has not yet been welcomed in
North America.
"People often forget that voting can be a coercive practice, just to the
extent it justifies a majority's silencing of minorities. We should therefore
be grateful that these essays raise an issue that too often goes undiscussed."
-Stanley Hauerwas, Duke
Divinity School,
Duke University
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From the Editor
After two straight Sunday mornings spent with Mainline congregations, this morning I returned to my San Damiano community, where our practices are mostly shaped by the Evangelical tradition. Among those that still confuse this Mainline guy is employing the word "worship" to signify only that part of the morning where we sing and share the sacrament - I am accustomed to thinking of all that we do when we gather in Christ's name as our corporate act of worship.
San Damiano, as an "emergent" church, is also marked by hospitality, spontaneity, informality and ... procrastination. Many folk are genuinely excited about the Gathering, including our pastor, but I have yet to convince a single one to register. After all, it is still more than three weeks away, which in "emergent time" puts it in pretty much the same category as the Second Coming. I will start making a few phone calls. And if any readers have likewise delayed, registering is as simple as clicking here.
See you at the Gathering!
John McFadden
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Brent Laytham
The Ekklesia Project |
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