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Message from the Executive Director

 

Dear CCT friends:

 

I want to invite you to look at a new section we just added to the CCT website. This new section invites us to pray for each other. Prayer is at the heart of our faith. Even though our theology and forms of prayer varies in our different traditions, we all believe in prayer. After all it was Jesus himself who modeled and taught us to pray. As Paul wrote, "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

 

Every week we will be praying for a different participant communion or organization in CCT.

 

I'm wondering if we can make a difference in the life of our churches and organizations if we set to intentionally pray every week for each other?

 

The work of bringing Christians closer TOGEHTER in our country must be founded in prayer.

 

Also, speaking about prayer, please pray for CCT's Steering Committee which will meet in Chicago the 26-27 of September.

 

 

To Jesus Christ be all glory now and forever!

 

Rev. Carlos L Malav�

Executive Director

the line movie

Appeal from Sojourners to the Churches about Poverty

 

As we approach what may be the most contentious and costliest election of all time, Sojourners believes poverty needs to be back on the public agenda.

 

We've worked with an Emmy-award winning writer and producer to create a new film called The Line that reveals what poverty in America looks like today. This powerful 30-minute documentary features real people, their economic struggles, and their inspiring and creative responses to the challenges they face. We believe this resource will help break through traditional political divides, foster honest dialogue, and re-focus our society on the common good.

 

The film will premiere at 8 p.m. EDT October 2, and we're organizing viewing parties of The Line across the nation. We think this film could be a powerful tool for your organization to raise awareness among your constituents about poverty's effects and potential solutions. I'm writing to share the film's trailer with you in hopes that you'll ask members of your network to host screenings. Additional details about the film and information on arranging a viewing can be found at www.thelinemovie.com.

 

We hope this film proves to be a valuable resource in your efforts to address poverty. Please contact Beau Underwood with any additional questions at [email protected].

 

We're working hard to share this news far and wide. Please consider sharing this e-mail and the film's website with others in your networks who also might be interested in hosting a screening of The Line.

 

election day

 Election Day Communion 
 
On November 6, 2012, Election Day, 
we will exercise our right to choose.
 

During the day of November 6, 2012,

we will make different choices
for different reasons,
hoping for different results.

 

But that evening
while our nation turns its attention
to the outcome of the presidential election,
let's again choose differently.
But this time, let's do it
together.

 

http://electiondaycommunion.org

 

(This activity is not officially endorsed by CCT. It is sponsored by several Mennonites & other churches)

Photo Kate Davelaar
Meet Our Leaders
Kate Davelar is the newest member of the Steering Committee.

Kate Davelaar grew up in Holland, MI saying she would never attend Hope College (for no other reason except that it was in Holland, MI). While she may have entered Hope the fall of 1996 a bit reluctant, by the time she graduated with a degree in Psychology and Religion in 2000, she would not have traded her college experience for anything. While at Hope she was very active in Young Life Leadership and participated in the Campus Ministries Spring Break Mission trips. Her junior year she led a trip down to the Dominican Republic to work on the Young Life camp for a week, and then spent the summer down there as well. Desiring to spend a year living in another country after she graduated (before starting her "real life") she moved down to the Dominican Republic to work for Young Life three weeks after graduation. She spent five years working in Santiago with high school students through the ministry of Young Life, and quickly realized that this was indeed "real life."

In 2005 she moved back to Holland to attend Western Theological Seminary and continue work on a Masters of Divinity degree that she had started through Distance Learning. During her time at seminary she interned with Good Samaritan Ministries, Holland Hospital's Chaplaincy office and Hope College's Campus Ministries. She was also able to travel to Oman, Brazil and spend three months in East Africa, solidifying that though she was not sure what she wanted to do when she graduated, what she knew for sure was that she was not going to stay in Holland (the word "never" might have been thrown in there, thus solidifying again: never say never). She graduated from Western in 2008 and started working with Hope College's Campus Ministries as a chaplain in July of 2008. At this time, she cannot imagine doing something more life-giving than working with college students (particularly Hope students) and is quite content to again call Holland her hometown.

In the summer of 2011 Kate began pursuing her Doctor of Ministry at Duke Divinity school. The program is focused on "Christian Leadership" and after completed her coursework, she hopes to write her thesis around themes of reconciliation, social media and the leadership development of millennials.

 

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