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Frank Schaeffer on "Christianity"
& Ways to Get Involved  

 October 05, 2011

Greetings!

Next Wednesday, October 12th, we are thrilled to welcome Frank Schaeffer as our Living Room Host, in a sure-to-be fascinating learning experience for Christians and non-Christians alike. Watch his recent interview from the Rachel Maddow Show on politics, then come join us to hear his personal story and experience his faith practices.  

Want to share the experience with YOUR neighbor? Invite your friends via Twitter, Facebook, or Meetup.com.  Help us podcast or UStream the event, take photos, or write a blog post so we can share this with our wider online community.  Or volunteer to bring snacks and set up for folks who attend.  See links and volunteer needs list below. 

THANK YOU to everyone who completed our "Pivot" survey. We discussed the rich and varied results at our Kitchen Table last week and the Board and staff have scheduled a half-day to digest, discuss, and dream about the next steps for Faith House. What do YOU want to see Faith House do in the next ten years? Take the survey and tell us!
 
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Next Living Room

Can the Word "Christianity" be Saved
from the Christians? 

 

Frank Schaeffer

October 12, 2011
6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program  


Intersections, 274 5th Ave
Btwn 29th and 30th Sts  


With Frank Schaeffer 


Want to spread the word, share the event, or RSVP?  See links below  

 

Come hear the story of Frank Schaeffer's personal journey from growing up in the beating heart of the Religious Right as the son of Francis and Edith Schaeffer, to becoming a convert in the Greek Orthodox church 25 years ago, a father, and a grandfather.  Frank will share how he has made sense of Christianity over the years and how he has come to find grounding in religious practices, more than ideas, and ritual as the context for life's most treasured shared experiences. This evening will include time for discussion with Frank about the varieties of "Christianity", as well as readings from his new book "Sex, mom and God" and the chance to have a small  experience of Greek Orthodox prayer and practices.  

 

Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times best selling author. His books include Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back and Sex, Mom, and God: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics-and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway.

 

Schaeffer is a good memoirist, smart and often laugh-out-loud funny. For those of us not raised in religious homes, he is like a visitor from another planet who marvels at things that we take for granted - like letting children form their own opinions... Frank seems to have been born irreverent, but his memoirs have a serious purpose, and that is to expose the insanity and the corruption of what has become a powerful and frightening force in American politics. Read more  

 

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Volunteer to bring snacks and help set-up, email Bowie
RSVP today (requested, but not required)
See you there! 

In faith,

 

Bowie Snodgrass, Executive Director  
Frank Fredericks, Community Development Administrator

Samir Selmanovic, Founder & President of the Board  

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Kitchen Table OAK RETRO
The Kitchen Table is a group of volunteers who meet one evening each month around Samir's (literal) kitchen table to enjoy friends & food, give staff feedback on the latest Faith House events, and brainstorm ways of growing as a community. To attend the next meeting on Wed, October 26 or sign up for volunteer needs below, 
email Frank.

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Greet new members, add events to Calendar, etc.

 

Tour Bus Hosts Attend all or most Tour Bus stops, welcome people, etc.

 

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