June 2014
Ekklesia Project News

 

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Summer Gathering 2014

 July 10-12 DePaul University 

 

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"But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being."

 

Job 12:7-10 

 + Gathering Update +

Tilling and Keeping:

Fitting Practices for a Very Good Creation 

 

Plenary Speakers:

 Norman Wirzba, Ched Myers, and Philip Bess

 

Special video presentation recorded especially for the Gathering:

Bill McKibben

 

Preachers:

Jessie Shuman Larkins, Sally Youngquist, Jim McCoy

 

Worship Music led by:

David Butzu

 

Lectio Divina led by:

Mark Lau Branson

 

with centering music led by:

Claire McCoy Mayfield and Monica Laytham

 

Workshops (full descriptions):

 Write Relationships:

Poetry as a Practice and Mirror of Creation

led by Danny Kim

 

Soil Care, Soul Care

led by members of the Koinonia Community

 

What Do You Do When You Lose?

The Keystone XL, Activism and the Local Congregation

led by Kyle Childress

 

Earth to Earth:

Natural Burial Practices and Christian Theology 

led by Ben Stewart

 

Local Craft as Discipleship

led by Greg Clark, Tyler Delong, and Dan McClain

 

 

Film Festival Documentaries from:

Abundant Table

Bethlehem Farm

Catholic Committee of Appalachia

Church of the Brethren

Cornerstone Edibles

Covenant Community Garden

Delta Community

Eden Vigil

Englewood Christian Church

Messiah College

 

Special showing of the Showtime Documentary

"Years of Living Dangerously"

 

Saturday Afternoon Field Trip

(Transporation and Lunch Provided):

Chicago Lights Urban Farm

 

Locally Sourced Dinner on Thursday Evening  

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