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Fiesta at Pastor Jeff's & Pepe's
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Friday, April 19th, 7:00pm
Pastor Jeff & Pepe's house
121 Entrada Ave.
Oakland, CA 94611
Please bring a favorite desert to share!
Limited street parking - please plan accordingly.
Pastor Jeff and Pepe invite you to join the SHARE Board of Directors, including Guadalupe Mejia, for an evening of dancing, eating, and learning. "Madre" Guadalupe, a name given to her by the political prisoners she visited and advocated for, and other Salvadoran human rights activists will be there to discuss the Campaign for Truth and Justice in El Salvador. Madre Guadalupe was nominated as part of the 1,000 Women of Peace Initiative by the Swedish Embassy, She is one of the founders of the Committee of Family Members of the Disappeared (CODEFAM) and is considered by many to be the grandmother of the fight for human rights in El Salvador.
Click here to RSVP!
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CROP Hunger Walk
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 This year's CROP Hunger Walk is coming up soon!
April 21 in Berkeley
Location: St. Mary Magdalen Parish, 2005 Berryman St
Registration: 1:00 p.m., Walk: 1:30 p.m.
Visit our team online! or contact Jennifer Afdahl Rice
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Environmental Justice talk at the Chapel
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Sunday, April 28th - 9:30 am
Putting Environmental Justice on the Map: Bridging the university-community divide.
Environmental justice social movements are linking different ways of knowing and engaging with the environment as they struggle for health and self-determination. London will share examples from his collaborative research with EJ organizations in rural California communities and explore the ethical dimensions of these university-community partnerships.
Jonathan London is the Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology at UC Davis and the Director of the Center for Regional Change.
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| Earth Week |
 Our Green Team has put together a list of awesome activities in the bay on and around Earth Day. Take a look here!
Also, here are awesome resources the Green Team has put together, always available on our website under the Green Team tab!
Alternatives to Hazardous Household Products
Recycling Centers
Green Cleaning Tips |
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 Some say it's not possible to be LGBTQ and Christian - we definitely disagree! Come and join Pastor Tita for an evening of multiculturalism, community, good food, engaging talks, provoking film and did we mention fun?
April 28, 2013,7-9 pm- Film: La Mission, Bridgecourt, Emeryville
May 12, 2013,7-9 pm - Film: TBA, Ella Baker Center, Oakland
Click here for more information!
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Mount Cross Day Camp
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 This year's Mt. Cross Day Camp is July 8-12. The camp is co-sponsoredby Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church and All Souls Episcopal Parish and takes place at Shepherd of the Hills, 401 Grizzly Peak Blvd. in Berkeley. Day camp is staffed by counselors from Mt. Cross, and this year's theme is Faith Alive!
Click here for more information!
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Faith Rooted Economics
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 Our Social Justice Team invites you to a series on Faith Rooted Economics beginning April 18th.
The training series will be held on Thursday evenings from 6pm-9pm at the East Bay Community Foundation Conference Room, 200 Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland.
Click here for more information!
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 Prayers this week |
Trusting in the promise that God hears us, we pray for those in need and in thanksgiving for God's awesomeness-sometimes with sighs too deep for words and sometimes with an explosive "Yes!" to God's work in our midst. Please include the following in your prayers this week:
- Pray for the victims of the bombing on Monday at the Boston Marathon: for those who lost loved ones, were injured, were traumatized, for those who offered assistance in the moment and those who now offer care-physical and emotional.
- Pray for those places in the world in turmoil, especially Korea, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, where people are pawns in the games their leaders are playing;
- for those who serve in the US military, and for the families of those who have lost their lives this week: Jarett M. Yoder, 26; Matthew P. Ruffner, 34; Deflin M. Santos Jr, 24; Wilbel A Robles-Santa, 25; Christopher M. Ward, 24.
- For those who are in need of comfort, healing, relief from pain, rest: Juana, who has suffered a stroke; Herb, who is recovering from surgery; for those suffering from PTSD, brain injury, and other injuries as a result of serving in our country's military
- For those new to the faith and those who are seeking, that God's Spirit would be their guide
- For courage to speak up on behalf of the least, the lost, the left out, especially when that one is one's self
- Pray for God's guidance for the delegates to the ELCA Eastern Washington-Idaho Synod Assembly meeting this week in Boise, Idaho, and for the delegates attending the ELCA Eastern North Dakota Synod Assembly as they begin their work in Jamestown today
- With thanksgiving for the work of the New Zealand House of Commons as they legalize same-sex marriage
- For those working for legislation to help curb gun violence
- For our ministry partners, especially SHARE-El Salvador and the work of their board as they meet at the Chapel this week
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Contact Information
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University Lutheran Chapel of Berkeley 510-843-6230 www.ulcberkeley.org Annika Mongan: administrator@ulcberkeley.org Pastor Jeff Johnson: pastor@ulcberkeley.org Pastor Sanna Reinholtzen: sannabeth@gmail.com Campus Intern Logan Rimel: logan.rimel@gmail.com Council President Nancy Ulmer: nkulmer@sbcglobal.net Music Director Andy Bouman: andybouman@yahoo.com |
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