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VT Faith Community's
Online News - July 2007
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Faith Common is the email newsletter of the
Vermont Ecumenical Council & Bible Society (VEC). PLEASE
POST IT in your house of worship. To be added to this newsletter
mailing list or to submit news, please send an email to the
VEC office at info@vecbs.org.
UPCOMING MEETING DATES:
Vermont Ecumenical Council & Bible Society Board of Trustees:
Friday, October 5, 2007, 10 – Noon Full Council: Friday,
October 5, 2007, 1 – 4 PM Location to be determined.
GREENFAITH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
GreenFaith, a New Jersey-based interfaith coalition for the
environment, was founded in 1992 to inspire, educate, and
mobilize people from diverse spiritual backgrounds to deepen
their relationship with nature and to take action for the
Earth. The GreenFaith Fellowship Program will prepare lay
and ordained leaders from diverse religious traditions
for religiously-based environmental leadership.
This new initiative is the first comprehensive education
and training program of its kind in the U.S.
Fellows in the program will take part in three four-day
residential sessions in varied settings (rural, urban, and
suburban) as well as conference calls, an email list serve,
mentoring sessions, networking within the program in the
region of each Fellow, and substantial reading and writing
assignments. At least twelve Fellows will be admitted to
the first class which will run from the fall of 2007 through
spring 2009. They will be selected through a competitive
application process. The application deadline is Aug. 1.
For more information, go to www.greenfaith.org or call 732-565-7740.
FAITH AND ORDER ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE
This conference is being held at Oberlin College this July
from the 19th to the 23rd and nearly 400 theologians and
other religious leaders are expected to attend. It is the
50th anniversary of the first Faith and Order Commission
meeting of the National Council of the Churches of Christ
in the USA (NCC) which was also held at Oberlin College.
Leaders will assess the past 50 years of the ecumenical movement
in the U.S. and think strategically about the future of ecumenism
in the 21st century. To find out more, go to www.ncccusa.org/faithandorder/oberlin2007/
GREEN MT. HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY HELP NEEDED
Due to increased building activity, GMHfH is still
in need of volunteers to serve as work crew supervisors
and leaders; training will be provided for these positions.
If you know someone in your congregation who might be interested,
please contact Mike Welch at 864-8421 (this is his work
number at Burlington Tech. Center). Also, a reminder that
Habitat’s Community
Picnic is on Sunday, July 29, 2007 at Shelburne Farms.
SUPPORTING CHILDREN OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
A
free two-day conference will be held August 8 - 9, 2007 at
the Doubletree Hotel in South Burlington for educators and
professionals (including clergy) to help them reach out in
a support network to the children and families of the National
Guard and Reserve. The conference will
include: two continental breakfasts, two lunches, and refreshments
as well as resource materials at no cost to participants.
The curriculum, content, delivery and process are correlated
with the standards of the National Staff Development Council
and the National Standards for School Counseling Programs.
The conference is very interactive and, in order to fully
benefit, participants are required to attend both days. Registration
and the continental breakfast begin at 8 AM. The program
runs from 8:30 AM – 4 PM. The registration deadline
is 7/27.
Participants may register online at: http://www.militarychild.org/GuardForm.asp For more information, contact Linda Neault at
254-953-1923 or email Linda.Neault@MilitaryChild.org
PEACEMAKERS’ SUMMIT
How You Can Make
A World Of Difference The Department of Mission of the Vermont
Conference United Church of Christ is sponsoring this summit
on October 6th at the Charlotte Congregational Church from
10 AM – 3
PM. There will be speakers, worship, music, workshops, and
a panel discussion. The keynote speaker will be Dot Maver,
the Peace Alliance’s Executive Director and cofounder
of the Vermont Peace Academy. The cost includes lunch: $10
in advance and $15 at the door. The focus is on Christian
peacemaking with perspectives from other faiths. All denominations
are welcome. To register or for more information, contact
the Rev. David Brown at
802-985-5871 or email: david2brown@verizon.net
FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE – DAILY
NEWS
Faith in Public Life provides a newsletter to subscribers
Monday through Friday that gives headlines and links to
articles about faith and religion that have appeared in
the media around the country. If you are interested in
receiving this newsletter, go to:www.faithinpubliclife.org/newsreel.html
ECUMENICAL RESOURCES
The homepage of the National Council of Churches’
website has current news of interest to the ecumenical community
as well as a variety of resources on topics such as: reducing
poverty, protecting the Earth, pursuing racial justice, working
for peace, practicing ecumenism, building interfaith relations,
encouraging stewardship, overcoming violence, and addressing
global issues. The website is:http://www.ncccusa.org/
Vermont Ecumenical Council & Bible Society
P.O. Box 728, Richmond, VT 05477 Tel. 802-434-7307 Fax 802-434-7306
Email: info@vecbs.org Website: www.vecbs.org
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