| VT Faith Community's
Online News - September 2009
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DEAR READERS:
The VEC is facing a serious financial crisis. Donations, of any amount, to VEC would be appreciated. Please send checks to P.O. Box 728, Richmond, VT 05477.
Thank you.
PRAYER INTENTION
Scripture tells us that anything we ask the Father in Jesus’ name, He will grant it. We ask in the name of Jesus that we will be given the unity we are called to possess, and that our understanding and efforts for this Christian unity will be rooted in our real love (agape) for one another.
VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL
This Reader’s Theater play is based on testimony of survivors. It is adapted by Spencer Smith from the book “Voices from Chernobyl” by Svetlana Alexievich. It will be performed at Shelburne Town Hall (on Route 7) on Sunday, Oct. 4, 4 p.m. No charge; donations welcome.
TRANSFORMING VERMONT!
Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA) will hold a workshop teaching the basics of faith-based community organizing on Sat., Oct. 17. This day-long workshop (10 – 3; and registration starting at 9:30) will be held at the Bethany United Church of Christ, 30 North Main St., Randolph.
The workshop will include an introduction to the VIA model of mobilizing grassroots support through one-to-one relationships, as well as tools for targeting and researching issues and organizing meetings with public officials to hold elected representatives accountable. Lunch is included with the $10 registration fee. To learn more, contact the VIA office at 802-651-8889 or email: office@viavt.org
WHAT IS SPIRITUAL DIRECTION?
To discover what it is and is not, join Sr. Ann Duhaime, RSM, and Elizabeth Mahoney, MA, at Mount St. Mary’s Convent, 100 Mansfield Ave., Burlington, on Tuesday, Oct. 20th from 7 – 8:30 p.m. In the midst of busy lives, it can be helpful to meet with a trained Spiritual Director who can help you notice the action of God in your life and help explore new ways of deepening and enriching your prayer life. To learn more and to register, call the Institute for Spiritual Development at 802-862-2202.
Donations will be appreciated.
MIGRANT WORKER SUPPORT GROUP WORKSHOP
This Central Vermont support group is sponsoring a training workshop for those who would like to volunteer to assist VT’s migrant workers with the many challenges they face. The training will cover many topics including how to deal with language/cultural barriers, legal rights and more. The training will be at River Arts in Morrisville on Thursday, Oct. 22, 4 – 8 p.m. It is free and open to all and includes dinner. Contact Barbara Whitchurch at 802-241-1250 x 112 to register or email her at: bwhitchurch@ccvs.state.vt.us
HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT
Campaign Events
From September 24 through November 10, a series of events is happening statewide to help guarantee Health Care as a Human Right in Vermont. For details on these events, go to: www.workerscenter.org/node/77 and look at the “Upcoming Events” box in the upper left corner.
To learn more, contact Traven at traven_L@earthlink.net
TAIZE EVENING PRAYER
St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in Burlington invites all to Evening Prayer in the manner of the community of Taize on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 802-864-0471.
JUST PRACTICE
A New England Justice and Witness event on practicing justice in our lives, communities, and world, will be held at United Congregational Church, UCC, Worcester, MA from November 6 – 7. It’s sponsored by New England Conferences of the UCC. To learn more and register, go to: www.vtcucc.org/docs/mission/JustPracticeConference.pdf
RACISM MATERIALS AT UCC RESOURCE CENTER
The United Church of Christ Resource Center, located in Randolph, has nearly 200 items in its collection of books and A-V materials that address racism from several points of view and levels. These can be borrowed by any VT church (not just UCC) for individual use, church study groups, church education classes, children’s stories, community study groups, and similar uses. There are many copies of some of these materials, ranging from children’s books to scholarly books to locally produced DVDs such as “Uncovering Racism in Vermont.” Return postage is the only cost. Call the Center at 802-728-4999 or email
resource.center@vtcucc.org.
To see a complete list, go to: http://www.vtcucc.org/docs/mission/URTF/URTFResourcesRev.pdf
REMINDERS:
Sing for Peace Concert – Sat., Sept. 26, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations welcome.
Organ Recital – Sun., Sept. 27, United Methodist Church, Shelburne, 4 p.m. featuring David Ogletree. |
