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Learning on the US-Mexico border |
| Two great chances to learn more about the US-Mexico
border [2-8-05]
Moderator Rick Ufford-Chase announces two coming
opportunities:
Death and Life on the
Border: A Faith-Based Response - April 14-16
(optional 1 day Mexico trip that I will lead on April 13). If you are
interested in migrant concerns on the border and in your area, plan to come
to this event. We expect lots of people, so there will be great
opportunities to learn from one another. Our time together will include
interactions on all of the following topics:
Current legislation
Immigration policy reality and reform
Border Ministries
National realities and border immigration
Globalization and migration
Biblical and theological themes
Worship and pray together
If you want to learn more, go to
www.synodsw.org
BorderLinks and Ghost
Ranch are co-sponsoring a four-day border trip
that I will lead in Arizona and Sonora on October 6th
through the 10th (which includes the Columbus day
holiday). The focus will be on a variety of border issues including
immigration, economy, border enforcement strategies, and the migrant
journey. We will ground the experience in intensive Biblical study,
reflection and prayer. I expect that we will spend at least one night in a
homestay with families in Mexico. The cost will be around $550 per person,
which includes all expenses from arrival to departure in Tucson. If you are
interested, go to the Ghost Ranch website for more information and
registration.
http://www.ghostranch.org/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/11/products_id/50
These are both great opportunities to better understand the
complexities of the border region and to get more involved in work on these
important issues.
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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