09/28/2019
TWO UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - 6:30pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-elders-speak-conversational-forum-tickets-70185965111
Event Organizers: Forum Philly, NewCORE, Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia, and Esperanza in collaboration with Sojourners
Event Location: Esperanza, 4261 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140
About The Event
The Elders Speak: Conversational Forum is jointly sponsored by Forum Philly, NewCORE, Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia, and Esperanza, in collaboration with Sojourners.
This moderated Conversational Forum of clergy leaders will feature Rev. Dr. William J. Shaw, Bishop Gregory Ingram, Bishop Patricia Davenport, Rev. Dr. Luis Cortes and national Christian thought leader and author Jim Wallis.
The participants will be discussing the Church's Response to Racialized Corporate Practices and Public Policies Impact on Communities of Color, followed by facilitated Table Conversations with attending neighbors, activists, clergy and civic leaders.
These Conversations will be preceded by a complementary fellowship meal.
The event is free to attend, and registration is requested at this page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-elders-speak-conversational-forum-ticke...
Lunch with Shane Claiborne, founder of The Simple Way - part of Vineyard Justice Forum, visiting Eastern State Penitentiary, Esperanza Health Center, The Simple Way, Prevention Point, Bright Common, and The Church of the Advocate on Friday as immersion sites in Philadelphia. More info and registration can be found here: https://vineyardjusticenetwork.org/vjn19-get-proximate-forum/
There are some scholarships available, especially if the student is a person of color. Just have them email me and I’ll send them the request form.
The details are below:
Registration Link for Lunch: https://brv.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/198/responses/new
Event Details:
Location: Blue Route Vineyard
Time: November 14, 11-12:30pm
lunch: $12.00
(box lunch, drinks)
Join us for a pre-conference lunch with Shane Claiborne! Shane is a prominent Christian speaker, activist, and author. He is also one of the founding members of the non-profit organization, The Simple Way, one of our immersion sites for the VJN Get Proximate Forum.We are thrilled to have him with us for the pre-conference!Come learn what it truly means to get proximate and to live as if Jesus actually meant the things he said.A little more about Shane: Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia. He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.
Shane’s books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow Me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, Executing Grace, his classic The Irresistible Revolution, and his newest book, Beating Guns. He has been featured in a number of films including "Another World Is Possible" and "Ordinary Radicals." His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Shane speaks over one hundred times a year, nationally and internationally. His work has appeared in Esquire, SPIN, Christianity Today, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal, and he has been on everything from Fox News and Al Jazeera to CNN and NPR. He’s given academic lectures at Harvard, Princeton, Liberty, Duke, and Notre Dame (Text taken from his website: shaneclaiborne.come).
The Elders Speak: Conversational Forum: The Church's RESPONSE to Racialized Corporate Practices and Public Policies Impact...
