A Card for You!

Wishing you the Blessings of the Season!
Health, happiness, peace.

Click here for the card:
http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1701883738658&source=jl999

Sky

Welcome Fr John Finnell and Rabbi Eral Jordan!

Meeting Schedule for 2009

We still have an opening for Thurs May 7, 2009
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ah7t4dd5vdmc_bacndjnhsk8c2&hl=en

DATE	LOCATION	HOST
Wed, Jan 7, 2009	Blessed Sacrament, S Charleston	Fr John Finnell
Thurs, Feb 5	Kanawha Preby	Rev John Davis
Tues, Mar 3	Temple Israel	Rabbi Earl Jordan
Wed, Apr 1	Kan Co Ambulance Corps	Chaplain Mike Jarrett
Thur, May 7
Tues, June 2	St. George Cathedral	Fr Olof Scott

NEXT CARLA MEETING - Tues, Dec 2, 2008

Charleston Area Interfaith Religious Leaders Clergy 'Association'

Next Meeting

Tues, Dec 2, 2008
9am - 10:30
at

The Presbytery of WV

http://www.wvpresbytery.org/

520 Second Avenue
   South Charleston, WV  25303
304-744-7634

Rev Frank Mansell will be hosting

Charleston Festivall - last 2 weekend in June (June 20 - 28) - a perfect time for a congregational homecoming of arts event. More info at

New to Charleston: 
Rabbi Earl Jordan at Congregation B'nai Isreal
Father John Finnel at Blessed Sacrament

Please join us Tuesday!
www.carlawv.org

Sky

I am looking for hosts for the following meeting dates, please let me know asap:

Wed, Jan 7, 2009
Thurs, Feb 5
Tues, Mar 3
Wed, Apr 1
Thur, May 7




--
Sky Kershner
304-346-9689 x13

Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
a place for healing and hope
... for everyone.

www.kpcc.com

The Intensive Journal

The Intensive Journal Workshop is coming to Morgantown in March 2009. Former KPCC therapist, Dr. Judith Smith Wilkinson recommends this experience as a great opportunity for personal growth. More info at: http://www.intensivejournal.org/

CARLA Meeting Wed Nov 5, 2008

NEXT CARLA MEETING

Wed, Nov 5, 2008
9am - 10:30
at

B'Nai Jacob Synagogue

www.bnaijacob.com

1599 Virginia St E
Charleston, WV 25311
(304) 346-4722
Get directions

Please join us!
www.carlawv.org

Sky

I am looking for hosts for the following meeting dates:

Tues, Dec 2, 2008

Wed, Jan 7, 2009
Thurs, Feb 5
Tues, Mar 3
Wed, Apr 1
Thur, May 7
Tues, June 2

Invitation for Thanksgiving Service

October 27, 2008

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

We greet you in the Matchless Name of Jesus!

We are sending this letter announcing The Charleston Black Ministerial Alliance, Inc. Annual Thanksgiving Day Service. To be held on Thursday, November 27, 2008 at Liberty Missionary Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m.

Our speaker will be Reverend Roberta Smith, Pastor of Shaffer Chapel A. M. E.

We are looking forward to fellowshipping with you.

If you have any questions please, call {304} 344-8661.

Your brother in Christ,

Rev. Lloyd Allan Hill

Reverend Lloyd Allan Hill

CBMA President

Speaker: "Religious Diversity in America Today"

"Religious Diversity in America Today"

Dr. Diana Eck
Professor of Comparative Religions and India Studies
Harvard University

Wednesday, Oct 8 at 6:30
University of Charleston
Riggleman Auditorium

Diana Eck, professor of comparative religion at Harvard University, is the foremost expert on the growth of religious pluralism in the US. She is the director of The Pluralism Project, a foundation dedicated to the study of this new religious diversity and its role in contemporary America.

The United States is now the most religiously diverse nation in the world. Changes in immigration law since 1965 have ensured that alongside churches and synagogues, Buddhist temples, Muslim mosques, and Sikh gurdwaras now cater to the spiritual needs of American citizens.

Eck is also the author of the highly acclaimed book, A New Religious America. Drawing on her experiences travelling the country, Eck has pieced together the most thorough guidebook of American religiosity. Culling stories from Muslims in Indiana and Buddhists in New Jersey, Eck conducted her research “hands-on” and emerged with a compelling look at our true diversity.

Next CARLA Meeting, Tuesday Oct 7, 9am

NEXT CARLA MEETING

Tues, Oct 7, 2008
9am - 10:30
at
Boulevard Seventh Day Adventist
http://www.boulevardsda.org/

622 Kanawha Blvd W
Charleston, WV 25302-1922
304-346-7771

Please join us!
www.carlawv.org

Sky

Meeting Dates:

Tues, Oct 7, Boulevard Seventh Day Adventist, Pastor Ken Blunden
Wed, Nov 5, B'nai Jacob Synagogue, Rabbi Victor Urecki
Tues, Dec 2, National Guard Armory, Coonskin, Chaplain Bruce Reed

Welcome Back!

First CARLA meeting after the summer is off to a great start! Welcome back everyone, especially Chaplain Bruce Reed, bacvk from Iraq. And welcome to Rev Susan Latimer, Rev Jim Roberts, and Rev Janet Harmon!

Root and Branch: Monday Aug 25 at 7

Root and Branch Jewish-Christian Dialogue continues this Monday, Aug 25 at 7pm at Columbia Gas Corporation Auditorium. More info at 768-5571

Bible Center Pastor Relocating

Longtime city pastor resigns

Thornton leaving Bible Center for church in California

Shawn Thornton, the charismatic lead pastor of the Bible Center Church at Southridge Centre, resigned suddenly to take a similar job with a church in California.

By Jim Balow

Staff writer - Charleston Gazette

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Shawn Thornton, the charismatic lead pastor of the Bible Center Church at Southridge Centre, resigned suddenly to take a similar job with a church in California.

Thornton read his letter of resignation to a tearful congregation Sunday, said Lee Walker, associate pastor for administration. Thornton made his decision Aug. 11, Walker said, but had been seriously considering the matter since mid-July after visiting the California church twice this summer. ...

He said he will preach one last time at the church this Sunday and move to California in mid-September.

More at http://wvgazette.com/News/200808191492

Welcome Rev Susan Latimer

Welcome Rev Susan Latimer!

Susan is the new Rector at St John's Epicopal Church.

Susan moves here with her husband and two school age sons from Waterville, Maine. She is orignially from California, and lived a number of years in the Atlanta area.

Susan loves group process and being socially involvemed.

Wecome Susan!

slatimer@stjohnswv.org

Shalom Rabbi Helen Bar-Yaacov

Rabbi Helen Bar-Yaacov (right, with Rev Eileen Dumeir on the left) at her goodbye celebration.

Helen writes:

Hi, now that everything has been signed and delivered, wanted to let you know that I will be beggining a new job -- as rabbi of Temple Adath Bnai Israel of Evansville Indiana. I am excited about starting this new chapter of my life and career. The Evansville community seems very nice and wants a lot of things that I do.
The city is very much bigger than Charleston and is within easier driving range of large Jewish communities, which is good for me personally.

My new Temple address is:
Temple Adath Bnai Israel,
8440 Newburgh Rd
Evansville, IN 47715
Tel: (812) 477-1577

Wishing you a great summer,

Helen Bar-Yaacov

Welcome Rev Dr Jim Roberts

First Presby's new associate minister,
the Rev Dr Jim Roberts Associate Pastor for Congregational Care. Jim comes to us from Huntsville Alabama. Jim has had a long interest in Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy. He and his wife have two daughters, one a recent graduate.

JRoberts@firstpresby.com

Welcome Jim!

Sept 4 CARLA Meeting

NEXT CARLA MEETING
Thurs Sept 4
9am - 10:30
at
St Matthews Episcopal Church
http://matthew1893.org/
Bill Thomas, host
(304) 343-3837

From Downtown Charleston: take the Southside Bridge and then bear right on Bridge Road. Go past the Shops on Bridge Road until you come to Saint Matthews. If you pass the Exxon Station you have gone too far.
http://matthew1893.org/how-to-find-us/index.html

Please join us!
www.carlawv.org

Sky

Meeting Dates:

Thurs, Sept 4, St Mathews
Tues, Oct 7, Boulevard Seventh Day Adventist
Wed, Nov 5, B'nai Jacob Synagogue
Tues, Dec 1, TBA (looking for a host!)