Wishing you a season full of light, love, and joy!
- Sky, Jeanne K, and all the staff at KPCC
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
304-346-9689
We help ordinary people in extra-ordinary circumstances.
KPCC is an accredited, faith-sensitive, counseling center
with a staff of seven licensed counselors.
Charleston, Cabin Creek, Ravenswood, Chapmanville, WV
Dear Sky,
I know that not everyone in CARLA will be interested or willing to participate in this advocacy work, as there are many perspectives one can take on the issues surrounding abortion. I may not make it tomorrow a.m. to the meeting, although I will try. If it is possible to send this notice by e-mail to the list, please do. If this is not the kind of thing that gets sent to the CARLA list, I understand. Thank you!
Dear West Virginia Clergy Person,
As the West Virginia legislative session nears, it is clear that once again reproductive health issues will be front and center.
In particular we know that there are many policymakers gearing up to drastically reduce critical funding for needed abortion care.
As clergy, you know better than anyone how important it is that that clergy and communities of faith be heard speaking out in favor of sexuality education, access to abortion and other reproductive rights. You know that one of the most heart wrenching situations can be a woman facing an unintended pregnancy.
That is why I am working with WV FREE and Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice to mobilize the faith community around the many important reproductive health issues we will be fighting for in 2010, and help train clergy and lay people on how to be more effective spokespeople. On behalf of my colleagues at these organizations, we would like to invite you to be a part of such a training aimed particularly at clergy and religious leaders.
The training will take place on December 10th
at St John's Episcopal Church in Charleston, 1105 Quarrier Street Room 109
from 11:30 to 1:30.
Lunch will be provided
The Rev. Matthew Westfox, Director of Interfaith Outreach and National Coordinator of Field Services for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and Margaret Chapman Pomponio will help lead the training and share their experience, but we hope this will be a chance for all of us to learn from each other. The training will include a briefing on the issues before the West Virginia legislature, a discussion of advocacy strategy around those issues and training and discussion of how clergy can best raise their voices in support of the women, men and families we counsel and pastor.
Please let us know if you would like to attend this training by replying to this e-mail, or calling me ( Susan Latimer ) at 304 346-0359 ext. 15.
In addition, if you are interested in hosting a more general training for the members of your congregation and community or receiving more information, please contact Margaret Chapman Pomponio at WV FREE. e-mail margaret@wvfree.org or
These advocacy trainings are fantastic opportunities for our West Virginia clergy community to join together in common cause, and for your organization or parish to educate and mobilize supporters throughout the state. I hope you will be able to join us.
Yours faithfully and for women,
The Rev. Susan Latimer, St. John's Episcopal Church
The Rev. Matthew Westfox, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Margaret Chapman Pomponio, WV FREE
Savor the day!
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
We help ordinary people in extra-ordinary circumstances.
KPCC is an accredited, faith-sensitive, counseling center
with a staff of seven licensed counselors.
We have office locations in Charleston, Cabin Creek,
Ravenswood, and Chapmanville, West Virginia.
304-346-9689
| DATE | LOCATION | HOST |
| Tues, Dec 1 | St George Cathedral | Fr Olof Scott |
| Wed, Jan 6 | St Mark's UMC | Rev Monty Brown |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Village Chapel | Rev Todd Wright |
| Tues, Mar 2 | B'nai Jacob Synagogue | Rabbi Victor Urecki |
| Wed, Apr 7 | WV Islamic Association | Imam Ehteshamul Hauck |
| Tues, May 4 | Blessed Sacrament | Fr John Finnell |
| Wed, June 2 | Unity | Rev Sky Kershner |
To lists:
NASW West Virginia is offering up to 6 CE hours for licensed social workers attending this training sponsored by the American Red Cross.
The training is free but is limited to the first 40 registrants. To register, use the 'fax back' registration form in the attachment, call 304 340-3655 or email allenk@usa.redcross.org .
Samuel A. Hickman, ACSW, LCSW
CEO
National Association of Social Workers
West Virginia Chapter
1608 Virginia Street East
Charleston, WV 25311
304.345.6279
Fax 304.720.3766
Plan NOW to Attend!
2010 Spring CE Conference for Social Workers, April 28, 29, 30, 2010, Charleston Civic Center. Call for Proposals form now online at www.NASWWV.org
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| DATE | LOCATION | HOST |
| Wed, Sept 2 | Westminster Presby | Rev Devon Ducheneau |
| Tues, Oct 6 | WV National Guard Family Programs Office | Chaplain Bruce Reed |
| Wed, Nov 4 | Temple Israel | Rabbi Jim Cohn |
| Tues, Dec 1 | St George Cathedral | Fr Olof Scott |
| Wed, Jan 6 | St Mark's UMC | Rev Monty Brown |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Village Chapel | Rev Todd Wright |
| Tues, Mar 2 | B'nai Jacob Synagogue | Rabbi Victor Urecki |
| Wed, Apr 7 | WV Islamic Association | Imam Ehteshamul Hauck |
| Tues, May 4 | Blessed Sacrament | Fr John Finnell |
| Wed, June 2 | Unity | Rev Sky Kershner |
Thanks, Sky.
Franklin Crabtree, Executive Director
ACLU WV
POB 3952
Charleston WV 25339-3952
304-345-9246
JUSTICE IS WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE IN PUBLIC.
- Dr. Cornell West
--- On Thu, 10/29/09, Paul Sheridan <paulsheridan99@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Mike and Sky,
I thought that attached article was helpful in thinking about the church's role in ministry to first responders. It is from THE PRESBYTERIAN OUTLOOK, an independent journal in our denomination. The writer was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Blacksburg VA and chaplain to the police department there at the time of the Virginia Tech shootings.
frank
W. F. Mansell, Jr.
Charleston WV
| Wed, Nov 4 | Temple Israel | Rabbi Jim Cohn |
| Tues, Dec 1 | St George Cathedral | Fr Olof Scott |
| Wed, Jan 6 | St Mark's UMC | Rev Monty Brown |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Village Chapel | Rev Todd Wright |
| Tues, Mar 2 | B'nai Jacob Synagogue | Rabbi Victor Urecki |
| Wed, Apr 7 | WV Islamic Association | Imam Ehteshamul Hauck |
| Tues, May 4 | Blessed Sacrament | Fr John Finnell |
| Wed, June 2 | Unity | Rev Sky Kershner |
Dear Colleagues,
Attached is the YWCA Domestic Violence Awareness Calendar for October. Please distribute among your congregations and colleagues. I will send a specific flyer for our Resolve-DOVE Inter-Faith Vigil as soon as it is completed. The vigil will be held at Saint Francis Hospital on Tuesday, October 27 from 6-7 PM. Please join us!
Blessings,
Kathy
Kathryn Willoughby Weed
The DOVE (DOmestic Violence Elimination) Committee
Does Your Prayer Life Need a Lift?
Then the West Virginia Council of Churches 129th
Annual Assembly is for you.
Assembly Opening Prayer Breakfast
(Co-sponsored by Partnership of African American Churches)
Monday, October 19, 2009, 8:00 a.m.
Blessed John XXIII Pastoral Center
Charleston, W.Va.
The one day Assembly, opens with its Annual Prayer Breakfast featuring Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Dr. Bruce Reed of the West Virginia National Guard as the speaker. Having served two terms of duty in Iraq, as well as Katrina, Chaplain Reed understands the value of prayer for not only the soldier but in all walks of life.
Assembly Gathering - 9:45 a.m.
Panel on the Assembly Theme:
Rooted in Prayer, Grounded in Love,
Growing In the Fruit of the Spirit.
With the theme: Rooted in Prayer, Grounded in Love, Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit, the Assembly will feature panelists from various faith walks on prayer life as it supports our ministerial calling. Participants also will have the opportunity to choose between breakout sessions related to the theme sponsored by Council of Churches program units.
Breakout Sessions -10:30 a.m.
The 129th Assembly offers the following sessions on prayers presented by our program units: Sharing Prayer Resources for Justice; Prayers from Kairos – For the Incarcerated and Those who work in prison; Prayers for and with Military Members and Their Families; Let the Children Come: Circles of Prayer for and with Children; Prayer in a Time of Disaster; and Ecumenical and Interfaith Community Prayers.
Ecumenical Luncheon -12:00 noon
Finally, join us for the Ecumenical Luncheon at noon where you will join the celebration of our ecumenical life together in West Virginia. We will announce the Mary Virginia DeRoo Ecumenical Award recipient and launch our plans for the 130th Anniversary Celebration.
Register online at www.wvcc.org
or with an attached mail-in form:
Registration: $5.00,
Breakfast $10.00, Lunch $10.00
The Reverend Dennis D. Sparks
Executive Director
West Virginia Council of Churches
2207 Washington St. East
Charleston WV 25311-2218
office 304-344-3141
fax 304-342-1506
cell 304-546-7013
Chaplain (LTC) Bruce D. Reed
Full Time Support Chaplain WVARNG
111th Engineer Brigade Chaplain
1-304-561-6328 (Office)
1-304-549-7939 (BlackBerry)| DATE | LOCATION |
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| Tues, Oct 6 | WV National Guard Family Programs Office |
| Wed, Nov 4 | Temple Israel |
| Tues, Dec 1 | St George Cathedral |
| Wed, Jan 6 | |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Village Chapel |
| Tues, Mar 2 | |
| Wed, Apr 7 | |
| Tues, May 4 | Wed, June 2 |
Chaplain (LTC) Bruce D. Reed
Full Time Support Chaplain WVARNG
111th Engineer Brigade Chaplain
1-304-561-6328 (Office)
1-304-549-7939 (BlackBerry)| DATE | LOCATION |
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| Tues, Oct 6 | WV National Guard Family Programs Office |
| Wed, Nov 4 | Temple Israel |
| Tues, Dec 1 | St George Cathedral |
| Wed, Jan 6 | |
| Wed, Feb 3 | Village Chapel |
| Tues, Mar 2 | |
| Wed, Apr 7 | |
| Tues, May 4 | Wed, June 2 |
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Sky
Would you please pass this along to the CARLA Mailing
list. I will be unable to attend the meeting tomorrow, but Rose Edington
will be. RCCR is experiencing a cash flow problem caused by the slow down
in the housing market. Hence, I need to pass this message along. Thanks
for your help.
Dear Colleagues in Ministry,
As many of you know, the Religious Coalition for Community
Renewal has provided for those who are homeless in many different
ways. RCCR has made it possible for low to middle income persons to
purchase a house for themselves and their families. Through Smith Street
Station, persons in need of a hand up have found a place to live and rebuild a
good and productive life. Through the Samaritan Inn, men have been
provided a place for healing, freedom from addiction, and personal
change. Many have gone on to be productive contributing members of
the community.
The sources for funding RCCR are many and varied. One
of the primary ones is the sale of houses that RCCR has built. Due to the
downturn in the economy, RCCR is facing a very difficult cash flow
problem. RCCR must turn now to the very ones who founded this ministry –
the religious community. To put it simply, we need every congregation who
can to take an offering for the work of RCCR. It would be great if every
congregation could meet a goal of $500. We need this money now. We
are pursuing grants and other funding sources, but this money is needed now for
the ongoing operation of RCCR.
Please do what you can in each of your congregations.
If you would like to have someone come and share about the ministry at RCCR
please contact our executive director, Debra Payne. We need your help
now. Whatever you can do will make a big difference for those who are
served by RCCR.
Grace and peace,
Randall F. Flanagan, Christ Church United Methodist
President. RCCR Board of Directors
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Sky Kershner, 304-346-9689 x13
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
www.kpcc.com
Charleston Area Religious Leaders (Interfaith / Clergy) 'Association'
Next Meeting
Wed, Sept 2
9am - 10:30
atWestminster Presbyterian Church5502 Noyes Ave,
(Kanawha City, turn towards the river at 55th)
Charleston, WV 25304
Hosted by:
Rev. Devon Ducheneau, MSWwestminsterpresby.blogspot.com
I'm sorry for the late notice of our meeting next week (it has been a long and good summer!).
I am looking for hosts for our 2009-10 meetings. Here are the potential dates (we always meet from 9:00 - 10:30 am). Please let me know if you can host one of these dates!
-- Sky
Wed, Sept 2 - Westminster Presb
Tues, Oct 6
Wed, Nov 4
Thurs, Dec 3
Tues, Jan 5
Wed, Feb 3
Thurs, Mar 4
Tues, Apr 6
Wed, May 5
CARLA News
Welcome Rabbi Jim Cohn, Temple Isreal!
A sad farewell to John Davis, who has accepted a call to serve a church in Lousiville
Congratulations, Leslie Clay, who will be ordained at First Presby on Sept 13 at 4:00, in preparation of her call to serve in Nicaragua
Fashion Show Photos, not to be missed
http://www.dailymail.com/foodandliving/200908090092
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Sky Kershner, 304-346-9689 x13
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
www.kpcc.com
