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)
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