APRIL 3RD CONCERT & FAIR TRADE BAZAAR

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From: Dana & LuAnn Holter <dlholter@access.mountain.net>
Date: Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Subject: APRIL 3RD CONCERT & FAIR TRADE BAZAAR
To: Sky Kershner <sky@kpcc.com>

Sky,

                Can you forward this to the Carla group for me, please.  Thanks, Dana.

 

Madison Gospel Quartet Concert and Spring Fair Trade Bazaar

Sunday, April 3, 2011, 3:00 pm    

St. Paul Lutheran Church

1423 Lee Street, East

Charleston WV

 

On behalf of the people of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, we are extending a cordial invitation to you and each member of your congregation to attend two special events on the afternoon of Sunday, April 3, 2011.

 

The Madison Gospel Quartet will be providing a concert, beginning at 3:00 p.m. The concert will be followed by a "Spring Fair Trade Bazaar."

 

The Madison Gospel Quartet under the direction of Steve Smarr provides Gaither-style vocal band music. The group's repertoire includes music from well-known gospel groups such as Legacy 5, The Gaither Vocal Band, as well as Southern Gospel favorites.

 

The Madison Gospel Quartet has been in existence since the early 1980's.   Members have changed over this time, but have always been members from the United Methodist Church in Madison,  W. Va.

 

Over the years the quartet has recorded several CD's and has performed for several churches in the area as well as performing for Charleston's New Year's Eve "Goodnight" for the past several years.

 

Spring Bazaar – Handcrafted Fair Trade Items, Fair Trade Coffee and Chocolate

 

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Good Gifts and Lutheran World Relief Fair Trade Gift programs provide a multitude of items that makes it fun and convenient to support God's work.  Handcrafted Easter gift items, jewelry, baskets, pottery, scarves in addition to coffee and chocolate will be for sale.  By purchasing these products, you are supporting craftsmen and giving them an opportunity to be self sufficient and have a decent quality of life.

 

Please note: This is not a fund-raising event for St. Paul. 

 

For more information, please contact the church office at 304.343.1647 or event coordinator Janet Richards at 304.343.9355.

 

I would deeply appreciate it if you would pass this invitation on to the people of your congregation on the next two weekends.

 

Rev. Dana L. Holter, Pastor

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church

 

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Sky Kershner, 304-346-9689 x13
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV

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Re: CARLA meeting on Wed at 9 AM

I glad they caught it too. I was planning a whole different kind of
refreshment for 9 pm.

:)

On Mar 28, 3:03 pm, Sky Kershner <s...@kpcc.com> wrote:
> I'm impressed so many folks caught my mistake
> We will not be meeting at 9pm,
> we will be meeting at 9AM as usual!
>
> Sky
>
> --
>
> Sky Kershner, 304-346-9689 x13
> Kanawha Pastoral Counseling, Charleston, WV

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Notice for Carla from Jim Lewis

Special Visit by International Author and Lecturer

 

Chris Hedges

 

7PM Saturday April 9^th

WV State University - Performing Arts Auditorium

 

Hedges will discuss his latest book:

 "Death of the Liberal Class"

and views on War, Peace, Politics and Poverty in America

 

Sponsored by: Seneca 2; ACLU-WV; WV Patriots for Peace;

WV Citizen Action Education Fund; and WVSU Political Science Dept.

 

Book signings with the author at Taylor Books at 4:15  and at evening event!

 

About the Speaker: Chris Hedges, published Mondays on Truthdig, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans reporting from more than 50 countries. He worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, as a foreign correspondent for 15 years.

Hedges was part of the team at The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for coverage of global terrorism. He also received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism in 2002. The Los Angeles Press Club honored Hedges as the Online Journalist of the Year in 2009, and granted him the Best Online Column award in 2010 for his Truthdig essay "One Day We'll All Be Terrorists."

Hedges is the author of nine books, including the bestsellers "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle"; "I Don't Believe in Atheists" and "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America". His book "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. In addition to Truthdig, he has written articles for Harper's Magazine, The New Statesman, The New York Review of Books, Adbusters, Granta, Foreign Affairs and others.

Hedges has a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School.

For More information contact Rev. Jim Lewis at 304-342-1149

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CARLA meeting on Wed at 9 AM

I'm impressed so many folks caught my mistake
We will not be meeting at 9pm,
we will be meeting at 9AM as usual!

Sky

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Kanawha Pastoral Counseling, Charleston, WV

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Albans Inst Article on Clergy Connecting

"Overcoming Loneliness in Ministry" Attached

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CARLA meeting Wed Apr 6 and other News

Friends --

We will be using a new email system for our CARLA group And have been for the last week. If you have not
been getting emails from us please go to this link to sign yourself up: click here

Next CARLA meeting
Wednesday April 6 at 9pm
at Christ Church United Methodist
Rev Randy Flanagan, host

1221 Quarrier St, Charleston, West Virginia 25301, United States
Phone: 304-342-0192
http://www.ccumwv.org/

Sky

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Sky Kershner, 304-346-9689 x13
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV

Religion and the death penalty

"Religion and the Law"

Temple Israel

2312 Kanawha Blvd. East

Charleston WV 25311

 

Eyewitness testimony, the death penalty, and the right to remain silent

(with Public Defender George Castelle and Rabbi Jim Cohn)

Wednesday, March 30, 7:00-8:30 pm

Do our eyes and ears deceive us? The question is not merely an abstraction.  A person's life can depend on how certain we are of what we think we've seen and heard.  Should a person's life depend on that certainty (or lack of it)?

Life is complicated when it comes to who gets sentenced to death, and who doesn't – and why. Just ask the people convicted of murder on the perjured testimony of now-deceased West Virginia forensic witness Fred Zain.

The rabbis of the Talmud anticipated this problem, and warned us about it.

Highlighting the complexities of Jewish history in this area, Rabbi Cohn says, "Maybe that's why there no death penalty in Israel.  But wait, there is.  But no one has ever been executed in Israel.  But wait, Eichmann was.  But wait, he was the only one.  But wait, no he wasn't. Isn't it interesting how modern Israeli law is based on Jewish law? Oh wait.  No, it isn't.

Now CARLA Members can send an announcement directly to the CARLA group

Now you can send a message to everyone in the CARLA group
Simply send it to this address:

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The announcements and messages will continue to be moderated in order to cut down on spam

Hope this works for you!

Sky

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Google Groups: You've been added to CARLA

skyinwv skykershner@gmail.com has added you to the CARLA group with this
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Friends --

Because our CARLA email list has gotten so large I am moving it to a google
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I hope this works for you, you can unsubscribe at any time

Sky

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Fwd: CBMA revival reminder

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From: Roberta Smith <revberta@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:19 PM
Subject: CBMA revival reminder
To: cbma@yahoogroups.com

REMINDER NOTICE       The Charleston Black Ministerial Alliance Inc. CityWide Revival will begin on Sunday, March 27, 2011, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on 1530 3rd Ave., Charleston WV; with the Reverend Stanley Miller, associate from Greater Emmanuel Church, Charleston WV.   On Monday March 28th - Friday, April 1, 2011 our evangelist will be Bishop Adonijah Okechukwu Ogbonnaya, Ph.D., also know as (Dr. O)   Worship Leaders for the Week of March 27-April 1, 2011 Sunday Bishop Norman Jones; Monday Dr. Braxton Broady; Tuesday Rev. Ivan Hawkins; Wednesday Rev. James Ealy; Thursday Rev. Alton Dillard; and Friday Rev. Shelley Bausley.  Worship Leaders will be responsible for Devotion period as well as music, ushers, Deacons and Stewards.   We are asking for a donation of $100.00/Churches and $25.00 clergy to help offset the expenses of the revival. The revival services will begin nightly at 7:00 p.m. and the public is welcome.  If you have questions about our revival services please contact Rev. Hill at 304 421-1710   Rev. Roberta Smith

revberta@yahoo.com

Fax:    304 766-2224

Phone: 304 768-5807

" A friend is a gift
you give to yourself"

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Sky Kershner, 304-346-9689 x13
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV

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Fwd: Religion and the Law

"Religion and the Law"

Rabbi James Cohn and Guests

 

Temple Israel

2312 Kanawha Blvd. East

Charleston WV 25311

 

Freedom, discrimination, and hate crimes –  a tour of the legal thickets

(with Civil Rights Division Deputy Attorney General Paul Sheridan)

Wednesday, March 23, 7:00-8:30 pm

How sacred is our freedom of religious observance? Is the spectrum of protected belief and action infinitely broad, or does it have limits? When does the majority justly curtail the freedoms of a minority?

Is a "non-denominational" prayer at the start of the public school day legal, if it's composed and read by a student?

Is a swastika drawn on the door of a temple or synagogue a hate crime?  What if it's ordinary gang graffiti that's spray-painted on the door?  Are the crimes different, and should the punishments be different?

We know that hate exists, and we know that crime exists.  But what – exactly – is a "hate crime?"

 

Eyewitness testimony, the death penalty, and the right to remain silent

(with Public Defender George Castelle)

Wednesday, March 30, 7:00-8:30 pm

Do our eyes and ears deceive us? The question is not merely an abstraction.  A person's life can depend on how certain we are of what we think we've seen and heard.  Should a person's life depend on that certainty (or lack of it)?

Life is complicated when it comes to who gets sentenced to death, and who doesn't – and why. Just ask the people convicted of murder on the perjured testimony of now-deceased West Virginia forensic witness Fred Zain.

The rabbis of the Talmud anticipated this problem, and warned us about it.

Highlighting the complexities of Jewish history in this area, Rabbi Cohn says, "Maybe that's why there no death penalty in Israel.  But wait, there is.  But no one has ever been executed in Israel.  But wait, Eichmann was.  But wait, he was the only one.  But wait, no he wasn't. Isn't it interesting how modern Israeli law is based on Jewish law? Oh wait.  No, it isn't."

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Sky Kershner, 304-346-9689 x13
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV

Join us at our Spring NVC Communication Workshop
"Developing an Attitude of Gratitude" Mar 25 & 26 2011

CARLA: Jews and Christians (flyer attached)

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From: Rabbi James D. Cohn <rabbi.mailbox@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:30 PM
Subject: CARLA: Jews and Christians (flyer attached)
To: Sky Kershner <sky@kpcc.com>

JEWS AND CHRISTIANS; PASSOVER AND THE LAST SUPPER; EVANGELICALS AND ISRAEL

 

Rabbi Michael Cook, Ph.D.

Temple Israel Scholar-in-Residence

with the generous support of

Federated Jewish Charities of Charleston 

 

"CHARTING OUR WAYS

THROUGH TODAY'S RELIGIOUS MAZE"

 

April 1-3, 2011

 

Temple Israel

2312 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston WV

 

 

 

Modern Jews Engage the New Testament --

Enhancing Our Well-Being in a Christian Environment

 

Friday, April 1, 7:30 pm

at Temple Israel's Sabbath Eve Worship Service

 

Despite the impact of Christianity on Jewish history, Jews avoid learning the underlying "dynamics" of Christianity and the New Testament — thereby leaving Christian friends perplexed as to why Jews are wary of the "Good News." But modern Jews and Christians face the possibility of an unprecedented and therefore historic change of course. Can an honest, probing understanding of the processes by which Gospel texts arose resolve tension and controversy between Christians and Jews when they develop today? The topic is the title of Dr. Cook's new book, accessible alike to novices, scholars and clergy with innovative teaching-aids making it an invaluable resource for educators and temple/synagogue or church adult-education courses.  This program will also explain why Jews are targeted more than other non-Christians by missionary groups.

 

 

 

Passover, the Last Supper, and Church Seders

 

Saturday, April 2, 2:30 pm

 

Jesus' Last Supper and crucifixion are associated in the New Testament with the Jewish festival of Passover.  Many contemporary Christians seek to understand the roots of their own religion by experiencing a Passover seder "as it was experienced in Jesus' time."  Was the Last Supper a seder?  The answer will surprise not only Christians, but also Jews; and this answer is to be found in the cataclysmic transformation of First-Century Judaism that resulted not only in the birth of Christianity, but also in the birth of modern Judaism.

 

 

Evangelicals & the State of Israel

 

Sunday, April 3, 1:30 pm

 

Support of Israel leads many Jews to a common cause with evangelical Christians who share in that support.  What are the challenges associated with that common cause?  How do concepts like the Rapture and the Antichrist help form Evangelical attitudes toward Jews and Israel? How have relations between Jews and mainline Protestant organizations, with whom Jews often share domestic agendas, been impacted by the views of each toward Israel?  This program will show that, just as American Jews have diverse views about the future of the Middle East, so do American evangelists.

 

 

          MICHAEL J. COOK, Ph.D., is the Sol and Arlene Bronstein Professor of Judaeo-Christian Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati Campus.  He is the only rabbi in America with a Full-Professorial Chair in New Testament.

 

His major new book is Modern Jews Engage the New Testament: Enhancing Jewish Well-Being in a Christian Environment (Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights, 2008; 414 pp.).

 

In 2003, he was one of the seven scholars selected by the Catholic Secretariat for Interreligious and Ecumenical Affairs to assess the accuracy of the advance script of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ."  It was Gibson's reaction to the Scholars' Report that generated much of the ensuing controversy over the film.

 

He did his undergraduate work at Haverford College, specializing in classical history and early church literature.  He was awarded Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year and graduated magna cum laude.  After study at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, he earned an M.A. in Hebrew Literature, and Ordination, at New York's branch of HUC-JIR (1970).  His doctoral work, at Cincinnati's campus, focused on the Second Temple period and concentrated on New Testament.

 

His membership in scholarly organizations has included the Society of Biblical Literature, the Association for Jewish Studies, and the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations.  He has served on the Joint Commission on Interreligious Affairs (Central Conference of American Rabbis, Union for Reform Judaism, and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion).  He has received an "Excellence in Teaching Award" sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities.

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Sky Kershner, 304-346-9689 x13
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling
Charleston, WV

Join us at our Spring NVC Communication Workshop
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