Get involved as an RUM or Reconciling United Methodist, sign up today online (www.RMNetwork.org ) , invite others to events, start a support group, coffee group, book group, meetup, Mission and Outreach team, HIV AIDS, UM Global AIDS fund AIDS Ambassador ( www.umglobalaidsfund.org ) or write Mvetter@charter.net , participate in events below and take Reconciling on the Road!
1) Dates and books to remember statewide :
Feb 20 Open Hearts Reconciling Community, Grand Island with Becca sharing about her journey starting the first GSA or Gay Straight Alliance at Grand Island, Sr high, 3 PM, Gathering Place, Trinity UMC, 2:45 Fellowship time ahead - bring a snack, come give support to Becca, her friends and family! Becca is a senior now at GISH and member at TUMC.
Feb 20 Friends for the Journey : Book Share with Books of Bishop Spong, 10:45 - 11:30 am, Miller Hall, Trinity UMC, 511 N Elm, Grand Island, NE Contact the church offices for info : 308-382-1952
March 15 Action in Lincoln see below --------
March 25 - 27, Horizons of Faith, Omaha First UMC www.horizonsoffaith.com
April 1, 2011 Jimmy Creech's book Adam's Gift is published :
Here is the Link to Duke U Press - if you want Jimmy to come and speak at your conference, retreat, college, university, seminary, church, or event to share about his new book coming out April 1, 20 contact Duke U Press or Chris Weedy: chrisweedy@gmail.com
http://www.dukeupress.edu/
Facebook link......
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Start a book group using this new book / memoir, use it for classes, studies, colleges, retreats, seminaries -- or start a support group: hear our stories, tell our stories to include All God's children!
APRIL 8, GI HIV AIDS Benefit Concert, Gollaher Chapel, Trinity UMC, 511 N Elm, G Island, evening!
Four Musicians will be sharing and all proceeds go to the TUMC Emergency HIV AIDS fund which gives yearly assistance to medical emergencies at NAP kearney! Remember the AIDS walks coming again in Sept too!
April 10, Open Hearts Reconciling Community, Spiritual Awakenings and Happenings! 3 PM, Gathering place, come at 2:45 for fellowship time before! 511 N Elm, Trinity UMC, Grand Island, NE
June 1 - 4, NE Annual Conference UMC, St Marks UMC on 84th, Lincoln, NE, Think of ways you want to be involved : if you want to help at the HIV AIDS table, plan a Reconciling meetup lunch, plan a movie night, etc.
Pride Events this summer:
Collaborate with PFLAGS in your area, other faith groups, diversity groups, Pride events coming this summer!
2) ACTION below for Lincoln March 15 from Dr Pat Tetreault at UNL.... thanks Pat!
3) Spiritual Awakening Short Story about Mark Kurz to encourage folks to go to HORIZONS OF FAITH March 25 - 27 See the full Awakening Story on RESURRECTION, A Cantata by Mark Kurz, on the brochure for Horizons of Faith weekend online : www.horizonsoffaith.com !
Don't miss Bishop John Shelby Spong at the TENTH Anniversary of Horizons of Faith, worship at Temple Israel, conversations, worship, music, books, lectures, inspiration, meeting new friends in the faith! www.horizonsoffaith.com
4) Rainbows of HOPE : do Rainbows of HOPE locally in May / June: Rainbow Choir and songs, Rainbow Talent Show, a Rainbows of Hope Art show, create a Rainbow Suitcase, trunk, basket, tote or bag with Rainbow items to wear /donations : RMN lapel pins, Rainbow ribbons, pins, stoles, scarves, bags, socks, jewelry, prayer beads, leis!
Have a Rainbow Sunday, Cupcake Party, movie night, concert, walk a thon, birthday lunch, trike a thon, Bake sale, create Rainbow banners for worship or stoles for pastors, have a children's Rainbow Art Show!! Give money to RMN directly, to local RMN groups or to our NE Statewide Summer Email offering starting mid May!
5) BELIEVE OUT LOUD: Get together in coffee shops, churches, Sunday school classes, UMW and tell our stories, give to RMN, sign people up at RUM's online : www.RMNetwork.org
Have a Birthday Party Lunch Fundraiser and give gifts to RMN and NE Statewide Reconciling Network rather than giving STUFF to each other; give to the Summer Email offering coming in may! All of our donations go directly to RMN in our local and statewide groups! We have no membership fees but all goes to the ministires of RMN!
Go to SING A NEW SONG CONVO coming this August! www.RMNetwork.org Sign up as an RUM online!
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Another Year of Spiritual AWAKENINGS SHORT STORY:
Reading Bishop John Shelby Spong's book : "Resurrection : Myth or Reality?" was a LIFE - CHANGING experience for Mark Kurtz, composer and musician at Omaha First UMC. In response to this experience, Mark has composed a new Cantata that expresses that transformation! Hear this Cantata March 27 at 9:35 AM at Horizons of Faith weekend!
Read more about this Cantata in the brochure for the Horizons of Faith weekend, March 25 - 27 2011 www.horizonsoffaith.com!
You can hear this Cantata March 27 at 9:35 am at Omaha First UMC with mixed chorus, brass, handbells, percussion, piano and organ! The Cantata takes the Listener on a Journey of DISCOVERY and SPIRITUAL AWAKENING that culminates in a vivid new understanding of the resurrection of Jesus!
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ACTION ITEM:
An opportunity for people who have worked on LGBTQ rights & issues in
Nebraska who can help explain why we need to pursue LGBTQ rights as part
of Nebraska's civil rights history is needed.
This is also history in the making. We need the LGBTQA community,
allies and advocates to be present.
There are likely to be individuals and organizations who are opposed to
LGBTQ rights and inclusion in Nebraska history at this event.
Please mark your calendars and be there!!!
Community Conversations
March 15, 5:30 pm, LINCOLN, NE
State Historical Museum Auditorium on the 1st floor
http://www.nebraskahistory.
http://www.nebraskahistory.
There is a display in the hallway.
pat
Pat Tetreault, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Student Involvement
Director, LGBTQA Resource Center
345 Nebraska Union
402.472.1752 (office)
402.472.1652 (center)
http://involved.unl.edu/
http://involved.unl.edu/
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