Saturday, April 7, 2012

Open Hearts news

OPEN HEARTS folks :  you are welcome to all services at UM4GI this Holy Weekend or your local faith community :  U2charist service of music, prayers, offerings and commuion is Sat night at Faith UMC, G island on Eddy street, 7 PM ;  Worhips at Trinity UMC Saturday night at 6 PM in Gollaher chapel and Easter Sunday services :  9:30 and 11 PM Trinity UMC, 9:30 am at Faith UMC and First umc in G island :  see area services!

Within the past week, Robert Wheeler's BLOG :  THE BIBLE THROUGH ARTIST'S EYES has had some increasing interest :  Robert is our Main Email contact in the N platte area for :  Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network  --- THANKS ROBERT and all Main Email contacts in NE!

See the “The Crucifixion” on his blog, The Bible through Artists’ Eyes:  You might also find it a good part of meditation and preparation for Easter. It may be found at: http://bibleartists.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/the-crucifixion/
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BIG NEWS:   NE PREMIER----   LOVE FREE OR DIE :  Documentary on Gene Robinson APRIL 19 :  breaking News from Hasting College BELOW, also news from Hastings PFLAG and Omaha PLAG :  and OPEN HEARTS Reconciling Commuity upcoming events this week :

Don't forget our two BIG SPRING OPEN HEARTS events coming with : 4th Annual HIV AID benefit concert friday night April 13 at Trinity UMC, Grand Island : to raise funds for TUMC Emergency HIV AIDS Fund.    Come and help us reach out to others through this fundraiser in Central NE!  Jewels of love, intermission and bring cookies to share at intermission : four area musicians, suggested donation of $5 or more, bring household cleaning supplies to give out to clients at NAP kearney : www.nap.org

This fund YEARLY gives direct assistance through NAP kearney and needs to be replenished!

April 16 : Potluck with Clergy panel at Hastings college, student union : bring food for students in Alliance GSA  :  meet April 16:  5 PM in church parking lots (west entrance) to leave at 5:15 for HASTINGS :  for PFLAG POTLUCK for ALLIANCE GSA students with our group helping PFLAG Hastings  : bring your car April 16 : to carpool or drive!

Fred Lowery is checking with GISH GSA to see if any of them can come :  we might need to transport more folks and students!!!  :  RSVP if you are going : mvetter@charter.net

Option : come early April 16 : 4 - 5 PM in the Gathering place at TRINITY UMC G island :
to write up prayers on fabric strips (colored ) for the PRAYER WALL in TAMPA at General Conference in the RMN tabernacle : or create some and give them to maureen to send off April 17!
Events in May and June coming and Living Better Conference at the UNITARIAN church in Lincoln!
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SEE LASTED OMAHA NEWS ...in this Omaha PFLAG newsletter:

<http://www.pflag-omaha.org/newsletter.pdf>
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APRIL 19 documentary PREMIER : Hastings College Chapel
----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Sandeen" <jsandeen@hastings.edu>
To: "undisclosed-recipients:"
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 8:37 PM
Subject: excellent opportunity


The Nebraska premier of the documentary about Gene Robinson, the first
openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church, will be hosted at the
Hastings College Chapel, April 19. Spread the word!
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/282471435164660/

Thursday, April 19, 2012
7:30pm until 9:30pm
LOVE FREE OR DIE is about a man whose two defining passions are in direct conflict: his love for God and for his partner Mark. Gene Robinson is the first openly gay person to become a bishop in the historic traditions of Christendom. His consecration in 2003, to which he wore a bullet-proof vest, caused an international stir, and he has lived with death threats every day since.

LOVE FREE OR DIE follows Robinson from small-town churches in the New Hampshire North Country to Washington’s Lincoln Memorial to London’s Lambeth Palace, as he calls for all to stand for equality – inspiring bishops, priests and ordinary folk to come out from the shadows and change history.

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