Wednesday, August 22, 2012

OPEN HEARTS Reconciling Community Fall 2012


OPEN HEARTS folks and RUM's Reconciling United Methodists of NE and friends:  

Thanks to all who went to Our Family Gathering in KS!

Thanks for Pics of Kool AIDS days Brian and others with the group that held positive signs affirming GLBTQA persons and families, friends!
Thanks for the vigils and prayers all over NE for the hate crime survivor in Lincoln this summer!

See PFLAG ( Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) notices in Lincoln, Omaha on websites!   See NAP online too :  NE AIDS PROJECT 

PFLAG has coffee meetings one of the first saturdays of the month at 11 am at Blue moon Coffee shop in hastings, NE downtown :  see their website for info!

We hope YOU can help with food for the POTLUCK DINNER to welcome back Alliance GSA students :  Sept 17 at Student Union Hastings College!  See PFLAG hastings website for info:   if you can take others let Mena know!  Contact :  Mena and dave sprague, St Paul, NE      

Eliminate HIV AIDS by 2020:  Participate with others in the AIDS walk at Hastings College Sept 23, 1 PM , student union, get pledges & bring a friend!  Contact Judy Sandeen or Andrew Brackett at NAP Kearney :  www.nap.org  or Kearney NAP Facebook!   AIDS walks in Lincoln and Panhandle in Scottsbluff Sept 9!   

Oct 15: UM4GI HIV AIDS Task force :  11:30 am bring your own lunch! Gathering place, TUMC, GI   Grant due Nov 1 and projects for UM Global AIDS Fund!  www.umglobalaidsfund.com    www2020AIDSFreeworld.org     www.umcneb.org/AIDS   Become an AIDS Ambassador today in your local church or community :   contact Andrew atandrewb@nap.org   We have 84 AA's now in NE!   YEAH!

Coming out day and month :  OCTOBER  ----  Oct 14 : Coming out as Allies at Open hearts gathering!  Come Together this FALL at Trinity UMC G island, 511 N Elm in the Gathering Place, Maureen Vetter sharing and NOV 11 Rev Bob Rhodes sharing :  come at 2:30 PM and bring a snack to share.  (come early to read Guidelines for support group and sign ahead) :   Meeting starts at 3 PM with Telling Our Stories Oct and Nov, World AIDS day events in Dec (Dec 1 is World AIDS Day each year), Advent Mission Projects for HIV AIDS and January is our Ugly Sweater Party and Gathering : TBA    Feb MOVIE MeetiNG TBA

Oct 17 :  Friends for the Journey : Choc Partyfor CASA at TUMC : Bring a CHOCOLATE Dessert to share and offerings for CASA :  learn about CASA and their work with children of abuse!   6:15 at Gathering Place, Trinity UMC, Grand Island :  

Oct 17, Conference Room at TUMC Friend for the JOURNEY:  Bookshare at 7:30 for Friends for the Journey :  read "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet"  for Fall and "Jesus for President" by Shane Claiborne for summer/ Fall to share or just come if you want to hear about these books! 

Oct and Nov Open Hearts meetings : Bring baking supplies, hot pads, kitchen towels, choc chips, cinnamon, baking spices, cookie cutters for BASKET OF LOVE project for HIV AIDS to be donated by OPEN HEARTS in ADVENT!  Maureen will donate the basket and a dry food item like flour or oats!  You can bring the rest!  THANKS

SIX YEARS OF BEING AN OFFICIAL RECONCILING COMMUNITY IN NOVEMBER at our Thanksgiving Gathering NOV 11!   CELEBRATE!

NOTE : Bring back your movies and books in oct for the RAINBOW BOOK CRATE and get new ones!   Thanks to all of you for movies and an anonymous donor : bring movies or books you want to donate!

Peace maureen and mena, email contact for Central NE RMN  www.RMNetwork.org
See facebook :  Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network    and Blog : www.Nebraskarum.blogspot.com

State Fair 9/1/12 Wear Rainbows


If you can attend the State Fair in Grand Island on Saturday, 9/1, wear rainbow!

Subject: Gay Day at State Fair

I have proposed "Gay Day at the State Fair" for Saturday 9/1/12.   Please help spread the word.  This is for Allies and supporters.  

Fred G Lowery
"Equality before Law"