Reconciling United Methodists of NE and friends --
What an anxious world we live in! In our town -- yesterday youth were shooting at each other on Eddy Street!
It was on the front page of the paper today in Grand Island! We need less guns in our world -- and more compassion!
We need more reaching out to each other to find our commonalties and not our differences --- I guess it starts with ME!
We do need God's calming spirit for Good Friday events today and remembering the Last Supper and Passion story -- so that we can take in the new life that is coming to all of us through the Easter Sunday story and narrative...
We give thanks for the LOVE of the Creator in our lives with the powerful stories and new life resurrection for ALL GOD'S CHILDREN!
Here is the short form of events: Contact folks for more info- seek spiritual awakenings OR they might be in front of you:
April 29 ; STAND UP AGAINST RACISM Day, support YWCA's nationwide and google or call to find events in your city!
Grand Island: Grace Abbott Park, 6 PM, ice cream & events for families, many other sites all day!
April 29 - 30: Cather Conference, Red Cloud NE www.willacather.org Honor GLBTQA writers, authors, artists!
April 30 : 12:30 PM, Open Hearts Reconciling Community, Grand Island, NE : Ken Bassett's place, pulled goat sandwiches by ken -- we bring the rest of the food! RSVP Mvetter@charter.net this week!
May 5 : Mayors Prayer Breakfast Lincoln : Celebrate Diversity: contact Donna Lightbody or Christ UMC Lincoln for info
May 11, Wed, 12:15 PM noon: BIRTHDAY PARTY FUNDRAISER LUNCH :
The Egg and I, Clocktower Plaza, corner of 70th and A Street, Lincoln :
DOUBLE HEADER with TWO MISSION causes this year:
GIVE to 2 causes rather than giving cards and gifts to friends during the year for birthdays --
bring a calendar to record birthdays of friends and your gifts for causes!
Try doing this in your town with friends to support your local group, NE Statewide Reconciling Network Summer Email Offering by giving to RMN through our NE group -- and UM Global AIDS fund!
TWO MISSION and JUSTICE Causes for the Birthday Lunch Fundraiser in Lincoln or do one in your town:
1) Summer Email offering for RMN as our yearly commitment for NE Statewide Reconciling Network (we are an official reconciling community through RMN) and
2) UM Global AIDS fund: the new 20/20 Campaign to give $20 as often as you can to eliminate HIV AIDS by 2020! Info about Don Messer coming May 31 for MFSA dinner in Lincoln too! Our other challenge is $1 per member each year (2006)
(Checks to: RMN -- for Summer Email offering for NE Statewide - for UM Global AIDS: give to your local church in the check with NE Advance #578 Global AIDS in the memo area, make sure your local churches sends it to the Conf Treas in Lincoln so that 25 % stays in NE for local aids projects in NE or write the check to Conf Treas and we can send directly )
May 14, 15: CHANGE THE WORLD Sunday and Weekend in the UMC! Do Actions to Change the world! Purchase the book by Mike Slaughter : Change the World -- through Cokesbury Publishing, go online for info! Do a book study!
May 31 : Tuesday, NE MFSA Dinner at the new Trinity UMC, Lincoln, 6 PM, Dr Don Messer Speaking: "Stigma, Human Rights and the Battle Against AIDS" - Learn more about General Conference 2012, resolutions, petitions, and candidates, other social justice issues, Jimmy Creech Profile of Justice Scholarship will be given for the 12th year
Come be inspired to do more social justice and missions outreach! Tell your friends.. you do not have to be an MFSA member to attend!
For tickets contact MFSA folks in leadership : Steve Griffith, Lincoln Saint Paul UMC; Stephanie Ahlschwede Omaha - more info coming after Easter!
MFSA is over 100 years old doing social justice as a caucus group in the UMC! Go online to read about Methodist Federation for Social Action: MFSA and RMN are working together for the CONVO SING A NEW SONG this summer! Go to: www.RMNetwork.org for the latest FLASHNET on the upcoming trial in June of Amy DeLong!
Send prayers!
June 1 - 4 : NE UM Annual Conference, St Marks UMC Lincoln, 84th street south
June 3, 8:30 AM Worship, Special Offering for UM Global AIDS fund, St Marks UMC, Lincoln
We need help at TWO INFO Tables this year: 1) June 1 - 3 UM Global AIDS Fund : Contact Maureen: mvetter@charter.net or Bill : biobb@bellsouth.net and 2) the Reconciling Table: Betty bobcdorr@cox.net We would love to have 2 people during half day shifts at BOTH INFO tables.. let us know!
June 1 - 4: Reconciling Table for RMN in NE : contact Betty Dorr to help volunteer: bobcdorr@cox.net
Betty has been doing this 20 years with friends and she would love to have help!
Bring AIDS Ribbons to Annual Conference to give out at the HIV AIDS Info Table AND/ OR Rainbow ribbons, stoles, pins for the Reconciling table!
Do Rainbows of HOPE at your local church this SPRING: through banners, art shows, children drawing rainbows and displaying, Rainbow sunday, giving out rainbow ribbons, Rainbow movie night, Rainbow lunch, coffee, tea party, Rainbow bake sale, Info on Reconciling and Sacred Stories, Rainbow stories or Awakening stories in a booklet to give away @ your local church or do book studies, or a Rainbow BBQ! Collaborate with other groups!
Pride Events in Lincoln (June) and Omaha (July) this summer & AIDS Walks at Sept 18 across NE next fall! www.nap.org
Remember that Jimmy Creech's new book is just out! Adam's Gift A memoir.. Find it on Amazon through Duke U press and do a book study this summer.. other great books and resources at www.RMNetwork.org and Church Within a Church:
www.cwac.us
Remember to promote all these events at your church and register for SING A NEW SONG the CONVO organized by MFSA and RMN this summer! Get posters and info at www.RMNetwork.org Sign up to be an RUM today online!
Join our Group Facebook today: Nebraska Statewide Reconciling Network
Our new blog: www.nebraskarum.blogspot.com
Maureen Vetter & Wendy Smith, NE Statewide Reconciling Network Contacts
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