Tools For Congregations: Moving from Charity to Justice in Feeding and Housing Ministries
April 22, 2023, Saturday 8:00AM-1:00PM (CST)
Hyflex: Online and In-Person at Eden Theological Seminary
Instructors:
- Rev. Ingrid McIntyre, Founder The Village at Glencliff, Pastor Glencliff United Methodist Church
- Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker, Assistant Professor of Community Engagement and Contextual Education, Organizer, Metropolitan Congregations United
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- 5 Licenses: $550
- 3 Licenses -$450
- 2 Licenses-$350
- Individual- $275
*A license is class access can be used per person or per class.
Session Description:
Small groups of people can change the world and the community. Food crisis and local and regional movements for social change needs for affordable housing now require all people to see and act on the structural fources that shape what their neighborhoods have and look like. If you have a food pantry, community garden, or feeding ministry and you know the ministry is limited in impact because stops babies from drowning, but never asks or stops who is throwing them in. Hear from a small church who made the transition, and gather the basic tools to begin or advance your team’s journey.
Faith Organizing and Theories of Social Change
May 20, 2023, Saturday from 9:00AM-2:00PM (CST)
Hyflex: Online and In-Person at Eden Theological Seminary
Instructors:
- Rev. Dr. Cassandra Gould, Senior Strategist Faith in Action
- Rev. Mike Atty, Children’s Defense Fund
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- 5 People $550
- 3 People-$450
- 2 People-$350
- Individual- $275
Session Description :
Do you believe there is more than one way to do organizing work from our faith? We do too. Join organizing legends from two historic networks of organizing traditions, learn several theories of social change and discern the challenges and gifts each brings to the gospel in living out social transformation. Sample campaigns and organizing strategies from a variety of movements and grass roots groups. Define your moral plumbline via scripture and theology and discern which strategies most align with a call as disciples of justice.
The Gospel and The Abolitionist Framework
Saturday June 3, 9:00AM-2:00PM(CST)
Hyflex: Online and In-Person at Eden Theological Seminary
Instructors:
- Pastor Michelle Higgins, Pastor St. John UCC St. Louis
- Mike Milton Founder and Executive Director Freedom Community Center
Organize people to take this with and save:
- 5 People $550
- 3 People-$450
- 2 People-$350
- Individual- $275
Session Description:
What is abolition and what does it have to do with the gospel? What does the gospel demand of our organizing work?
You will understand the Defund the police movement, and the history of policing.
Practice imagining a new future of public safety with restorative practice.
Be able to ground your work and witness as a gospel imperative to honor the dignity and divinity of every living being without resorting to violence. Plug into movements for abolition around the country.
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