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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 11: Practice - Reparations
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this November 30 session: \nWe’ve built skills for feeling and thinking and hearing. In this practice session\, we apply those skills to discuss affirmative action and reparations. We reflect on our experiences with See No Stranger\, Unsettling Truths\, and A People’s History to ask\, “What can we do to right the wrongs of the past? And whether we can right them\, do we want to?” These are hard questions and the path to a world where everyone thrives lies in working on them. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-11-virtual-practice-reparations-tickets-502994007617
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-11-practice-reparations/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231026T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231026T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 10: A People's History of the United States
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this October 26 session: \nWe love a good story\, with its protagonists and antagonists\, plot twists and conflicts. As we read narratives of fact or fiction\, it’s natural to identify with the hero and despise the villian. In his 1889 biography of Charles George Gordon\, William Francis Butler observed\, “…it is the victor who writes the history and counts the dead\, and to the vanquished in such a struggle there only remains the dull memory of an unnumbered and unwritten sorrow.” We know that for every happening\, there are at least as many stories as there are observers\, often more. Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” attempts to give voice to those stories often unrepresented in our discussion of history. The result is devastating\, but its goal is hope. Zinn says\, “I am supposing\, or perhaps only hoping\, that our future may be found in the past’s fugitive moments compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare.” \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-10-a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-tickets-502917910007
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-10-a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230928T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20230119T212012Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 9: Unsettling Truths
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this September 28 session: \n“Columbus sailed the ocean blue; in fourteen hundredy ninety-two\,” so says the song from 4th grade. Perhaps it’s no coincidence that in 1493\, Pope Alexander VI issued a document titled “Inter Caetera” in which he grants possession of everything west of the 39°W meridian to whichever European Christians get there first\, ignoring the reality that these lands were already possessed by the people who lived there. This writing\, along with Pope Nicholas V’s 1455 “Romanus Pontifex\,” laid the foundation for what we now call the “Doctrine of Discovery.” In the process\, these men invoke God’s name to encourage dehumanizing\, enslaving\, and dispossessing humans\, behavior diametrically opposed to the way of Christ. It’s also true that Pope Paul III declared in 1537 that “Indians [sic] and all other people who may later be discovered by Christians …should\, freely and legitimately\, enjoy their liberty and possession of their property; nor should they be in any way enslaved.” That didn’t keep US chief justice John Marshall from referencing “Inter Caetera” as part of the court’s 1823 decision in Johnson v. McIntosh\, enshrining the Doctrine of Discovery in US law. In this month’s reading\, we follow Christian pastors Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah through this complex maze to face “the ongoing\, dehumanizing legacy of the doctrine of discovery.” \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-9-unsettling-truths-tickets-502916606107
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-9-unsettling-truths/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230824T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20230119T211546Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 8: See No Stranger
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this August 24 session: \n“We can look upon the face of anyone or anything around us and say – as a moral declaration and a spiritual\, cosmological\, and biological fact: you are part of me I do not yet know.” (p. 11) These words encapsulate what Valarie Kaur means by “see no stranger.” Through personal stories\, she shares her journey toward revolutionary love\, a love that embraces self\, others\, and even those we oppose. This kind of love invites us to experience the depth of being human\, embracing joy\, grief\, anger\, and wonder as we learn to love each other. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-8-see-no-stranger-tickets-502901430717
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-8-see-no-stranger/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230727T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230727T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20230119T211334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T211523Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 7: The Wild Edge of Sorrow
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this July 27 session: \nOne of the great paradoxes of life in the United States is that while we all experience loss\, we’re largely left on our own to process and integrate it. As we begin moving our attention from the interior world where we’ve spent the first half of this series\, we look to Francis Weller for what he calls “an apprenticeship with sorrow.” This opportunity to face our own losses\, whatever they may be\, is a crucial step toward facing others’ loss. Even more importantly\, it equips us to be present to the loss and suffering in the world without being overcome by it. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-7-the-wild-edge-of-sorrow-tickets-502847770217
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-7-the-wild-edge-of-sorrow/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 6: Practice - Critical Race Theory
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this June 22 session: \nWe’ve added an examination of our thinking to the exploration of how we experience\, process\, and express our emotion. We’ve learned about tools for how to practice empathy by connecting with emotions\, as well as how to open our minds to new ideas and perspectives. Now we’ll practice combining those skills in this month’s practice session with Critical Race Theory as the topic. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-3-virtual-practice-disproportionality-tickets-502967528417
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-6-practice-critical-race-theory/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230525T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230525T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20230119T210852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T211102Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 5: The Righteous Mind
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this May 25 session: \nEven when we work to separate our observations from judgements we make about them\, the judgements remain. We still apply a moral framework\, some way of prioritizing what’s important to us. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt invites us to examine the moral frameworks we use to tell right from wrong. As we explore these frameworks\, we’ll be applying what we’ve learned about thinking\, empathizing\, and feeling to regard one another in a new way\, opening ourselves to the humanity of the people we “other.” \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-5-the-righteous-mind-tickets-502828542707
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-5-the-righteous-mind/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20230119T210625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T210823Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 4: Think Again
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this April 27 session: \n“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” That observation is often attributed to Mark Twain but\, ironically\, one thing we don’t actually know is who first said it. Adam Grant invites us to explore ways in which “knowing” and “certainty” keep us from learning and growing. As we work to cultivate compassion\, approaching ourselves and others with curiosity primes us to learn. Even more importantly\, this intellectual humility positions us to to connect with others more effectively. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-4-think-again-tickets-502785032567
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-4-think-again/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230325T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230325T120000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20230320T192346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T192638Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 3: In Person Practice - Disproportionality
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this March 25 IN PERSON session: \nHaving spent time learning how to experience\, acknowledge\, and express our own emotion\, this session will create opportunities to do that. We’ll look at various ways that disproportionality occurs and explore how we can be present to the reality that not all people are represented in proportionally in health outcomes\, education\, prison populations\, executive and board roles\, and government leadership. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-3-in-person-practice-disproportionality-tickets-502979524297
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-3-in-person-practice-disproportionality/
LOCATION:Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church\, 715 E. Lamar Blvd.\, Arlington\, TX\, 76011\, United States
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230323T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230323T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 3: Online Practice - Disproportionality
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this March 23 online session: \nHaving spent time learning how to experience\, acknowledge\, and express our own emotion\, this session will create opportunities to do that. We’ll look at various ways that disproportionality occurs and explore how we can be present to the reality that not all people are represented in proportionally in health outcomes\, education\, prison populations\, executive and board roles\, and government leadership. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-3-virtual-practice-disproportionality-tickets-502967528417
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-3-practice-disproportionality/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T195429Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 2: Nonviolent Communication
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this February 23 session: \nHow is it that we wind up alienated from one another? Following his curiosity about this very question led Marshall Rosenberg to identify four things: moralistic judgments\,refusing to take responsibility for ourselves\, making demands\, and thinking “who deserves what.” We do these things to ourselves and to the people around us. Nonviolent Communication points the way toward more connection with ourselves and others with a language of life. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-2-nonviolent-communication-tickets-502116252227
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-2-nonviolent-communication/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T123000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20230123T194125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230518T103345Z
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SUMMARY:Public Witness Team meeting
DESCRIPTION:Welcome! We are the Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana (NT-NL) Synod of the ELCA. We meet on the second Saturday of most months. Our mission is to give public witness to issues of justice and peace in the synod and in the community\, and this includes both education and advocacy. One of our goals is to assist congregations in the NT-NL Synod in their efforts to be a public church within their own communities. \nFor our 2023 meetings\, the plan is to host a hybrid meeting in-person at Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church in Arlington\, TX\, with Zoom connection available for those who would prefer that. \n\nAnyone is welcome to join us! \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88956792219?pwd=SWo5YjVaelFEbTB5Q2JDRnVKc20zdz09Meeting ID: 889 5679 2219Passcode: MTtJDJQW88 \nOne tap mobile+13462487799\,\,88956792219#\,\,\,\,*8614505675# US (Houston)+12532158782\,\,88956792219#\,\,\,\,*8614505675# US (Tacoma)Dial by your location        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)        +1 669 444 9171 US        +1 719 359 4580 US        +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)        +1 309 205 3325 US        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)        +1 360 209 5623 US        +1 386 347 5053 US        +1 507 473 4847 US        +1 564 217 2000 US        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)        +1 646 931 3860 US        +1 689 278 1000 US        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)Meeting ID: 889 5679 2219Passcode: 8614505675
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/pwt-mtg/2023-02-11/
LOCATION:Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church\, 715 E. Lamar Blvd.\, Arlington\, TX\, 76011\, United States
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230126T203000
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Compassion Session 1: Permission to Feel
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace & Justice are partnering with the United States Christian Leadership Organization (USCLO)\, Charter for Compassion Social Justice Sector\, and Kairos + Collaborative to offer this set of FREE online episodes and practice sessions to help Make This Your Year to Cultivate Compassion! \n“You’re invited to spend 2023 growing compassion for yourself\, your friends\, and even those who today you might describe as enemies. We’ll interrogate our emotions\, reasoning\, decision-making\, and more as we work to join the infinite game of building peace.” \nAccess the full list of episodes and sessions here. \n\nSpecifically about this January 26 session: \nMaybe you’ve heard people say\, “facts don’t care about your feelings.” Maybe you’ve even told yourself that. It’s true in that facts don’t care about anything: they simply are. The same is true of humans: we simply are. Part of our simply being a human\, however\, is having emotions. And one of the choices we make in each moment is whether or not to care about our own emotions or those of the people around us. This month and next\, we’ll explore the emotional dimension of our humanity\, especially the way we can find meaningful insights about facts and our relationship to them by attending to our feelings about them. We begin our adventure together with Marc Brackett’s book\, Permission to Feel. \nFull details about this session (including registration) can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-compassion-session-1-permission-to-feel-tickets-490320601117
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/cultivating-compassion-session-1-permission-to-feel/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Partner Organizations,Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230114T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230114T123000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20181218T200316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T161942Z
UID:29038-1673690400-1673699400@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Public Witness Team meeting
DESCRIPTION:Welcome! We are the Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana (NT-NL) Synod of the ELCA. We meet on the second Saturday of most months. Our mission is to give public witness to issues of justice and peace in the synod and in the community\, and this includes both education and advocacy. One of our goals is to assist congregations in the NT-NL Synod in their efforts to be a public church within their own communities. \n\nAnyone is welcome to join us! \nFor this January 2023 meeting\, the plan is to host a hybrid meeting in-person at Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church in Arlington\, TX\, with Zoom connection available for those who would prefer that. \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88956792219?pwd=SWo5YjVaelFEbTB5Q2JDRnVKc20zdz09Meeting ID: 889 5679 2219Passcode: MTtJDJQW88 \nOne tap mobile+13462487799\,\,88956792219#\,\,\,\,*8614505675# US (Houston)+12532158782\,\,88956792219#\,\,\,\,*8614505675# US (Tacoma)Dial by your location        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)        +1 669 444 9171 US        +1 719 359 4580 US        +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)        +1 309 205 3325 US        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)        +1 360 209 5623 US        +1 386 347 5053 US        +1 507 473 4847 US        +1 564 217 2000 US        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)        +1 646 931 3860 US        +1 689 278 1000 US        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)Meeting ID: 889 5679 2219Passcode: 8614505675
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/pwt-mtg-2019-04-13-2019-12-14-2023-01-14/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220917T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220917T120000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20181218T200316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T154604Z
UID:27494-1663408800-1663416000@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Public Witness Team meeting
DESCRIPTION:Welcome! We are the Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana (NT-NL) Synod of the ELCA. We meet on the second Saturday of most months. Our mission is to give public witness to issues of justice and peace in the synod and in the community\, and this includes both education and advocacy. One of our goals is to assist congregations in the NT-NL Synod in their efforts to be a public church within their own communities. \n\nAnyone is welcome to join us! \nJoin via Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/9028368725 \nOne tap mobile:\n+17207072699\,\,9028368725# US (Denver)\n+16465588656\,\,9028368725# US (New York) \nOr dial either number:\n+1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 902 836 8725
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/pwt-mtg-2019-04-13-2019-12-14-2022-09-10/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211204T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20181218T200316Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T183539Z
UID:23683-1638612000-1638619200@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Public Witness Team meeting
DESCRIPTION:2nd Saturday of every month (exception for December 2021) \nAnyone is welcome to join us! \nJoin via Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/9028368725 \nOne tap mobile:\n+17207072699\,\,9028368725# US (Denver)\n+16465588656\,\,9028368725# US (New York) \nOr dial either number:\n+1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\nMeeting ID: 902 836 8725
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/pwt-mtg-2019-04-13-2019-12-14-2021-12-11/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211009T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211009T150000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20210827T002912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T223952Z
UID:31607-1633784400-1633791600@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Question\, Persuade\, Refer (QPR) Training
DESCRIPTION:Question\, Persuade\, Refer (QPR) is like CPR training\, in that the more people learn and practice these skills\, the faster individuals struggling with thoughts of suicide can be supported and get appropriate help. QPR is a nationally used\, evidenced based training that assists people in learning how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question\, persuade\, and refer someone to help. These three steps can help save a life\, and it’s the same technique first responders and educators use with individuals contemplating suicide. QPR is suicide prevention training designed to give every person in our community the confidence and competence to help someone at risk for suicide. Parents\, friends\, neighbors\, teachers\, ministers\, doctors\, nurses\, office supervisors\, squad leaders\, foremen\, police officers\, advisors\, caseworkers\, firefighters and other community members – anyone can learn these 3 simple steps that teach you how to recognize the warning signs\, offer hope\, and get help. \nDue to the Covid-19 Delta variant\, we are planning to host this QPR workshop online on October 9 from 1pm – 3pm. \nThis is a FREE Continuing Education opportunity (usually $30) covered by Public Witness through a generous Mission Endowment Fund Grant. Donations accepted for future opportunities. (Please designate Public Witness in the Note / memo field.) \nRegistration required. Limited to first twelve (12) registrants. If you register and are unable to attend for any reason\, please notify jason@ntnl.org ASAP so that we can open that spot back up for someone else. If you attempt to register and the course is full\, please email jason@ntnl.org to be added to a wait list.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/question-persuade-refer-qpr-training/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210522T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210522T113000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20210504T214414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T214414Z
UID:30368-1621677600-1621683000@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected Workshop on Creation's Gift of Energy
DESCRIPTION:Since human beings first captured fire\, energy has been a gift we’ve harnessed to work for us. This Living Connected workshop looks past the one-dimensional argument of oil and gas versus wind and solar to discuss our complex relationship with energy. In the workshop\, you’ll: \n\nReflect on our use of energy and the consequences of our use.\nConsider ways energy connects us to others.\nReceive resources for making energy choices that care for our families and for our neighbors.\n\nNT-NL Public Witness is offering Living Connected: Energy online twice in May 2021. The presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran Deaconess and licensed environmental engineer in Texas. \nSaturday\, May 22\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST \nTuesday\, May 25\, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST \nRegister at www.katrinamartich.com for the Zoom link. \nLiving Connected presents creation care as a spiritual discipline\, formed by using the gifts of creation in just and loving ways. Workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For more information\, send an email to Katrina at contact@katrinamartich.com \nClick here for a flyer.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-workshop-on-creations-gift-of-energy/2021-05-22/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210511T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20210510T181942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T184822Z
UID:30432-1620759600-1620765000@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:White Supremacy & Racism: Facing Reality\, Taking Responsibility
DESCRIPTION:A Study Group Co-Sponsored by Briarwood Leadership Center and the Public Witness Team of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod\, ELCA \nAmerican forms of racism shape our life together in ELCA congregations. White supremacy distorts our proclamation of the Gospel\, limiting the possibilities of evangelism. Lay and rostered congregational leaders interested in facing these realities are invited to join this study group co-organized by Briarwood Leadership Center and the Public Witness Team of NT-NL Synod. \nWith an eye toward taking meaningful action\, we will work through some of the most incisive analytical studies of racism. We will focus on structural realities rather than individual attitudes or personal experience. Equipped by this intensive study\, the group will decide what actions they will take in their own congregations and which actions will be recommended to the NT-NL Synod as a whole. \nLed by Emma Rodgers (St. John\, Dallas) and Robert Smith (Briarwood Leadership Center)\, the course will feature several outside guest speakers with expertise in the topics and particular authors. The proposed agenda is listed below. All readings will be provided in electronic format\, with encouragement toward additional resources. \nSessions are on Tuesday evenings\, biweekly\, 7-8:30pm. Pre-registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link. All participants are strongly encouraged to complete the assigned reading prior to participating in a session. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvf-Cvpz8tGNOiuDyWHhZGAguSPKrdNp3X. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nMay 11\nIntroduction and Concepts \nMay 25\nSelections from Isabel Wilkerson\, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents \nJune 8\nDerrick Bell\, “Chronicle of the Constitutional Contradiction” \nJune 22\nSelections from Bernestine Singley\, ed.\, When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories \nJuly 6\nDerrick Bell\, “The Space Traders” \nJuly 20\nKimberlé Crenshaw\, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex” \nAugust 3\nEnrique Dussel\, “Eurocentrism and Modernity” \nAugust 17\nVine Deloria\, Jr.\, “A Better Day for Indians” \nAugust 31\nIan F. Haney López\, “White by Law” \nSeptember 14\nKaren Brodkin Sacks\, “How Did Jews Become White Folks?” \nSeptember 28\nSusannah Heschel\, “The Slippery Yet Tenacious Nature of Racism” \nOctober 12\nCornel West\, “A Genealogy of Modern Racism”
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/white-supremacy-racism-facing-reality-taking-responsibility/2021-05-11/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Briarwood Leadership Center,NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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ORGANIZER;CN="Briarwood Leadership Center":MAILTO:bw@briarwoodretreat.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210320T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210320T113000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20210303T014311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210303T014654Z
UID:29607-1616234400-1616239800@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected Workshop on Creation's Gift of Land
DESCRIPTION:Land is a constant under our feet\, and yet\, except for those who make their living from the land\, we may seldom think of it. We receive all our food and material goods from land. In its broadest sense\, land is the place where we live\, and it connects us to all life that shares the place with us. This Living Connected workshop will explore the ways we are called to care for land and offer spiritual practices for faith-based action. \nNT-NL Public Witness is offering this Living Connected workshop online twice in March 2021. The presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran Deaconess and licensed environmental engineer in Texas. \nSaturday\, March 20\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST \nTuesday\, March 23\, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST \nRegister at katrinamartich.com for the Zoom link. \nLiving Connected presents creation care as a spiritual discipline\, formed by using the gifts of creation in just and loving ways. Workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For more information\, send an email to Katrina at contact@katrinamartich.com \nClick here for a flyer.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-workshop-on-creations-gift-of-land/2021-03-20/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210123T113000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20210106T010621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210106T010621Z
UID:28932-1611396000-1611401400@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected Workshop on Creation’s Gift of Waste
DESCRIPTION:Waste as a gift may sound strange\, but throughout creation\, the waste of one creature becomes the life of another in a continuous cycle. The exception is our species\, which declares things useless and buries or incinerates them. This Living Connected workshop will: \n\nReflect on the way our systems make it easy to be wasteful;\nDiscuss spiritual practices for viewing waste differently; and\nProvide resources for making faith-based choices about waste.\n\nNT-NL Public Witness is offering this workshop online twice in January 2021. The presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran Deaconess and licensed environmental engineer in Texas. \nSaturday\, January 23\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST \nTuesday\, January 26\, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST \nRegister at katrinamartich.com for the Zoom link. \nLiving Connected presents creation care as a spiritual discipline\, formed by using the gifts of creation in just and loving ways. Workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For more information\, send an email to Katrina at contact@katrinamartich.com
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-workshop-on-creations-gift-of-waste/2021-01-23/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201027T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201027T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20200910T021408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200910T021442Z
UID:27487-1603825200-1603830600@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected: Creation’s Gift of Material Goods
DESCRIPTION:Workshop on Creation’s Gift of Material Goods \nThe Living Connected project presents creation care as a spiritual discipline\, formed by using the gifts of creation in just and loving ways. The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice is offering Living Connected: Material Goods online twice in October. \nThe workshop presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran deaconess and environmental engineer. She currently serves as a green shepherd for Lutherans Restoring Creation and on the ELCA Sustainability Table. \nSaturday\, October 24\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT\nTuesday\, October 27\, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT \nRegister at katrinamartich.com to receive the Zoom link. \nMaterial goods we use daily connect us to others and all creation through the world’s economy and ecology. The workshop will look at ways our choices make a difference in the world and can be an expression of our faith. It offers ideas and resources for spiritual practices in our use of material goods. Over time\, these practices build upon each other and become the spiritual discipline of creation care. \nThe workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For more information\, or to discuss ways your congregation can transform its use of creation’s gifts\, send an email to Deaconess Katrina Martich at contact@katrinamartich.com. \nClick here for a bulletin insert for October.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-creations-gift-of-material-goods-oct27/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201024T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201024T113000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20200910T020721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200910T021333Z
UID:27482-1603533600-1603539000@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected: Creation’s Gift of Material Goods
DESCRIPTION:Workshop on Creation’s Gift of Material Goods \nThe Living Connected project presents creation care as a spiritual discipline\, formed by using the gifts of creation in just and loving ways. The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice is offering Living Connected: Material Goods online twice in October. \nThe workshop presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran deaconess and environmental engineer. She currently serves as a green shepherd for Lutherans Restoring Creation and on the ELCA Sustainability Table. \nSaturday\, October 24\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT\nTuesday\, October 27\, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT \nRegister at katrinamartich.com to receive the Zoom link. \nMaterial goods we use daily connect us to others and all creation through the world’s economy and ecology. The workshop will look at ways our choices make a difference in the world and can be an expression of our faith. It offers ideas and resources for spiritual practices in our use of material goods. Over time\, these practices build upon each other and become the spiritual discipline of creation care. \nThe workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For more information\, or to discuss ways your congregation can transform its use of creation’s gifts\, send an email to Deaconess Katrina Martich at contact@katrinamartich.com. \nClick here for a bulletin insert for October.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-creations-gift-of-material-goods-oct24/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200825T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200825T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20200606T025159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200711T000323Z
UID:25889-1598382000-1598387400@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected: The Spiritual Discipline of Creation Care (Water)
DESCRIPTION:The Gift of Water \nIn August 2020\, the NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice is sponsoring a Living Connected workshop on creation’s gift of water. The Living Connected project helps people reflect on the gifts of creation and equips them to make choices that bring healing and wholeness to creation. \nIn the Living Connected – Water workshop\, you will discover ways your daily use of water connects you to God\, your neighbor\, and all life on this planet. The workshop offers ideas and resources for bringing spiritual practices into your water use. Over time\, the practices build upon each other and become the spiritual discipline of creation care. \nLiving Connected – Water is offered online twice in August:\nSaturday\, August 22\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT\nTuesday\, August 25\, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT \nRegister at katrinamartich.com to receive the pre-workshop information and Zoom link. \nThe workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For any questions about the workshops\, or to host a Living Connected workshop for your congregation\, send an email to Deaconess Katrina Martich at contact@katrinamartich.com. \nThe workshop presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran deaconess and environmental engineer. She currently serves as a green shepherd for Lutherans Restoring Creation and on the ELCA Sustainability Table. \nClick here for a bulletin insert for August.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-the-spiritual-discipline-of-creation-care-water-aug25/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200822T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200822T113000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20200606T024546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200711T000242Z
UID:25879-1598090400-1598095800@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected: The Spiritual Discipline of Creation Care (Water)
DESCRIPTION:The Gift of Water \nIn August 2020\, the NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice is sponsoring a Living Connected workshop on creation’s gift of water. The Living Connected project helps people reflect on the gifts of creation and equips them to make choices that bring healing and wholeness to creation. \nIn the Living Connected – Water workshop\, you will discover ways your daily use of water connects you to God\, your neighbor\, and all life on this planet. The workshop offers ideas and resources for bringing spiritual practices into your water use. Over time\, the practices build upon each other and become the spiritual discipline of creation care. \nLiving Connected – Water is offered online twice in August:\nSaturday\, August 22\, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT\nTuesday\, August 25\, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT \nRegister at katrinamartich.com to receive the pre-workshop information and Zoom link. \nThe workshops are offered at a reduced cost thanks to a grant from the NT-NL Synod Mission Endowment Fund. For any questions about the workshops\, or to host a Living Connected workshop for your congregation\, send an email to Deaconess Katrina Martich at contact@katrinamartich.com. \nThe workshop presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran deaconess and environmental engineer. She currently serves as a green shepherd for Lutherans Restoring Creation and on the ELCA Sustainability Table. \nClick here for a bulletin insert for August.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-the-spiritual-discipline-of-creation-care-water-aug22/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200630T203000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20200606T024038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200618T004354Z
UID:25874-1593543600-1593549000@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected: The Spiritual Discipline of Creation Care (Food)
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice is hosting an online series of workshops that explore our use of the gifts of creation. Through small group activities and short presentations\, you will discover how daily use of the gifts connect us and will reflect on using the gifts in ways that love God and neighbor. By doing so\, your daily actions can become spiritual practices\, leading to wholeness of life for us and all of creation. \nThe series is offered on Saturday mornings and Tuesday evenings. Each session stands alone. You can take part in one or as many as you want. \nSaturdays\, 10:00 – 11:30 am | Tuesdays\, 7:00 – 8:30 pm\nJune 27 – Food | June 30 – Food\nJuly 25 – Water | July 28 – Water\nAugust 22 – Material Goods | August 25 – Material Goods\nSeptember 26 – Waste | September 29 – Waste\nOctober 24 – Land | October 27 – Land\nNovember 21 – Energy | November 24 – Energy \nThe workshop presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran deaconess and environmental engineer. She currently serves as a green shepherd for Lutherans Restoring Creation and on the ELCA Sustainability Table. For more information about Living Connected and the workshops\, email Katrina at contact@katrinamartich.com. RSVP here for any or all workshops. \nClick here for a bulletin insert.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-the-spiritual-discipline-of-creation-care-food-jun30/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200627T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200627T113000
DTSTAMP:20260413T150924
CREATED:20200606T023521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200618T004254Z
UID:25733-1593252000-1593257400@www.ntnl.org
SUMMARY:Living Connected: The Spiritual Discipline of Creation Care (Food)
DESCRIPTION:The NT-NL Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice is hosting an online series of workshops that explore our use of the gifts of creation. Through small group activities and short presentations\, you will discover how daily use of the gifts connect us and will reflect on using the gifts in ways that love God and neighbor. By doing so\, your daily actions can become spiritual practices\, leading to wholeness of life for us and all of creation. \nThe series is offered on Saturday mornings and Tuesday evenings. Each session stands alone. You can take part in one or as many as you want. \nSaturdays\, 10:00 – 11:30 am | Tuesdays\, 7:00 – 8:30 pm\nJune 27 – Food | June 30 – Food\nJuly 25 – Water | July 28 – Water\nAugust 22 – Material Goods | August 25 – Material Goods\nSeptember 26 – Waste | September 29 – Waste\nOctober 24 – Land | October 27 – Land\nNovember 21 – Energy | November 24 – Energy \nThe workshop presenter is Katrina Martich\, a Lutheran deaconess and environmental engineer. She currently serves as a green shepherd for Lutherans Restoring Creation and on the ELCA Sustainability Table. For more information about Living Connected and the workshops\, email Katrina at contact@katrinamartich.com. RSVP here for any or all workshops. \nClick here for a bulletin insert.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/living-connected-the-spiritual-discipline-of-creation-care-food-jun27/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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SUMMARY:Engaging the Border: Theology and Practice
DESCRIPTION:Engaging the Border: Theology and Practice \nA Morning of Education and Theological Reflection with Dr. Javier Alanis on the Situation at Our Southern Border and How We Can Make A Difference \nSponsored by the NTNL Public Witness Team \nLunch provided! \nDr. Alanis is the Director of the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest (LSPS) in Austin\, Tx. His academic interests include peace and justice concerns as they relate to the role of the church in society\, and in particular along the U.S.-Mexican border. \nIf planning to attend\, an RSVP would be appreciated. Please respond to Rev. Wayne Menking: wmenking@gmail.com. \nClick here for a flyer.
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/pwt-mtg-engaging-the-border/
LOCATION:Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church\, 715 E. Lamar Blvd.\, Arlington\, TX\, 76011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Witness Team
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SUMMARY:Anti-Racism Allies: Spreading Compassion and Creating Equity
DESCRIPTION:This three-session event is part of “Weaving Community: a series of keynotes\, workshops\, and experiences to connect us.” Selection of which session(s) you’d like to attend is available through the ticketing link. \nThursday\, 1/30 7-9 pm\nSession 1 – Interactive Keynote: How white Allies Can Tap Their Special Superpower in the Anti-racism Movement. Suggested admission price $25 \nFriday\, 1/31 9 am – 12:30 pm\nSession 2: introductory Workshop: Dismantling Racism One Conversation at a Time. Suggested admission price $40 \nFriday\, 1/3 1 1:30 pm – 4 pm\nSession 3: Going Deeper (session 2 pre-requisite) – Best practices for inviting people into important conversations they tend to avoid. Suggested admission price for sessions 2 and 3 $75 (session 2 is a pre-requisite for session 3) \nDiscounted bundle pricing for those registering for all three sessions $90 \nFacebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2894033057328983/ \nAdditional organizers: Kairos Collaborative\, The Dialogue Company\, LLC – tapping the power of group intelligence\, and White Ally Toolkit\, an initiative of The Dialogue Company\, LLC
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/anti-racism-allies-spreading-compassion-and-creating-equity/
LOCATION:Calvary Lutheran Church – Richland Hills\, 7620 Baker Blvd\, Richland Hills\, TX\, 76118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Witness Team
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191214T100000
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SUMMARY:Public Witness Team meeting
DESCRIPTION:Welcome! We are the Public Witness Team for Peace and Justice of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana (NT-NL) Synod of the ELCA. We meet on the second Saturday of most months. Our mission is to give public witness to issues of justice and peace in the synod and in the community\, and this includes both education and advocacy. One of our goals is to assist congregations in the NT-NL Synod in their efforts to be a public church within their own communities. \n\nFor 2023 meetings\, the plan is to host a hybrid meeting in-person at Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church in Arlington\, TX\, with Zoom connection available for those who would prefer that.  \nAnyone is welcome to join us! \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88956792219?pwd=SWo5YjVaelFEbTB5Q2JDRnVKc20zdz09Meeting ID: 889 5679 2219Passcode: MTtJDJQW88 \nOne tap mobile+13462487799\,\,88956792219#\,\,\,\,*8614505675# US (Houston)+12532158782\,\,88956792219#\,\,\,\,*8614505675# US (Tacoma)Dial by your location        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)        +1 669 444 9171 US        +1 719 359 4580 US        +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)        +1 309 205 3325 US        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)        +1 360 209 5623 US        +1 386 347 5053 US        +1 507 473 4847 US        +1 564 217 2000 US        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)        +1 646 931 3860 US        +1 689 278 1000 US        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)Meeting ID: 889 5679 2219Passcode: 8614505675
URL:https://www.ntnl.org/event/pwt-mtg-feb-2023/2019-12-14/
LOCATION:Shepherd of Life Lutheran Church\, 715 E. Lamar Blvd.\, Arlington\, TX\, 76011\, United States
CATEGORIES:NT-NL Synod,Public Witness Team
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