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Quote of the Week...

Food for Thought...

An interesting piece by Jim Wallis regarding the Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Social Concern.

Five decades ago, a group of young evangelicals and older established evangelical leaders spent Thanksgiving weekend together at the YMCA hotel on Wabash Street in downtown Chicago. The result was the Chicago Declaration of Evangelical Social Concern. 

And on Wednesday night at Wheaton College in the leafy suburbs of Chicago, people gathered to remember what became known as the Chicago Declaration, what it meant then and what it might mean now. Scholars, historians, activists, and students were there for a dinner and program convened by Christians for Social Action, formerly Evangelicals for Social Action, which was led by Ron Sider, who helped shape the original retreat. Three of us original signers, “young evangelicals” then, were on hand last night, with several new generations of leaders in the evangelical tradition. To read the piece, click here. To read the Declaration, click here.

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Godly Play:

St. Nicholas

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12 truths I learned from life and writing 

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Sounds Good Concert:

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Advent II

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Godly Play:

The Holy Family

Sunday (10)

11:00 AM

Advent Podcast Discussion--

We Need to Talk about an Injustice

| Brian Stevenson

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Adult Education: Indigenous Communities and the Church

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Tuesday, Dec. 19 @ 5:00 PM

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Episcopal Church in CT Meeting

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