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"Only when we see that we are part of the totality of the planet, not a superior part with special privileges, can we work effectively to bring about an earth restored to wholeness. Darkness is no less desirable than light. It is rather, a rich source of creativity… First there is the darkness of the earth in which the seeds wait all through the winter. Second, there is the darkness of the womb in which the young mammal grows into sufficient viability to be born and take its place on earth, as a separate being…And third, there is the darkness of night, when the garish sun has gone down and the things of earth are blotted out, and we may glimpse the vastness of the universe of which we are part… We say that God is the Inner Light, but I want to affirm that also the Inner Darkness, and I do not mean desolation or evil, but a quiet waiting and creativity. 'The darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.'" - Elizabeth Watson Visioning/Actioning a Just Michigan Friday, October 17, 2008 6:00 PM – 1:45 PM
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Lights Out & Quiet Hours 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM
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Lights Out & Quiet Hours 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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| Together In Faith Collaborative - Faith 4 Equality |
| October 2009 Schedule |
| _______________________________________________________________ Friday, October 15, 2009 Check-in 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Main Entrance Lobby 3rd Floor *Late Check-in are highly discouraged as we are creating a community for the weekend. Dinner Provided —5:45 PM – 6:15 PM Dining Room 4th Floor Welcome—Faith 4 Equality: Heather Grace, Inclusive Justice Director—6:20 PM – 6:30 PM Main Chapel 4th Floor Inspirational Speaker—Rev. Deborah L. Johnson 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Main Chapel 4th Floor Creating Safe & Sacred Space— 7:10 PM – 7:45 PM Manresa 5th Floor
7:45 PM – 9:00 PM Manresa 5th Floor Lex is Word & Vanessa Torres Personal/Social Time FIRESIDE—9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Dialogue Space for Groups Provided Fire Pit Outside Lights Out & Quiet Hours 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM _______________________________________________________________ Saturday Summit, October 16, 2009 Breakfast 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM (Open to those attending the full Collaborative) Dining Room 4th Floor Activity 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Manresa Room 5th Floor Gathering In Song— 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Manresa Room 5th Floor Individual & Family Recordings for Lift Every Voice will be available 10AM - 8PM Inspirational Speaker—The Rev. Dr. Julie Nemeck 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Manresa Room 5th Floor Performances— 9:30 AM – 9:50 AM Lex Is Word & Vaness Torres Manresa Room 5th Floor 9:50 AM - 10:00 Break
Welcoming Institute (Day Long 10AM – 5PM) Self-Interest & Vocation Explored Telling YOUR Story as Testimony 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM Manresa Room 5th Floor Lunch 12:30 PM –1:15 PM Dining Room 4th Floor Break 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM Interfaith Panel - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Manresa 5th Floor The Rev. Mathew Laney, United Church of Christ First Congregational Church & ONE Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo Co.) The Rev. Cynthia Landrum, Universalist Unitarian Church (Jackson Co.) Jenny Ritter, St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Brighton (Livingston Co.) The Rev. Martin Kurlowicz,Catholic The Rev. Karen Poole, Retired, United Methodist (Wayne Co.) The Rev. Matthew Bode, Spirit of Hope Lutheran Church of Detroit (Wayne Co.) A.T. Miller, Ann Arbor Friends, (Washtenaw Co.) Judy Lewis, Jewish Gay Network of Michigan Assessment of Congregation, Community, County, State Small Group Work 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Manresa Room 5th Floor Assessment of Congregation, Community, County, State Small Group Work 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Manresa Room 5th Floor Photos 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM Manresa Room 5th Floor Dinner with Representatives 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM Dining Room 4th Floor Rep. Rebecca Warren Rep. Alma Wheeler-Smith Break 6:45 PM - 7:00 PM Creating A Faith Strategy for Equality in Michigan 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Manresa Room 4th Floor ACTIONING for 2010 – 2012 Faith Strategy for Michigan on SMALL GROUP STRATEGIZING BASED ON GEOGRAPHY & INTEREST AREA:
Activity 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM Manresa Room 5th Floor Personal/Social Time FIRESIDE—9:00 PM – 11:00 PM Dialogue Space Provided for Groups Lights Out & Quiet Hours 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM _______________________________________________________________ Sunday, October 19, 2009 Breakfast 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Dining Room, 4th Floor Check-out: 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM (Please pack and move all belongings to your cars & join us for our concluding training and activities) SPOKEN WORD & SONG AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE Speaking/Singing In Sacred Circle 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Manresa Room 5th Floor Inclusive Justice Opportunities 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Manresa Room 5th Floor Affirmations 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Manresa Room 5th Floor Planting Seeds of Sustainability Tree Planting RItual Trees Available To Take Home For Congregations/Communities Committed to Creating Equal Michigan through Faith Action Network - Request YOUR Tree by October 9th with Heather Grace 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Outside Break 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM Closing Evaluation Lunch 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Dining Room 4th Floor Safe Travels Home! *Schedule Subject To Change |
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