[Peace-presence] “YEAR 41 since Dr. King’s Death –,Chaos or Community?,Wilderness or Promised Land?”
John Hadder
hadder at gbis.com
Thu Feb 21 11:28:23 MST 2008
PLEASE COME PLAN AN EVENT!
“YEAR 41 since Dr. King’s Death –
*Chaos or Community?
Wilderness or Promised Land?”
(Special Focus on Community Issues)*
Please come to FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH next Saturday, February 23,
10 AM, for an hour-long planning meeting. 209 West First Street,
validated parking at Sierra & First
Call 322-4564 or 322-2013, Rev. John Auer, for details.
The proposed event we are planning is the
WEEKEND OF APRIL 4 TO 6 –
Observing the 40th anniversary of Dr. King’s Assassination – Remembering
his Life, Death and “Unfinished Business” –
such as, The Poor Peoples Campaign and Resurrection City –
and asking in the words of his last book –
“WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: CHAOS OR COMMUNITY?” WILDERNESS OR PROMISED
LAND?
We are inviting the Rev. Phillip C. Lawson to spend the weekend with
us. Rev. Lawson’s ministry is committed to the tradition of nonviolent
direct action in the spirit of Dr. King. He is a founder of the
California-wide Inter-faith Coalition for Immigrant Rights and more
recently of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. Rev. Lawson served
10 years as president of the Hercules (CA) NAACP and currently chairs
the Board of Directors for Soul Force.
PROPOSED WEEKEND EVENTS --
Friday night, 4/4 – Community-Building Memories of Dr. King
Saturday morning. 4/5 – Workshops on Immigration and Nonviolent Direct
Action; Cultural Displays & Presentations
Sunday morning, 4/6 – Rev. Lawson preaches on Dr. King’s Vision of “The
World House” for our time and place!
--
John Hadder
HOME, Healing Ourselves and Mother Earth
P.O. Box 6595
Reno, NV 89513
775-284-1989
Voice Mail: 775-284-6234
hadder at gbis.com
www.h-o-m-e.org
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