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Archived Events and News Previously Posted on the CMA Website
in, for or through MARCH 2005
25th Annual Good Friday Walk for Justice
Friday, March 25, Noon - 3 pm. The Walk presenters represent a variety of
peace and justice issues, e.g. the environment, women in prison, worker rights’
struggles, the wars in Iraq and Columbia, and torture. All people of faith and
good will are invited to join us.
The Walk begins at the northeast plaza of Congress and Michigan in Chicago, and
ends at the Thompson Building at Randolph and Clark. For more information, contact
Kathleen at kakd@claret.org
(Posted 07/01/04 - 3/15/05)
PASTOR: AVALON PARK COMMUNITY CHURCH, Chicago, Illinois
Wanted & needed: caring & inspiring Pastor for active, assertive, diverse, dedicated,
debt-free African American 85 member congregation; Salary: Conf. Guidelines + parsonage.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MARCH 11 & 12: IN CARE BOUNDARY TRAINING
The next two-day CMA Boundary Training Workshop will be for those In Care with CMA and
will be held Friday, March 11, 2005, 12:30 pm to 8:30 pm, and Saturday, March 12, 9:30 am
to 4:30 pm, at St Pauls UCC, 2335 N Orchard St (at Fullerton), Chicago.
(NOTE: The next two-day CMA Boundary Training Workshop for Clergy with
standing in CMA will be held Friday, April 29, 2005, 12:30 pm to 8:30 pm, and
Saturday, April 30, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm, at Christ Memorial Church UCC, 2440 York St,
Blue Island 60406 (708-389-7710).)
If Boundary Training becomes mandatory, these workshops will count for those who attend
the entire session on both days. Cost will be $30 per participant ($5 for In Care) which
includes meals & materials for both days. The trainers in March will be Rev Penny Willis
and Dr Ellis Copeland; the trainers in April will be Rev Jesse Knox and Ms Cheryl Kuba.
Send your registration form and check (payable to CMA, 332 S Michigan Av #510, Chicago, IL
60604) as soon as possible. The January workshop filled up quickly. Each event is limited
to 25 participants.
Download March In Care Registration Form Here
Download April Clergy Registration Form Here
Those who register will receive a confirmation with information concerning what to
bring, how to prepare for the event and directions to the church.
We believe this training will greatly enhance your effectiveness in ministry and be
a blessing to you and the people you serve. If you have any questions, please contact
The Rev. Edward Goode or The Rev. Michael Denton at the CMA office (312-939-5918).
MARCH 11-14: GLOBAL ECUMENICAL ADVOCACY DAYS
Here is an early "save the date" announcement for an important national gathering
of religious advocates in Washington DC next year -- the Global Ecumenical Advocacy
Days, March 11-14, 2005. You are invited to participate in the third annual
ecumenical gathering addressing urgent global issues. The event will focus on critical
regions and issues including: Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, the United States,
eco-justice, and Jubilee and economic justice.
Sponsored by a broad range of churches and faith-based coalitions, the Global Advocacy
Days will feature challenging speakers, issue briefings, advocacy training workshops
and a Lobby Day on Capitol Hill, when participants will speak with their senators and
representatives or key congressional policy staff. Coming at the beginning of the new
109th Congress and in the first year of a presidential term, this March 11-14 gathering
will be an extremely important time to bring our voice to the nation's capital.
You may click here
to save the promo page of the website that is under construction for registration
and conference information that will be available in September
THURSDAY, MARCH 10: ILLINOIS RETIRED CLERGY MEETING WITH UCC PENSION BOARD REP
Illinois Conference Retired Clergy will host a UCC Pension Board representative
for a question and answer session on Thursday, March 10, 2005, 10 am to 12 noon,
at Westchester Community Church.
All retired and all still-active clergy in the Illinois Conference who are interested
in finding out more about the UCC Pension programs are invited to attend.
The Rev. William F. Dalke, Director of Conference Relations for the Pensions Boards
of the United Church of Christ, is known for conducting pre-retirement seminars for
UCC clergy around the country and will be doing so in Illinois again this year.
During his March visit he will also attend this gathering of Illinois Conference
Retired Clergy to answer any questions members and others may have about the UCC
pension plans and benefits.
The meeting will begin at 10 am Thursday, March 10 at Westchester Community Church,
1840 Westchester Blvd, Westchester, IL (708-865-1282); directions are on the CMA
website; plenty of parking is available. The program will be followed at noon
by a make-your-own-sandwich lunch for $4.
PLEASE RSVP to Rev. Art Stratemeyer no later than Monday, March 7th, at 815-729-4803
or by email to: astrat@quixnet.net.
SUNDAY, MARCH 6: CTS 150th ANNIVERSARY FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION
On March 6, 2005 at 3pm Chicago Theological Seminary will hold a Founders Day
Worship Service and Celebration in Graham Taylor Chapel at CTS, The Rev. W.
Dow Edgerton presiding. This celebration is part of the CTS 150th anniversary
year under the theme: Making New History..
Throughout the year there will be a series of events and projects highlighting
various key individuals, stories and other aspects of CTS' history, as well as
lifting up the present day commitments and goals of the seminary.
CTS was founded in 1855 by the Congregational churches of seven Midwestern states to
train pastors for ministry on the new frontier. CTS continues to prepare women and men
to preach, teach and lead today's congregations to do God's greater justice and mercy.
For more information on the 150th Anniversary events and interesting highlights from
150 years of Making New History, visit the CTS website at:
www.ctschicago.edu.
Chicago Theological Seminary
5757 S. University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
773-322-0200
SUNDAY, MARCH 6: WORSHIP ALIVE! WORKSHOP
Worship Alive! continues its tradition of bringing some of the very best worship
practitioners and trainers from around the world to Chicago area churches.
The next workshop is INTERPLAY: Worship as Resurrecting Play with
Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter to be held on Sunday, March 6, 2005,
at the United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago.
Phil Porter and Cynthia Winton-Henry share InterPlay as a profound but easy-going way
to practice and talk about the integration of body and soul. InterPlay's accessible
ideas and practices are being incorporated by ministers and laity to create embodied,
inspiring, multi-cultural worship. Easy to use in any context where people want to
reclaim movement, word, story, voice, song and/or silence, over 400 certified InterPlay
leaders use it in their professions and communities to further health, spiritual growth,
social justice, and community life.
Phil Porter and Cynthia Winton-Henry are cofounders of InterPlay, a practice and
philosophy dedicated to reawakening playfulness, passion, and purpose through the
stories, movement, voices and stillness of individuals and groups. Full-time
professionals and collaborators in the field of theology and the arts for twenty-five
years, they mentor people and institutions around the world in embodied leadership
and have a center for creativity, community and change in downtown Oakland, California,
called InterPlayce. Phil is a commissioned minister of liturgical arts. Cynthia,
an ordained minister, teaches at Pacific School of Religion. Their books include
Having It All: Body Mind, Heart, and Spirit Together Again At Last and
What the Body Wants.
This workshop is part of the Worship Alive! workshop series that provides resources
and training in multicultural worship for justice-seeking congregations. The following
workshop will be on Sunday, May 1, entitled Altar-ing the Table with Heather
Murray Elkins
You are encouraged to mark these dates on your calendar and begin planning to bring
a group of persons from your congregation.
More information on Worship Alive! workshops is available on the United Church of Rogers
Park's web site.
To receive a brochure or ask any questions contact Mark Bowman, Worship Alive! Coordinator,
at 773-316-8892 or at worshipalive@comcast.net.
Note that registration costs will be the same as last year: $100 for all 4 workshops;
$35 for one workshop in advance & $45 at the door; a group of 3 or more persons from
the same congregation or seminary can take at 20% discount.
SATURDAY, MARCH 5: WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY CHOIR AT HINSDALE UNION
Come hear The Wittenberg University Choir from Wittenberg University in Springfield,
Ohio (Donald Busaro, director) In Concert on Saturday, March 5, 7:00 PM, at The
Union Church of Hinsdale, 137 South Garfield Avenue, Hinsdale, IL 60521. A
freewill offering will be accepted. For information contact Michael Surratt,
Director of Music Ministries, The Union Church of Hinsdale; 630-323-4303;
msurratt@uchinsdale.org.
Draft Information and Counseling
March 4th and 5th
Chicago Youth for Conscientious Objection and other area peace groups are offering
two events on March 4th and 5th related to the specter of a new draft and
conscientious objection to war, and the militarization of our schools.
A. DO YOU FEEL A DRAFT? - Information Night
Friday, March 4, 2005, 7-9 pm
At the Portage Park Center for the Arts
FREE!
J. E. McNeil, from the Center on Conscience and War in Washington, DC, will be
present to discuss the likelihood of a military draft, the reality of the "poverty
draft" and the legal elements of conscientious objection status.
All are welcome! High school seniors, college freshmen and sophomores will be most
adversely affected if and when a draft begins. We encourage you to attend.
B. ONE-DAY DRAFT COUNSELING TRAINING WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 5, 2005, 9 am - 5 pm
At the Portage Park Center for the Arts
$60 - includes complete training, manual and lunch
J. E. McNeil will facilitate this intensive training for potential draft counselors
who may then provide counseling to young people of registration age in the event of a draft.
Space is limited. To register in advance contact Pam Heiser, 847-791-4791, or
Elizabeth Sprague, 773-383-8609, or send an e-mail to
draftcounseling@yahoo.com.
Both events will be held at the Portage Park Center for the Arts, 3914 N. Menard in
Chicago (one block south of Irving Park Rd, one block west of Central Ave); plenty
of free parking is available.
J.E. McNeil is an attorney with a 20 year history in the peace movement. She has
contributed legal briefs and has represented conscientious objectors, military tax
resistors, and demonstrators in many court cases. Ms. McNeil is the Executive Director
of the Center on Conscience and War (CCW), in Washington, D.C. CCW was formed in 1949
by an association of religious bodies. Working to defend and extend the rights of
conscientious objectors, CCW supports all those who question participation in war.
For more information on CCW, visit their website at:
www.nisbco.org
These events are sponsored in part by Youth for Conscientious Objection, Evanston
Friends Peace and Social Concerns Committee, North Shore Friends Meeting.
Conscientious Objection: Some people have moral or religious convictions
that lead them to regard war, military service and selective service registration
as unacceptable. Many people believe that loving our neighbors and even our enemies,
is a principal incompatible with a military approach to conflict. Still others hold
that in practical terms, fighting wars cannot ever bring about lasting peace.
Taco Bell Truth Tour Comes to Chicago March 4th
This message comes from the United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Action Network
JPANet News: Taco Bell Truth Tour in 7 States
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers - the Florida farm workers who called for
a Taco Bell boycott supported by a UCC General Synod resolution - will be in
or near your state in early March. A large turnout will signal strong
support for the boycott and farm worker justice. Please stand with them in
their fight for justice!
On Saturday, March 12, there will be a major rally in Louisville, Kentucky,
outside the headquarters of Yum Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell.
Martin Sheen and Kerry Kennedy (Robert F. Kennedy's daughter) will be
keynote speakers. On the day before the rally, there will be a conference
on Fair Food.
Other events taking place in Louisville include a Reverse Reality Tour
(where farm workers will see where and how Yum executives and share holders
live) and a human chain from Yum Brands to the Unified Foodservice
Purchasing Co-op, the giant food purchasing company that buys food for all
five of Yum Brand's restaurant chains.
Additional rallies and educational events are also planned across the
country. Groups of workers will be in Atlanta (Feb 28), Nashville (March
1), Cincinnati/Dayton (March 2), Cleveland/Akron (March 3), and Columbus
(March 4). A second group of workers will travel through Montgomery, AL
(Feb 28), Memphis (March 1), St. Louis (March 2), Indianapolis (March 3),
and Chicago (March 4).
For up to date information and background on the 2005 Taco Bell Truth Tour visit:
UCC Take Action Network
National Farm Worker Ministry
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
or email the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) at
workers@ciw-online.org
For more information about carpools, lodging, and lead contact information
contact Edie Rasell in the UCC's Justice and Witness Ministries office.
Email her at raselle@ucc.org or call
toll free 1-866-822-8224, ext 3709.
FRIDAY, MARCH 4: BOWEN FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY WORKSHOP
A day of workshops for Clergy and others will be offered by the Center for Family
Consultation (CFC) on Friday, March 4, 2005 at the First Presbyterian Church of
Evanston, 1427 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
At the Clinical Application of Bowen Family Systems Theory Day of Workshops,
you will learn more about the interlocking emotional processes of all the families
we are related to (including the congregation, the family of the pastor, congregational
families, academic families, work families, etc).
Keynote Address:
Societal Emotional Process, Triangles and Differentiation of the Citizen Self
presented by Carol Moran, family systems therapist and faculty at CFC.
Workshop topics and leaders include:
Defining a Self in One’s Family of Origin with Robert J. Noone, Ph.D.
Clinical Practice with the Seriously Ill with Susan Sheehan, MPA, MSW
Primary Triangle with Gena Ferrera, MSW
Emotional Cutoff in the Therapist’s Own Family with Carol Kemp, MSW & John Mazurek, MSW
Family Emotional Process in the Workplace with Jeffery Miller, MSW
Differentiation of Self and the Pursuit of Equality with Stephanie Ferrera, MSW
Creativity, Art and Bowen Family Systems Theory with Christopher Miller, D.Min.
Religion and Self-Differentiation with Ernest G. Hall, D.Min.
Parenting Across the Generations with Kelly Matthews-Pluta, MSW and Sydney Reed MSW
Toward a New Definition of Leadership with Sandra Kincaid
Family Reaction to Death with Robert B. Clarke, D.Min.
Founded in 1977, the Center for Family Consultation (CFC), located in Evanston,
Illinois, is an association of Bowen Theory therapists who, through research,
teaching and practice, seek to understand the emotionally based relationship
dynamics of living systems, especially the human family. Bowen Theory is a
family systems theory of human behavior that provides a systematic framework
for defining and understanding the complex interactions that exist within an
emotional unit of the family. CFC offers a two year Post-Graduate Training
Program on Bowen Theory, in addition to Clergy Consultation Groups, Family of
Origin Seminars, and Work Seminars.
The day begins at 9:15 AM with registration and ends at 4:30 PM; fee is $80 ($45
for students with current ID); more information available at 847-251-7350.
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