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SUMMARY:The Power of Community\, The Power of One
DESCRIPTION:The Power of Community\, The Power of One\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n JOIN US AS A HOST SITE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour community is invited to be a host sites participating in a sacred gathering of reflection and prayer as we hold both our grief and our hope during difficult times. \nThursday\, May 1\, 2025\n6:30 to 7:30pm MST\nWhere:  various sacred spaces and congregations\nPlease respond regarding your interest by April 10.\n\n“I am only one but still I am one.\nI can’t do everything\,\nbut I can do something.\nI will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”\n~ Edward Everett Hale \nCapitol Hill United Ministries\, the Colorado Council of Churches and other Faith Leaders are working together to create a sacred gathering of reflection and prayer: holding space for both our grief and our hope\, as we move through these uncertain times. These sacred gatherings will be held at the same time\, Thursday\, May 1\, 6:30-7:30pm\, at various sacred places and congregations in our communities throughout Colorado. \nPlease review the information below and let us know if you are interested in participating by serving as a host site.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE\, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n For additional information and response to our request\, please call or email:\nRev. Diana Flahive\, Executive Director\, Capitol Hill United Ministries\n303-257-8588  di**********@********er.org\nAdrian Miller\, Executive Director\, Colorado Council of Churches \nad****@********es.org (303) 917-3864\nJill Wildenberg\nji************@***il.com \nHere are the details:\nWhy: Because so much is happening in our country and world that is creating shock\, fear\, anger\, and uncertainty for so many\, we believe it is critical to join together in community\, in reflection and/or prayer (kehillah\, in Hebrew)\, \n\nto grieve together: holding space as we witness the sense of loss and uncertainty of our fellow humans; and\nto hope together: for the possibility of healing\, light\, and transformation.\n\nWe believe in the POWER OF COMMUNITY AND THE POWER OF ONE. \nWhat this is not: This is not a time for speeches or conversation about these issues. This is not a protest… this is a time for reflection and/or prayer. \nWhen: We would like to have this gathering take place at the same time\, in person\, in many sacred places and congregations (with an option to add Zoom\, where needed and if you have the technology)\, Thursday\, May 1\, 6:30-7:30pm MST. \nWhere: Many sacred places. Would your sacred space\, congregation\, or group be interested in participating? For more information\, please contact Diana Flahive\, Adrian Miller\, or Jill Wildenberg\, or click on the button above or below to sign up to participate.. \nWho: All are welcome\, people of faith and goodwill.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeneral Program Information: We have a small group who will put together an inclusive sample program with readings and other information. You can tweak or tailor it for your community. Know that you may have other people from your neighborhood who may wish to attend this gathering at your site\, who are not part of your present community. Please be sensitive to that possibility. As we said\, “All are welcome”. More specifics for the program will be coming. \n**** \nWe will share more specifics soon. Below is a rough outline of the program. \n\nThis will be a one-hour service on May 1\, 6:30- 7:30pm MST\nSimple music\, live or recorded. Background music for reflection time.\nOpening and closing readings. (We will offer suggestions.)\nTimes for reflection. (We will offer suggestions.)\nSome simple rituals or actions along with the readings.\n\nProvided by sacred space\, congregations\, or group: \n\nYour site is responsible for putting on this gathering.\nYou will choose your team to facilitate\, be readers\, etc. for the program at your site.\nA bowl of pebbles\, one taken as people enter.\nA bowl/s where people can place them during “We Grieve Together.”\nTapers for inviting in the light and calling in space for healing\, hope\, and possibility during “We Hope Together.”\nSmall papers or note cards/pencils that participants can write their concerns on as well as their hopes.\nGreeters\nMusic – recorded or live\nCommunication to invite your community/congregation\nTaking photos and a general count of how many people attended.\n\nOpening and Welcome:  – music \n\nWelcome\, why we are here… and the idea for our time together (we will offer suggestions).\nReminder of taking a pebble and paper from the bowls provided…  the greeters can walk around with bowls of pebbles for people to take.\n\nFirst half:  20ish minutes “We Grieve Together”: \n\nReading: (We will offer suggestions.)\nHolding your pebble\, a reminder of the discomfort and pain we are feeling\, and the action we will take… (we will offer words to be said).\nThis is time to hold your experience of the hurt\, fear\, anger\, and uncertainty you are feeling and witnessing.\nMusic\nAction/Ritual: Participants take pebbles\, representing their pain and fear\, and silently put them in a bowl –\nbring them up to the bowls\, filled with water… as a symbol of us holding them together in community.  You are not alone.\nClosing for “We Grieve Together”.  With a person next to you\, face each other\, put your hand on their shoulder and look into their eyes…. and say\, “you are not alone… I see you.”\n\nA reading (We have a sample: The Thing Is   By Ellen Bass)\n\n\n\nSecond half: 20ish minutes “We Hope Together”: \n\nReading (We will offer suggestions)\nWe will hold a sense of hope and healing of mind\, body and spirit (MI Sheberach prayer?)\nThrough our pain we invite light to come.\nWe call to our inner strength.\nListen to what you hear within.\nWe are one\, and we have our own power to do what we can do.\nWhat are you called to do? It can be simple or more involved.\nCandle lighting: people can come up in silence and light a candle with their hopes…\nThey could also write their hopes and put it in another bowl.\nClosing for “We Hope Together”:\n\nA reading (we will provide it)\, participants stand together and take another’s hand.\n\n\n\nClosing for the sacred gathering…  prayer or reading or song.   (We will offer suggestions.) \n\nEach group can make little cards with a poem written on it to take.\nWe can also provide a list of suggestions for how people can get involved.\n\nGo in peace and possibility. We believe in the Power of this Community and the Power of One. 
URL:https://cochurches.org/event/the-power-of-community-the-power-of-one/
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SUMMARY:Early Warning Signs for Protecting Places of Worship
DESCRIPTION:Since the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act\, the US Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service (CRS)\, also known as America’s Peacemaker\, provides services that improve communities’ abilities to prevent and respond to disputes\, conflicts\, hate crimes\, and incidents of violence\, including those impacting places of worship. Service offerings include facilitation\, mediation\, training\, and consultation. CRS services are free of charge and confidential\, and the agency does not hold prosecutorial or investigatory powers. Additional information about CRS is available here: https://www.justice.gov/crs/about \nJoin Denver Conciliation Specialist Clay Fong as he discusses CRS services\, such as the Protecting Places of Worship program\, and how CRS can help your place of worship become safer. Specifically\, this meeting will explore how Colorado Council of Churches members can create a Distant Early Warning process to keep each other informed of incidents\, such as vandalism and assault\, to promote congregation safety. Such an approach can help places of worship more effectively address these incidents when they do happen and work to prevent them. \nPlease register at the link below.
URL:https://cochurches.org/event/early-warning-signs-for-protecting-places-of-worship/
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