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Cambridge,
Mass., November 1, 2010 --
Boston Circles
On a beautiful
New England fall morning, more than 40 women gathered at Harvard Divinity
School to tell their stories about the women who have shaped their lives of
faith, and to build a future for women’s ministries and gender justice in
our churches and society.
New Orleans, October 29,
2010 -- Centennial Hymn
Hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, whose earlier
creations have encouraged responsible citizenship or brought the agony of Haiti
into liturgical settings, has written a new hymn to capture the theme of the
Centennial Gathering here this Nov. 9-11.
New
York, October 20, 2010 -- Faith and Disabled Persons
Making faith communities more accessible to
persons with disabilities is the topic of a unique interfaith documentary
that may air on NBC-TV affiliates nationwide beginning November 14.
Washington, October 20, 2010 –
BPA No
The
National Council of Churches today applauded Canada’s decision to declare Bisphenol A (BPA) to be a toxic substance, and called on the
United States to follow
suit.
New York, October 19, 2010
--
No Bullying
An
alliance of high-level mainline Christian leaders and faith groups released
a statement Monday calling on "the Church Universal to join us in working to
end the violence and hatred against our lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender brothers and sisters."
Washington, October 18, 2010 -- Net Freedom
Communicators representing a wide range of
national church bodies have called upon the Federal Communications
Commission "to take any and all action" to protect the freedom of the
Internet.
New York, October 14, 2010 -- Sudan
Sudanese church leaders met
Wednesday with officials of the National Council of Churches and Church
World Service to warn that the safety and human rights of millions of
Sudanese continue to be in jeopardy, despite hopes raised by a referendum
slated for January 9 on a comprehensive peace agreement (CPA) to end a
decades-old civil war.
New York, October 12, 2010 -- Rob Huston --
The Rev. Robert W. Huston, a visionary of United
Methodist ecumenism, is remembered as a devout Christian with a fierce
passion for the unity of the church and a humble man who championed the
gifts of women and young adults.
New York, October 8, 2010 --
Centennial Art
The Justice
for Women Working Group (J4WWG) of the National Council of Churches is issuing an open call for art to help expand our imagination of
ecumenical cooperation reflecting on Luke 24:48, “You are witnesses of these
things.” (NRSV)
Harrisonburg, Va., October 6, 2010
--
Aging
The issues and
uncertainties of aging are the focus of a National Council of Churches
documentary produced by Third Way Media and slated for broadcast on the ABC
television network beginning October 17.
Washington, October 5, 2010 – Cut Poverty
Religious, civic, and community-service organizations
nationwide are mobilizing to reduce poverty by 50 percent over the next ten
years, beginning today with a national teleconference to discuss the role of
faith-based organizations in fighting poverty.
Washington, October 4, 2010 -- Prayer and Petition
Churches
from California to Florida participated
yesterday in a day of prayer, reflection and healing for the Gulf Coast
while people of faith joined together in a petition calling upon Congress to
address the Gulf oil spill.
Washington, September 29, 2010 --
Mid East Peace
In visits to the White House and the State
Department today, religious leaders representing the Christian, Jewish and
Muslim communities offered support for the Obama administration’s efforts to
continue peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Washington, September 28, 2010
Michael Livingston
The Rev. Michael Livingston, executive director of the International Council
of Community Churches and President of the National Council of Churches from
2006 to 2007, has been named to direct the council's poverty initiative.
Washington, September 28, 2010
Grace for the Gulf
This Sunday, October 3, is a day to seek God's grace for the Gulf in
thousands of congregations related to the 36 member communions of the
National Council of Churches.
New York, September 23, 2010 Interfaith Brochures
The Interfaith Relations Commission of the National
Council of Churches has issued a series of theological resources to guide
clergy and laity through the basic issues of
engagement with other faiths.
New York, September 22, 2010
NCC Governing Board
For the second time in two years, the National Council of Churches Governing
Board has issued a call to government officials and church leaders to take
action on "comprehensive immigration reform."
New York, September 22, 2010
Fighting
Poverty
For the third consecutive year, the NCC will join a coalition of interfaith
partners, Fighting Poverty with Faith, to speak to national political
leaders while also addressing the needs of those in poverty in local
communities – with the goal of cutting domestic poverty in half by 2020.
New York, September 14, 2010 --
Lucius Walker
The Rev. Dr. Lucius Walker, 80, a former member
of the National Council of Churches staff who became a controversial and
beloved activist for human rights in the 1960s and 70s and later founded an
organization that sent hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid to Latin
America, including Cuba, died September 7 in his home in Demarest, N.J.
New York, September 14, 2010
Fistula Stories
Fistula
Stories, a project of Women’s Ministries at the National Council of the
Churches of Christ, USA,
will expand its curriculum to include studies of texts from other faiths.
New York, September 9, 2010 --
Kireopoulos
The NCC's Dr. Antonios Kireopoulos offers an op-ed to
express a lament
for the religious
ignorance, bigotry and ill will that has been generated by threats in
Florida to burn the Qur'an on September 11.
Use the essay as you see fit.
New York, September 9, 2010 --
Letter to Churches
The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 changed millions of lives forever, and the General
Secretary of the National Council of Churches is calling on churches to hold
all the victims in prayer -- families of the dead and injured as well as
millions of Muslims who continue to be targets of Islamophobic rhetoric and
attacks.
Washington, September 7, 2010 --
Interfaith
Summit
A high ranking group of U.S. interfaith leaders,
including the general secretary of the National Council of Churches,
assembled here today to condemn plans in Florida to burn the Holy Qu'ran on
Saturday, and to decry incidents of violence committed against innocent
Muslims.
New York, September 2, 2010 -- Deplore Qur'an Burning
The NCC today reiterated its statement of August 11,
deploring threats in Florida to burn the Qur'an on September 11.
New Orleans, August 25, 2010 -- Khandi Alexander
Actress Khandi Alexander of HBO's Treme is narrator
of an NBC special on the aftermath of Katrina presented by the NCC and
produced by the Presbyterian Church (USA) on NBC stations beginning August
29.
Chicago, August 20, 2010
-- Christopher Dies
His Eminence Christopher, Metropolitan of
Libertyville-Chicago and Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.
and Canada, died Wednesday at the age of 82.
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