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Calendar of Events Mark your calendar now for more CHUM events The CHUM Clergy/Board potluck supper will be held as planned, Wednesday, August 20, 5:30 p.m. at the home of Nelson & Bonita Bock, 2437 Downing St. Spouses, partners, etc. are welcome. CHUM sponsoring Community Prayer Services for a World at War Capitol Hill United Ministries (CHUM) is sponsoring a series of “Community Prayer Services for a World at War.” Thursday, August 21st 6 PM Trinity United Methodist Church 1820 Broadway, Denver, (303) 839-1493 We are also interested in finding other places willing to host a CHUM community prayer service, For more information please contact Diana Flahive at chumcm@yahoo.com or John Backe, pastor of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 303-831-7023. A NEW SUMMER PROGRAM TO SUPPORT YOUR CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER The cost of the program is $40. If you already have your own Lectio Divina booklet from the CLP program, the cost is $15. Please register by mail or email for this summer program so that we receive it no later than May 16 so that we can get the booklets ordered. Tmurphy@contemplativeoutreach-co.org CHUM is partnering with Denver Urban Ministries, Metro CareRing and Lutheran Advocacy Ministry to form Hunger for Justice: Interfaith Voices Against Poverty. This new group will work together to advocate on issues of hunger, poverty, affordable housing, healthcare, welfare and more. To sign up to receive email alerts from Hunger for Justice on advocacy issues, please contact Brad Wood, Hunger for Justice Advocacy Director, at brad@hungerforjustice.org or call 303-350-3699. Tuesday, September 23 at 7pm in Magness Arena at the Ritchie Center The University of Denver Bridges to the Future is graciously bringing in author Parker Palmer. October 9 – 12 Integral Leadership in Action, 2008 Conference: Leading from Goodness, Truth and Beauty Steve McIntosh, Diane Musho Hamilton, Jeff Salzman, Elizabeth Debold, Terry Patten, Victoria Wilson, and more! Also featuring Special Guests Andrew Cohen and Stuart Davis. All BCIL events will be held at Boulder Center for Integral Living, 2805 Broadway (north/west corner of Broadway and Balsam), Boulder, CO 80304 (limited parking - carpooling is highly encouraged). Directions For information, please write to jason@b-cil.org. 303.541.1540 December 31, 2008 – January 2, 2009 Richard Rohr and Russ Hudson “Laughing and Weeping: The Enneagram as a Tool for Non-Dual Thought” Hotel Albuquerque, New Mexico www.cacradicalgrace.org 505-242-9588 DNC EVENTS and OPPORTUNITIES There will be a DNC-sponsored “Interfaith Gathering” Sunday August 24, at 1:45 p. m. in the Wells Fargo Theater in the Convention Center. It is open to the public and will include local and national speakers and musicians – yet to be announced. Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Islamic leaders will participate. Please pass on to your congregations this opportunity. More details to come. There will be “Faith Forums” on Tuesday, August 26 and Thursday, August 28 from 12-2 p.m. at the Convention Center. They are open to the public and will deal with the big issues of war, the economy, the environment, and immigration. Area clergy who have expertise in these areas are invited to serve on panels connected to these forums. There will be a “Reflection Room” in the Convention Center with holy books and open 24/7. Area clergy are invited to be on call for spiritual support and counsel as requested by delegates and other convention guests. Contact Rev. Terri LaVelle at lavellee@dnc. org for more information. There will be a “Day of Service” on Wednesday, August 27, for delegates. If you have a service project that delegates might come and work on that day, please call Julie Rodriguez at the DNC at 720.362.2008. A directory of houses of worship in the downtown area is being compiled for email and/or print distribution to the delegates. To be listed, contact Selena Dunham at Selena@DenverConvnetion2008.com Check the DNC website for updates on these and other opportunities for involvement. There will be an “Open House” for the public in the Pepsi Center a week or so before the convention. FYI, most of the 6,000 delegates are expected to arrive on Saturday, August 23. 15,000 media fold are expected for the convention. A total of 50,000 guests will be in Denver that week. As the delegates have no convention business from 10 am – 4 pm each day, Trinity Church will have building tours and concerts daily for the many downtown guests. Michael D. Dent, Senior Pastor Trinity United Methodist Church, 1820 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202 Voice 303.839.1493...Fax 303.839.1901 |