Thanks for taking a moment to check out these events in our shared life & the wider world.
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Last week, the Palestine marathon was held for the first time in three years in Bethlehem and Gaza. The Palestine marathon is an annual event for many Palestinians locally and around the world, and participants run to tell a different story about Palestine as well as the effect of Israel’s Occupation on Palestinians’ freedom of movement. This year’s marathon was centered on hope. In Gaza, 2,523 people, including 15 amputees, participated in a 5K, determined to live and persevere despite the devastation. In Bethlehem, over 10,000 people ran a 10K along routes hemmed in by checkpoints and the apartheid wall.
Holy God, we thank you for the resilience and efforts of organizers and participants who work to recenter our community on hope and steadfastness. Through this marathon, illuminate to the world our struggle for freedom and liberation. Lord, help us to use our bodies and voices to demand the freedom of all who suffer from injustice.
God in your mercy…hear our prayer.
From the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
Join us on Saturday, May 16th at 2pm for the 5th Annual Palestinian Flag Raising Ceremony.
Commemorating 78 years since the Nakba, we will honor those we’ve lost in Gaza and the West Bank and recognize the ongoing struggle against Israeli occupation and aggression. The Mennonite Action Chicago Purge Palantir vigil has been welcomed to join alongside American Muslims for Palestine.
We need some people to help hold banners, photos and children’s clotheslines. Please contact Chris Inserra if you can volunteer!
Book Club Meeting
Saturday, May 16th
10am on Zoom
Ibsen’s play, An Enemy of the People, is the selection being discussed this month! Whether you read the play or saw the show, join us for more discussion!
Dave Safeblade will be off adventuring in Europe, but Ann-Louise is holding down the fort while he’s away! Stop by with your favorite morning beverage to check in, catch up, and
share news from your life.
INVITATION TO A HALF DAY RETREAT
Saturday, May 30
10am – 2pm
How do we cope with the fact that life is always changing – whether we’re 30 or 80?
Join us for half a day of ritual activities and individual reflection on ways to adapt to change, let go of who we were, embrace who we are, and appreciate our unique life chapters.
| This retreat is being led by Pastor Ann-Louise, with support from Congregational Life. Invite a friend! |
Plan to stick around for Fellowship Hour on Sunday, May 24th
for a new quarterly offering from IJTF –
Wellington’s own Immigrant Justice Task Force!
They will share news of how we are sustaining and engaging Wellington’s faith commitment to systemic immigrant justice.
If you have questions about what’s happening with our immigrant neighbors, bring them!
Our June Gathering – formerly known as the Congregational Semi-Annual Meeting – will be on
Sunday, June 14th! This will be an in person service, with an online option. Come reflect on the past year with joy & gratitude.
Guide My Feet
First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn Choir at NYU, 2009
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