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Reclaim the Name of G-d: Oppose Antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ+ Hatred

June 29, 2023 No Comments

ADD YOUR NAME AND A MESSAGE of support and solidarity. Sign the card here. We will print out the card, signatures, and messages on Saturday, June 30, 2023. For the first time in its 165-year-long history, on June 23, 2023, Temple Beth Israel, a Reform synagogue in Macon Georgia was the victim of a Nazi attack. Last Friday afternoon, members

Join the Pope’s mission for peace in Ukraine and ‘Declaration of Fraternity of Humankind’

June 21, 2023 No Comments

As people of conscience, committed to peace and reconciliation, we join in Pope Francis’ mission to end the war in Ukraine by appealing to “those in authority over nations to make concrete efforts to end the conflict, to reach a ceasefire and to start peace negotiations.” and we endorse the ‘Declaration of Fraternity of Humankind’ authored by the Vatican and 30

On Mother’s Day: Faith Leaders Call to End Gun Violence

April 18, 2023 No Comments

By distorting sacred scripture and religious traditions, Christian nationalism is fueling the epidemic of gun violence. Over 600 faith leaders have signed onto a letter calling for Mother’s Day, May 14, 2023, to be a national day of prayer, mourning, repentance, and contemplation to address the problem. If you are a parishioner/congregation member — not a faith leader — add your

PETITION FROM PARISHIONERS/CONGREGATION MEMBERS CALLING FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION, THIS MOTHER’S DAY, TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE!

April 18, 2023 No Comments

If you are a faith leader (reverend, rabbi, pastor, priest, imam, lay leader, etc) please instead add your name here. “From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: Disarm, Disarm!“ – Original Mother’s Day Proclamation of 1870, by abolitionist and poet Julia Ward Howe Dear President Biden, The epidemic of gun violence

“Resurrection Sunday is God’s statement of life over death and victory in the face of struggles” — 2023 Easter message from Rev. Graylan Hagler

April 9, 2023 No Comments

Dear beloved Community, A few years ago, on Easter Sunday, I told the congregation at the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington DC, why I was wearing a keffiyeh to preach in. It was a statement of solidarity with the Palestinian people and their struggle. I was wearing the keffiyeh because part of our struggle as Black people is

8 year old Bilal al Masharawi of Gaza City

Trapped in Mitzrayim (the “narrow place”) — FOR-USA April 5, 2023 Email Message

April 5, 2023 No Comments

Dear beloved Community, My family and I are preparing dinner because the Passover holiday begins this evening. The Seder, meaning order and ritual, is the traditional meal in which we tell the story of our ancient Exodus from Mitzrayim (the “narrow place”). בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר חַיָב אָדָם לִרְאוֹת אֶת עַצְמוֹ כְּאִלוּ הוּא יֶָָצֶָא מִמִּצְרַָים ְBe’chol dor va’dor chayav adam lirot et atzmo ke’ilu