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| Event(s) in: March 2010 |
| CROP Hunger Walk 2010 | | 03/06/2010 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | WHEN:
Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday Registration at 9:30 a.m.; Walk begins at
10:00 a.m.
Sunday Registration at 1:45 p.m.; Walk begins at 2:30
p.m.
NEW Location:
Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park
6614 Blue Bluff Rd
WHY:
To raise awareness and funds for international
relief and development, as well as local
hunger-fighting.
WHERE
DOES
THE MONEY GO?
25% of the money raised locally stays locally. The
remaining 75% helps to support the overall ministry of
Church World Service, especially the grassroots,
hunger-fighting development efforts of partner
agencies in some 80 countries.
CROP Hunger Walks help
to provide tools of hope that empower people to meet
their own needs. From seeds and tools, to wells and
water systems, to technical training and
micro-enterprise loans, the key is people working
together to identify their own development priorities,
their strengths and their needs -- something CWS has
learned through some 60 years of working in
partnership around the world.
LOCAL
AUSTIN BENEFICIARIES OF THE 2010 WALK INCLUDE:
Capital Area Food
Bank
Catholic Charities of
Central Texas
Dolores Catholic
Church -- Food Pantry
Imani Community
Church (AME) for Fishes and Loaves
Refugee Services of
Texas- Austin Office
St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church for Food Pantry and Shower Ministry
Urban Roots for
gardening project
WHO
RAISES THE MONEY?
Local faith and civic groups of all kinds are invited
to create WALK teams. CROP Hunger Walk raises money
through individual walkers' pledge forms. We want YOU
to walk with us to help end hunger. There is not a
minimum required for participation. We do, however,
encourage everyone to try to raise at least $100 from
family, friends and neighbors.
WHERE
IS THE WALK?
Roy Guerrero Colorado River Park (Grove Blvd. off East Riverside Drive, just north of the
ACC Riverside campus)
OUR
HISTORY:
The CROP Hunger Walk is a partnership between
Church World Service (CWS) and Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
(AAIM). This is our 30th
Walk in Austin! There are thousands of CROP Hunger
Walks held all over the U.S. every year to raise money
for hunger, with Austin ranking as the fourth most
successful CROP Hunger Walk in the nation! In 2005,
more than $120,000 was raised and 1,500 people of all
faiths participated. In 2006, 1,800 walkers
representing some 110 churches and other organizations
raised $148,000, far exceeding the goal of $130,000.
For 2007, nearly $122,000 was raised. And for our
30th Annual CROP Walk, we are anxious to raise more
than ever in our history, and we hope to have over
2000 participants.
CONTACTS
or TO LEARN MORE:
Amy Tutt
Volunteer Coordinator and CROP Hunger Walk Recruiter
Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
415-6024 or
Texas
Church World Service Office
(512) 451-2062
Visit
or
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| CROP Hunger Walk 2010 | | 03/07/2010 1:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
WHEN:
Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday Registration at 9:30 a.m.; Walk begins at
10:00 a.m.
Sunday Registration at 1:45 p.m.; Walk begins at 2:30
p.m.
*NEW* Location:
Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park
6614 Blue Bluff Rd
WHY:
To raise awareness and funds for international
relief and development, as well as local
hunger-fighting.
WHERE
DOES
THE MONEY GO?
25% of the money raised locally stays locally. The
remaining 75% helps to support the overall ministry of
Church World Service, especially the grassroots,
hunger-fighting development efforts of partner
agencies in some 80 countries.
CROP Hunger Walks help
to provide tools of hope that empower people to meet
their own needs. From seeds and tools, to wells and
water systems, to technical training and
micro-enterprise loans, the key is people working
together to identify their own development priorities,
their strengths and their needs -- something CWS has
learned through some 60 years of working in
partnership around the world.
LOCAL
AUSTIN BENEFICIARIES OF THE 2010 WALK INCLUDE:
Capital Area Food
Bank
Catholic Charities of
Central Texas
Dolores Catholic
Church -- Food Pantry
Imani Community
Church (AME) for Fishes and Loaves
Refugee Services of
Texas- Austin Office
St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church for Food Pantry and Shower Ministry
Urban Roots for
gardening project
WHO
RAISES THE MONEY?
Local faith and civic groups of all kinds are invited
to create WALK teams. CROP Hunger Walk raises money
through individual walkers' pledge forms. We want YOU
to walk with us to help end hunger. There is not a
minimum required for participation. We do, however,
encourage everyone to try to raise at least $100 from
family, friends and neighbors.
WHERE
IS THE WALK?
Roy Guerrero Colorado River Park (Grove Blvd. off East Riverside Drive, just north of the
ACC Riverside campus)
OUR
HISTORY:
The CROP Hunger Walk is a partnership between
Church World Service (CWS) and Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
(AAIM). This is our 30th
Walk in Austin! There are thousands of CROP Hunger
Walks held all over the U.S. every year to raise money
for hunger, with Austin ranking as the fourth most
successful CROP Hunger Walk in the nation! In 2005,
more than $120,000 was raised and 1,500 people of all
faiths participated. In 2006, 1,800 walkers
representing some 110 churches and other organizations
raised $148,000, far exceeding the goal of $130,000.
For 2007, nearly $122,000 was raised. And for our
30th Annual CROP Walk, we are anxious to raise more
than ever in our history, and we hope to have over
2000 participants.
CONTACTS
or TO LEARN MORE:
Amy Tutt
Volunteer Coordinator and CROP Hunger Walk Recruiter
Austin Area Interreligious Ministries
415-6024 or
Texas
Church World Service Office
(512) 451-2062
Visit
or
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| AAIM Spirituality Book Club | | 03/08/2010 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Book People
603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, Texas 78703
The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's
Religions
by Wayne Teasdale with a forward from the Dalai
Lama
Review by Bill
Williams:
Wayne Teasdale calls this "the interspiritual age" and predicts that
interspirituality will become "the religion of the third millennium." The
author, who grew up in Windsor (CT) and now lives in Chicago as a Catholic lay
monk, offers an inspiring vision of a world where people draw from the wisdom of
all the great spiritual traditions.
He begins with the assertion that" every one of us is a mystic" capable of
"direct contact with the divine, or ultimate mystery." As well as any recent
writer, Teasdale draws on the insights of Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism,
Islam, and Buddhism to shed light on the spiritual journey. He sketches a vision
that is at once practical and uplifting. He discusses social action, solitude,
nature, solidarity with all living beings, nonviolence, simplicity, and other
attributes of the spiritual quest.
The goal of any spiritual journey is to "prepare ourselves to be receptive
and sensitive to the divine presence by slowly awakening our spiritual senses."
This is a landmark book in the field of interreligious dialogue, written with
sensitivity and deep respect for all the great traditions.
Rev. Greg McDonell, former AAIM Board
President and current Pastor of Central Presbyterian Church, hosts the
monthly Spirituality Book Club to discuss contemporary texts addressing the
intersections of faith and public life. The Book Club is open to the
entire community, and suggestions for works to discuss in the coming months are
welcome.
All Book Club meeting take place at Book People, 7:00-8:30pm.
Book People
603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, Texas 78703
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| National Symposium on Homelessness | | 03/17/2010 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | National Symposium on
Homelessness
What is HOME and How Do
We Get There?
March 17, 2010 8:30 - 4:00 p.m.
St. Edward's
University
To learn more and register, visit: http://www.homemarch2010.org
At this spectacular event you will:
- Hear from
some of Austin's homeless about their daily challenges and concerns
- Meet service providers in the trenches working tirelessly to improve conditions
for the homeless
- Learn the results of the first face-to-face
homeless survey which draws a true profile of Austin's homeless
population
- Come be motivated to implement real
solutions
- Hear from featured Keynote Speakers: Steven Bouma - Prediger and
Brian J. Walsh - authors of groundbreaking book, Beyond Homelessness: Christian
Faith in a Culture of Displacement
"There have been studies upon
studies, with a fully operational homelessness industry consisting of shelters,
drop-ins, clinics, and activist groups, but with "all of this expenditure of
energy," there is "virtually no social transformation and none on the horizon."
Homelessness is an intractable problem because there is a stubborn and willful
obstinacy that refuses to honestly name the causes of the problem and is
unwilling to countenance socioethical change. " - Beyond Homelessness p.
104
To learn more and register, visit: http://www.homemarch2010.org
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| Life Songs of a So. Appalachian Woman of Cherokee | | 03/21/2010 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | The Austin
Interfaith Arts and Music Festival Presents:
Cantor Marie Betcher
in the Austin Premiere
of
BYNA
Life Songs of a Southern Appalachian Woman of Cherokee
Descent Music by Rudy Davenport & Lyrics by Delilah
Elsen Featuring Douglas Harvey- Principal Cellist- Austin Symphony &
Austin Lyric Opera Austin Haller- Pianist & Music Director- Zilker
Theatre Productions & Zachary Scott Theatre
Kevin Berg- 2009 Finalist
for Principal Oboist- San Francisco Symphony Proceeds support the Austin
Interfaith Arts and Music Festival
Sponsored by the Jewish Community
Association of Austin
Sunday, March 21, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.
Dell Jewish
Community Campus
$10.00 at the door
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| Dr. Gareth Lloyd Jones - Handling a Holy Book | | 03/27/2010 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | GARETH
LLOYD JONES
Saturday, March 27th
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
(with lunch break)
All Saints' Episcopal
Church
209 West 27th Street, Austin,
Texas
512-476-3589
"Handling
a Holy Book"
Aspects of contemporary religion
pose a major challenge for the Church.
One is the literalist approach to the
Bible which includes an intense end-time expectation and a negative
attitude towards women. Another is the reaction to this
trend by those who dismiss Scripture, and even regard it
as detrimental to
civilization. The crucial question for the three Abrahamic
faiths is: "How do we handle a holy book?"
The
issues raised by this matter for Christians will be considered in 3
sessions:
1. Bishop Colenso's Bible: A Dissident
Reading
2. The Good Book: What it is and What it is
Not
3. The Sins of Scripture: Lessons from Reception
History
Dr. Gareth Lloyd Jones is an Anglican priest of the
Church in Wales who was educated at the Universities of Wales, Cambridge,
Dublin, Yale University Divinity School, and Jerusalem. Since 1982 he has spent
various semesters as visiting professor of Old Testament at the Episcopal
Seminary of the Southwest, where he has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of
Divinity degree. He has also taught at McCormick Seminary in Chicago. Ordained
in 1965, Jones worked for three years as a curate in his
native diocese of Bangor, Wales. In 1970 he was appointed to teach at Oxford,
moving in 1977 to the University of Wales where he teaches Hebrew and Old
Testament Studies and was Head of the Department of Theology and Religious
Studies. From 1971 to 1988, he was a member of the Old Testament panel
responsible for translating the Bible into modern Welsh, which was published in
March 1988 on the 400th anniversary of the first Welsh translation. Dr. Jones earned his PhD at King's College, London. Dr. Jones' appearance at All Saints' is free and open to everyone. |
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| Spirituality and Activism Conference | | 03/27/2010 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Spirituality and Activism Conference
Consumed and Commercialized: Our Children's Future?
Is it inevitable? Can we stop it?
Can I make a difference in my child’s life? In my own life?
Saturday, March 27, 9:30am–5:00pm
Cost: $10/$5 for students (No one will be turned away)St. Andrew’sChurch
14311 Wells Port Drive
Austin, Texas 78728
The morning keynote speaker will be Tim Kasser on “Capitalism,
Commercialism, and Children's Wellbeing.” Kasser is a psychology
professor and author of The High Cost of Materialism. Afternoon skill
sessions will be devoted to how YOU can make a difference and improve
the quality of life for yourself, family, and friends through personal
and political action.
There will be a screening of the film “Consuming Kids: The
Commercialization of Childhood”, Friday, March 26, at 7:00pm. For more
information on the film, visit
www.greenmuze.com
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| Benefit for Foundation for the Homeless | | 03/29/2010 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | 2010 Mighty Fine Golf Marathon
Benefiting Foundation for the Homeless
Grey Rock Golf Club
www.foundationhomeless.org
Goal:
Raise needed funds to support FFH's programs and create hope for the homeless, including homeless children and their families.
The Golf Marathon is a is a day of fun, prizes and of course, golf. If
you can swing a club, you can participate! Registration and breakfast
begin at 7am, and the Marathon starts with a shotgun start at 8am.
Teams of up to 4 players each will play 100 holes of golf, while they
are playing the "prize cart" will show up randomly with fun ways to
earn more prizes. There will also be prizes awarded to the top
fundraisers, longest putts... Lunch will be served mid-day and there
will also be an awards ceremony and reception beginning around 3.
Contact:
Pam Wachholz
pwachholz@foundationhomeless.org
512-453-6570
www.foundationhomeless.org
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| The Gospel of Judas: Why Does It Matter? | | 03/29/2010 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Free Guest lecture, open to public (see descr. below)
UT-Austin Campus
AVAYA Auditorium (ACES 2.302)
Dr. April DeConick, Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University,
will present the lecture "The Gospel of Judas: Why Does it Matter?" Dr.
DeConick is one of the foremost scholars of early Jewish and Christian
thought, including the literature and controversies of the Jesus
tradition, ante-Nicene mysticism, and Gnostic spirituality. Her
recently-published book on the Gospel of Judas is the first to
critically challenge the interpretation and translation of the gospel
published by National Geographic in 2006.
For more info, contact:
Jared Diener
j.diener@austin.utexas.edu
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/rs/events/14222
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| Serving Your Seniors & Their Adult Kids | | 03/31/2010 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Serving Your Seniors and Their Adult Kids:
When Home is No Longer a Safe Option
A free luncheon presentation to learn more about local support and services for senior care.
Arden Courts Alzheimer's Assisted Living
11630 Four Iron Dr.
Austin Texas 78750
Arden Courts Assisted Living and Parsons House of Austin invite local
clergy individuals to join us for a presentation during which you can
learn to help your fellow church members navigate the confusing map of
options for senior care. Let us teach you not only what the options are
but also some of the many difficulties families face when making these
decisions.
Contact:
Monica Reveles
austin@arden-courts.com
512-918-2800
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