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You can find DC4PW enews now! This issue includes a recap of Disciples in DC, election resources, and more!

DC4PW Enews 08-08-2024 — DC4PW

On Monday, Disciples leaders and advocates in the DMV area joined other faith leaders and advocates in an interfaith prayer meeting and press conference organized by the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. For more: https://disciplescenter.org/current

The latest edition of the DC4PW enewsletter is out now! It features a story about former DC4PW board member Rev. Sheila Spencer presenting former DC4PW board member Dr. Delores Carpenter with a special award for women demonstrating excellence in ministry, information on an upcoming webinar, a report from the National Convocation, DC4PW election resources, and more relevant DC4PW news.

7/25/24 Enews — DC4PW

The 2024 Biennial Session of the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada took place in Greensboro, NC, on July 11th - July 14th. It was a very successful gathering with informative Bible studies and workshops, challenging and inspirational sermons, uplifting worship and music, and discussion about the extremely serious situation in Gaza. For more details about the event: disciplescenter.org/current

First night of the Biennial Session of the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Two Center/DC4PW Board members participate in the opening session. See more at disciplescenter.org/current

HAPPY FOURTH of JULY!
This Independence Day and this election year, let us rededicate ourselves to freedom and democracy and pray that what prevails within us is what Lincoln called 'our better angels,' not our demonically divisive, deceptive, and destructive tendencies.

60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act:
https://disciplescenter.org/current
Video by Center Board Member and CCCA Regional Minister, Dr. Marcus Leathers: https://disciplescenter.org/blog
Support DJAN: https://disciplescenter.org/give

BE IN THE CENTER OF IT ALL - http://disciplescenter.org
JOIN US ON OUR JOURNEY TO JUSTICE

Disciples Speak Out for Poor People and Low-Wage Workers

Over the past weekend in DC, Disciples from all across the US joined with the Center to participate in the Assembly/March for/with Poor People and Low-Wage Workers, and to listen to speakers from diverse groups, including our own Disciples leaders: Bishop Barber, Dr. Alvin O'Neal Jackson, and our GMP The Rev. Terri Hord Owens. It was a great event in which our leaders "did us proud."

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The Center (a cosponsor) invites you to join us at an important event in DC organized by the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. It all happens this Saturday, June 29th, at 10 am at 3rd & Pennsylvania NW.
NOTE: for persons with mobility concerns, transportation will be provided to the event and back to Union Station metro (red line).

More information at https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org
For Disciples: https://disciplescenter.org/current

Poor People's Campaign A National Call for Moral Revival

POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN - DC event - June 29th at 10 am.
For Disciples meeting at National City Christian Church:
8:45 am - Pick up T-shirts you ordered - outside church.
9 am - Greetings, brief remarks, prayer, song: featuring Rev. Terri Hord Owens and others
9:15 am - Picture of Disciples gathered at National City - then people will walk together to the Mall (3rd & Pennsylvania NW)

POOR PEOPLE CAMPAIGN - DC GATHERING
Mass Poor People's and Low-Wage Workers' Assembly & March on Washington & to the Polls. JOIN US THERE!

10 am EST on June 29th at 3rd and Pennsylvania NW
More information: https://disciplescenter.org/current

Today is World Refugee Day. In line with this year's theme, "Solidarity with Refugees", the Center/DC4PW joins with other people of faith, conscience, and good will to emphasize the importance of building inclusive health systems and ensuring equitable care for refugees worldwide.

JUNETEENTH - FREEDOM/JUBILEE DAY - IS HERE!
Pray, celebrate, educate, motivate, and advocate for "liberty and justice for ALL."

"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." - Desmond Tutu

Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho’ we may be, our destiny is tied up with America’s destiny." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up." - Booker T. Washington

"Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States." - W.E.B. DuBois

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” - Malcolm X

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." - Frederick Douglass

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated." - Maya Angelou

Father's Day is happier when spent with children. But many children are no longer here to celebrate this special day for dads because they were the victims of preventable gun violence. Serious background checks and sensible restrictions could have prevented most of these tragic deaths.

Light of the World Christian Church in Indianapolis, IN, is a founding partner of the DISCIPLES CENTER for PUBLIC WITNESS, and Rev. R Janae Pitts-Murdock is a member of the Center/DC4PW Board. We encourage you to worship with the Light and Rev. R Janae Pitts-Murdock live or online at 10.30 am eastern: https://www.lovelwcc.org/lwcc-tv Or, the service is recorded live at https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=3082276948675831

Spring renewal brings with it not only the renewal of nature, but also a renewal of our commitment to one another as a community of faith with a strong passion for justice. This commitment unites us in a community of common purpose on a shared journey to justice, a justice that must include everyone. So please partner with us by joining this community today or by renewing your participation now:

Give — DC4PW THE WILLIAM "CHRIS" HOBGOOD RACIAL JUSTICE FUND This fund is a memorial fund for Dr. William "Chris" Hobgood: for his life, his work, and his passion for racial justice. All monies contributed to this fund will be used to promote the racial justice work of the Disciples Center for Public Witness, in...

DC4PW celebrates April as both Earth Month and Diversity Month. We invite you to join us in speaking truth to power with love in support of laws and public policies that help create a just peace in a more diverse, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world: https://www.disciplescenter.org/give

Ray of Hope Christian Church in Decatur/Atlanta, GA, is a founding partner of the Center/DC4PW, and Dr Cynthia Hale (whom we consider to be a "Bishop") is a strong and committed supporter. We encourage you to worship with the Ray and Dr. Hale live or online at 10 am eastern: https://rayofhope.thechurchonline.com Or, if you miss the service live, watch it later at https://www.youtube.com/c/rayofhopechristianchurch

The prophetic word of God's radically inclusive and liberating love, though - in the person of Jesus - tortured and executed as extremely heretical and dangerously revolutionary, nevertheless - in the resurrected body of Jesus, in the Church as the Body of Christ, within the hearts of all of the faithful, and in the faces of all who are crying out for recognition, solidarity, and aid - this prophetic WORD still lives! CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED!