Help Keystone UCC connect young adults to apply for our Justice Leadership Program! Please take a look at the letter below and video clips on our JLP website. Thank you!
~Pastor Lauren
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Dear friends and all those in our network of the Pacific Northwest UCC Conference,
Please help the Justice Leadership Program find young adults for the 2016/17 year! Check out new videos of our interns on our website.
In the last season
, we lit the advent candle for Peace. As we read news stories every day, we know there is a long path towards peace in our nation. The violence of poverty, racism, and fear manifests in the deaths of those who are most marginalized in our society at an alarming and unacceptable rate. As Christians, we are called to affirm the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “True peace is not merely the absence of tension it is the presence of justice”--- in word and deed.
The Justice Leadership Program, supported by the Pacific Northwest Conference as well as many local congregations, is a part of the UCC’s work towards a more just and peaceful society. The Justice Leadership Program gives young adults the opportunity to develop their faith, build their skills around advocacy and community organizing, and lead our congregations in being a justice-seeking people.
Many young adults returned to their home congregations during this time of year. We encourage you to follow up with those whom you may have connected with, and
mention the Justice Leadership to these young adults. Many of them will be considering the Peace Corp or AmeriCorps, but not know their own denomination has this opportunity!
To learn what current UCC interns are doing, visit our website to see short video clips. Please print out the one pager and trifold to put them in a visible place in your church and forward information (via email or Facebook) about the program to any young adults you may know!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Peace,
Jenn Hagedorn
Outreach Coordinator, Justice Leadership Program
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