A Sacred Conversation On Race

  May 18, 2008

On Friday, April 11th, USA Today will publish a full page ad for the UCC inviting the nation to enter a sacred conversation on race and asking other communities of faith to join our preach-in scheduled for Trinity Sunday, May 18.

This ad clearly puts the UCC on public record as a church willing to grapple forthrightly with difficult, important issues.

Together we must ready ourselves for this important preaching opportunity and the intentional dialogues that must follow in the months to come.

- Jim Antal, April 10, 2008

  ~  Resources ~ 

    (Check back; more resources to come!)

A Pastoral Letter on Race from UCC's Collegium of Officers
http://www.ucc.org/sacred-conversation/pastltrracism.pdf

United Church of Christ resources on a “Sacred Conversation on Race”
www.ucc.org/sacred-conversation/

Full page USA Today Ad 4/11/2008 Calling for a “Sacred Conversation on Race”
www.ucc.org/assets/pdfs/usatodayad.pdf

 

John Thomas on CNN on need for a Sacred Conversation on Race:

www.ucc.org/news/uccs-john-thomas-appears-on-c.html

 

John Thomas news conference at Trinity UCC Chicago calling for a Sacred Conversation on Race:

www.ucc.org/news/ucc-ncc-calls-for-nationwide.html

 

Prayers and Liturgies useful for A Sacred Conversation on Race:

www.macucc.org/amistad/prayers.htm

 

Hymns and Scripture possibilities for a Sacred Conversation on Race:

www.macucc.org/amistad/hymns.htm

 

Wide array of resources on a variety of Justice Issues on the national UCC website:

www.ucc.org/justice/issues.html

 

Handbook for A Neighborhood Conversation on Race – a a 50+ page Handbook assembled when the MACUCC hosted The Amistad in October 2003

www.macucc.org/amistad/ncor.htm

Link to Race & Justice Task Force information

Messages from Jim Antal and John Thomas in response to the media coverage of Trinity United Church of Christ and Barak Obama

Race in America: Barack Obama's speech on race as a lens for America's political agenda. Featuring Don Shriver and panel chaired by Ed Rodman, April 28 at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge.

 

Resources from the Connecticut Conference Website

Fresh Air from WHYY: Interviews with James Cone and Dwight Hopkins on Black Liberation Theology (National Public Radio, March 31, 2008)

Project Trinity: The Perilous Mission of Obama's Church

Books from Brian Blunt explore scripture from an African-American perspective

Pastoral letter by CT Conference Minister and President Davida Foy Crabtree