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Jun
23

Screening of GOD & COUNTRY

Come Join Us for a Screening of

GOD & COUNTRY

3:00 pm - Sunday, June 23, 2024

Community of Christ Temple

1001 W Walnut, Independence, MO

Continents Room  

From director Dan Partland and producer Rob Reiner, GOD & COUNTRY looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself. Featuring prominent Christian thought leaders, GOD & COUNTRY asks this question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?

A discussion time will follow the screening.

No Admission charge but a freewill offering will be received.

Entrance to the building will be through the east, side door.

This event is sponsored by the Justice and Peace Action Team of Central and Midlands mission centers of Community of Christ.

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Apr
23

Book Study: Be an Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+

Join the Justice and Peace Action Team of Greater Kansas City and the LGBTQ+ Taskforce for a 5 session book study on Be An Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+ by Lisa Koenecke, M.S.The book study will begin on February 27 and meet every other Tuesday for 5 sessions, with the last session on April 23.  We will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:30pm CT.  

The publisher’s description of this book says: Be an Inclusion Ally brilliantly illuminates the path to becoming the most supportive Ally you can be both personally and professionally. This book is the quintessential fast, funny, and ready resource for educating yourself and others about the LGBTQ+ community. With wit and wisdom woven throughout, it's a goldmine for individuals who have questions, but don't know whom to ask. This book celebrates YOU for being willing to learn more and create an inclusionary workplace or school. Be an Inclusion Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ is a practical guide to understanding and supporting family, friends, colleagues, or anyone in the LBGTQ+ community. Written in an easy to follow, friendly style, this guide will provide concrete steps to those seeking to become an ally or an Ally.

Register at https://bit.ly/JPAT-BS to receive the Zoom links for the book study sessions and the assigned reading for each session.

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Apr
9

Book Study: Be an Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+

Join the Justice and Peace Action Team of Greater Kansas City and the LGBTQ+ Taskforce for a 5 session book study on Be An Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+ by Lisa Koenecke, M.S.The book study will begin on February 27 and meet every other Tuesday for 5 sessions, with the last session on April 23.  We will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:30pm CT.  

The publisher’s description of this book says: Be an Inclusion Ally brilliantly illuminates the path to becoming the most supportive Ally you can be both personally and professionally. This book is the quintessential fast, funny, and ready resource for educating yourself and others about the LGBTQ+ community. With wit and wisdom woven throughout, it's a goldmine for individuals who have questions, but don't know whom to ask. This book celebrates YOU for being willing to learn more and create an inclusionary workplace or school. Be an Inclusion Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ is a practical guide to understanding and supporting family, friends, colleagues, or anyone in the LBGTQ+ community. Written in an easy to follow, friendly style, this guide will provide concrete steps to those seeking to become an ally or an Ally.

Register at https://bit.ly/JPAT-BS to receive the Zoom links for the book study sessions and the assigned reading for each session.

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Mar
26

Book Study: Be an Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+

Join the Justice and Peace Action Team of Greater Kansas City and the LGBTQ+ Taskforce for a 5 session book study on Be An Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+ by Lisa Koenecke, M.S.The book study will begin on February 27 and meet every other Tuesday for 5 sessions, with the last session on April 23.  We will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:30pm CT.  

The publisher’s description of this book says: Be an Inclusion Ally brilliantly illuminates the path to becoming the most supportive Ally you can be both personally and professionally. This book is the quintessential fast, funny, and ready resource for educating yourself and others about the LGBTQ+ community. With wit and wisdom woven throughout, it's a goldmine for individuals who have questions, but don't know whom to ask. This book celebrates YOU for being willing to learn more and create an inclusionary workplace or school. Be an Inclusion Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ is a practical guide to understanding and supporting family, friends, colleagues, or anyone in the LBGTQ+ community. Written in an easy to follow, friendly style, this guide will provide concrete steps to those seeking to become an ally or an Ally.

Register at https://bit.ly/JPAT-BS to receive the Zoom links for the book study sessions and the assigned reading for each session.

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Mar
12

Book Study: Be an Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+

Join the Justice and Peace Action Team of Greater Kansas City and the LGBTQ+ Taskforce for a 5 session book study on Be An Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+ by Lisa Koenecke, M.S.The book study will begin on February 27 and meet every other Tuesday for 5 sessions, with the last session on April 23.  We will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:30pm CT.  

The publisher’s description of this book says: Be an Inclusion Ally brilliantly illuminates the path to becoming the most supportive Ally you can be both personally and professionally. This book is the quintessential fast, funny, and ready resource for educating yourself and others about the LGBTQ+ community. With wit and wisdom woven throughout, it's a goldmine for individuals who have questions, but don't know whom to ask. This book celebrates YOU for being willing to learn more and create an inclusionary workplace or school. Be an Inclusion Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ is a practical guide to understanding and supporting family, friends, colleagues, or anyone in the LBGTQ+ community. Written in an easy to follow, friendly style, this guide will provide concrete steps to those seeking to become an ally or an Ally.

Register at https://bit.ly/JPAT-BS to receive the Zoom links for the book study sessions and the assigned reading for each session.

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Mar
6

Independence (Missouri) School District Board Candidate Forum

Walnut Gardens Congregation, Community of Christ, 19201 East R D Mize Rd, Independence MO

An in-person public forum with candidates for the Independence school board will be hosted by the Walnut Gardens Community of Christ Congregation, 19201 East R.D. Mize Road, 7-8:30 PM, Wednesday, March 6. Seven candidates will vie for three 6-year terms on the board, including incumbents Eric Knipp and Carrie Dixon, along with candidates Dennis Green, Zac McLaughlin, Wendy Baird, Brandi Pruente, and Jason Vollmecke. The event will be moderated by Examiner editor, Jeff Fox, who will pose questions sent in advance to the candidates, plus questions submitted in writing by those in attendance. The sponsoring Community Engagement Team of Walnut Gardens is offering the event without charge to the public, in anticipation of civil conversation as candidates express their perspectives on best practices and policies for the Independence School District. The school board election is scheduled Tuesday, April 2. 

For further information, please contact:
Jim Hannah, co-facilitator 
Walnut Gardens community Engagement Team
Email: 
jim@jays.net
Cell: 816-719-5583

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Feb
27

Book Study: Be an Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+

Join the Justice and Peace Action Team of Greater Kansas City and the LGBTQ+ Taskforce for a 5 session book study on Be An Inclusive Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+ by Lisa Koenecke, M.S.The book study will begin on February 27 and meet every other Tuesday for 5 sessions, with the last session on April 23.  We will meet on Zoom from 7:00-8:30pm CT.  

The publisher’s description of this book says: Be an Inclusion Ally brilliantly illuminates the path to becoming the most supportive Ally you can be both personally and professionally. This book is the quintessential fast, funny, and ready resource for educating yourself and others about the LGBTQ+ community. With wit and wisdom woven throughout, it's a goldmine for individuals who have questions, but don't know whom to ask. This book celebrates YOU for being willing to learn more and create an inclusionary workplace or school. Be an Inclusion Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ is a practical guide to understanding and supporting family, friends, colleagues, or anyone in the LBGTQ+ community. Written in an easy to follow, friendly style, this guide will provide concrete steps to those seeking to become an ally or an Ally.

Register at https://bit.ly/JPAT-BS to receive the Zoom links for the book study sessions and the assigned reading for each session.

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Feb
18

Englewood Arts Center Photo Exhibit and Tour

Englewood Arts Center, 10901 E Winner Rd, Independence, MO

Everyone is invited to tour the Englewood Arts Center and view a photo exhibit of Independence people and places titled “Two Decades, One Community.” The exhibit includes 42 photographs taken by Pultizer-prize winning photographer Dan White, plus text by local writer Brent Schondelmeyer. This glimpse into Independence history reveals to viewers a commonly overlooked richness in our journey as citizens of the city many of us have long called home. White is a photographer of significant acclaim, whose skill sharpens our vision and expands our context. This Sunday afternoon event is offered free of charge, and will include viewing the exhibit, leaning about the Center, and engaging in conversation about the photo exhibit and our encounter with it. Community activist, Brent Schondelmeyer, will emcee the event.

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Nov
21

Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer  

“A hymn of love to the world” is how Elizabeth Gilbert summarized Braiding Sweetgrass for its interweaving of indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. Author Robin Wall Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a professor of botany, and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. 

In the preface, Kimmerer describes Braiding Sweetgrass as “an intertwining of science, spirit, and story—old stories and new ones that can be medicine for our broken relationship with earth, a pharmacopoeia of healing stories that allow us to imagine a different relationship, in which people and land are good medicine for each other.” 

Kimmerer describes both the scientific and the sacred significance of sweetgrass, identified by its scientific name as Hierochloe odorata -- “the fragrant, holy grass.” In Potawatomi language “it is called wiingaashk – the sweet-smelling hair of Mother Earth. Breathe it in and you start to remember things you didn’t know you’d forgotten.” (Preface)

Registration is open for an on-line Zoom reader’s group that will discuss Braiding Sweetgrass in six Tuesday evening sessions, 7:00 to 8:30, September 12, 26, October 10, 24, November 7 & 21. Sessions will feature a combination of presentations and small group explorations. There is no charge for the series, but registration is required. 

All are welcome to this reader’s group sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team of Central and Midlands mission centers, Community of Christ. Further information will be available on the team’s web site, jpatkc.org. Early registration is recommended.

You do not have to have read or finished the book to participate in the discussion!

Registration is Required. Registration is for all six sessions. Register Here

 

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Nov
7

Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer  

“A hymn of love to the world” is how Elizabeth Gilbert summarized Braiding Sweetgrass for its interweaving of indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. Author Robin Wall Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a professor of botany, and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. 

In the preface, Kimmerer describes Braiding Sweetgrass as “an intertwining of science, spirit, and story—old stories and new ones that can be medicine for our broken relationship with earth, a pharmacopoeia of healing stories that allow us to imagine a different relationship, in which people and land are good medicine for each other.” 

Kimmerer describes both the scientific and the sacred significance of sweetgrass, identified by its scientific name as Hierochloe odorata -- “the fragrant, holy grass.” In Potawatomi language “it is called wiingaashk – the sweet-smelling hair of Mother Earth. Breathe it in and you start to remember things you didn’t know you’d forgotten.” (Preface)

Registration is open for an on-line Zoom reader’s group that will discuss Braiding Sweetgrass in six Tuesday evening sessions, 7:00 to 8:30, September 12, 26, October 10, 24, November 7 & 21. Sessions will feature a combination of presentations and small group explorations. There is no charge for the series, but registration is required. 

All are welcome to this reader’s group sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team of Central and Midlands mission centers, Community of Christ. Further information will be available on the team’s web site, jpatkc.org. Early registration is recommended.

You do not have to have read or finished the book to participate in the discussion!

Registration is Required. Registration is for all six sessions. Register Here

 

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Oct
24

Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer  

“A hymn of love to the world” is how Elizabeth Gilbert summarized Braiding Sweetgrass for its interweaving of indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. Author Robin Wall Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a professor of botany, and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. 

In the preface, Kimmerer describes Braiding Sweetgrass as “an intertwining of science, spirit, and story—old stories and new ones that can be medicine for our broken relationship with earth, a pharmacopoeia of healing stories that allow us to imagine a different relationship, in which people and land are good medicine for each other.” 

Kimmerer describes both the scientific and the sacred significance of sweetgrass, identified by its scientific name as Hierochloe odorata -- “the fragrant, holy grass.” In Potawatomi language “it is called wiingaashk – the sweet-smelling hair of Mother Earth. Breathe it in and you start to remember things you didn’t know you’d forgotten.” (Preface)

Registration is open for an on-line Zoom reader’s group that will discuss Braiding Sweetgrass in six Tuesday evening sessions, 7:00 to 8:30, September 12, 26, October 10, 24, November 7 & 21. Sessions will feature a combination of presentations and small group explorations. There is no charge for the series, but registration is required. 

All are welcome to this reader’s group sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team of Central and Midlands mission centers, Community of Christ. Further information will be available on the team’s web site, jpatkc.org. Early registration is recommended.

You do not have to have read or finished the book to participate in the discussion!

Registration is Required. Registration is for all six sessions. Register Here

 

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Oct
10

Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer  

“A hymn of love to the world” is how Elizabeth Gilbert summarized Braiding Sweetgrass for its interweaving of indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. Author Robin Wall Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a professor of botany, and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. 

In the preface, Kimmerer describes Braiding Sweetgrass as “an intertwining of science, spirit, and story—old stories and new ones that can be medicine for our broken relationship with earth, a pharmacopoeia of healing stories that allow us to imagine a different relationship, in which people and land are good medicine for each other.” 

Kimmerer describes both the scientific and the sacred significance of sweetgrass, identified by its scientific name as Hierochloe odorata -- “the fragrant, holy grass.” In Potawatomi language “it is called wiingaashk – the sweet-smelling hair of Mother Earth. Breathe it in and you start to remember things you didn’t know you’d forgotten.” (Preface)

Registration is open for an on-line Zoom reader’s group that will discuss Braiding Sweetgrass in six Tuesday evening sessions, 7:00 to 8:30, September 12, 26, October 10, 24, November 7 & 21. Sessions will feature a combination of presentations and small group explorations. There is no charge for the series, but registration is required. 

All are welcome to this reader’s group sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team of Central and Midlands mission centers, Community of Christ. Further information will be available on the team’s web site, jpatkc.org. Early registration is recommended.

You do not have to have read or finished the book to participate in the discussion!

Registration is Required. Registration is for all six sessions. Register Here

 

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Sep
26

Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer  

“A hymn of love to the world” is how Elizabeth Gilbert summarized Braiding Sweetgrass for its interweaving of indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. Author Robin Wall Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a professor of botany, and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. 

In the preface, Kimmerer describes Braiding Sweetgrass as “an intertwining of science, spirit, and story—old stories and new ones that can be medicine for our broken relationship with earth, a pharmacopoeia of healing stories that allow us to imagine a different relationship, in which people and land are good medicine for each other.” 

Kimmerer describes both the scientific and the sacred significance of sweetgrass, identified by its scientific name as Hierochloe odorata -- “the fragrant, holy grass.” In Potawatomi language “it is called wiingaashk – the sweet-smelling hair of Mother Earth. Breathe it in and you start to remember things you didn’t know you’d forgotten.” (Preface)

Registration is open for an on-line Zoom reader’s group that will discuss Braiding Sweetgrass in six Tuesday evening sessions, 7:00 to 8:30, September 12, 26, October 10, 24, November 7 & 21. Sessions will feature a combination of presentations and small group explorations. There is no charge for the series, but registration is required. 

All are welcome to this reader’s group sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team of Central and Midlands mission centers, Community of Christ. Further information will be available on the team’s web site, jpatkc.org. Early registration is recommended.

You do not have to have read or finished the book to participate in the discussion!

Registration is Required. Registration is for all six sessions. Register Here

 

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Sep
12

Book Study: Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer  

“A hymn of love to the world” is how Elizabeth Gilbert summarized Braiding Sweetgrass for its interweaving of indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. Author Robin Wall Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a professor of botany, and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. 

In the preface, Kimmerer describes Braiding Sweetgrass as “an intertwining of science, spirit, and story—old stories and new ones that can be medicine for our broken relationship with earth, a pharmacopoeia of healing stories that allow us to imagine a different relationship, in which people and land are good medicine for each other.” 

Kimmerer describes both the scientific and the sacred significance of sweetgrass, identified by its scientific name as Hierochloe odorata -- “the fragrant, holy grass.” In Potawatomi language “it is called wiingaashk – the sweet-smelling hair of Mother Earth. Breathe it in and you start to remember things you didn’t know you’d forgotten.” (Preface)

Registration is open for an on-line Zoom reader’s group that will discuss Braiding Sweetgrass in six Tuesday evening sessions, 7:00 to 8:30, September 12, 26, October 10, 24, November 7 & 21. Sessions will feature a combination of presentations and small group explorations. There is no charge for the series, but registration is required. 

All are welcome to this reader’s group sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team of Central and Midlands mission centers, Community of Christ. Further information will be available on the team’s web site, jpatkc.org. Early registration is recommended.

You do not have to have read or finished the book to participate in the discussion!

Registration is Required. Registration is for all six sessions. Register Here

 

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Jun
11

Film Screening: "Speaking Truth to Power

Sunday, June 11, 2023

“Speaking Truth to Power”

Barbara Lee, a steadfast voice for peace in the US Congress, and lone vote against the authorization of military force following 9/11.

Sponsored By Independence FCNL & KC Justice & Peace Action Team

Date and time: Starts on Sunday, June 11 · 1:30pm CDT

Location: The Peace Pavilion 607 West Lexington Avenue Independence, MO 64050

About this event:

1:30 PM Doors Open

2:00 PM Screening Begins

3:00 PM Intermission and Information on Taking Action

3:30 PM Screening Resumes

4:00 PM Screening Concludes

This is a film screening only, there well be no access to the Peace Pavilion exhibits or tours.

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Finding Our Voice
Mar
12

Finding Our Voice

Join us for lunch and an informational session about current legislation being considered in Missouri and ways we can effectively participate as advocates for the LGBTQIA+ community. We are pleased to welcome special guest, advocate and activist Debi Jackson.

Lower Auditorium, 1101 W. Walnut St., Independence

APRIL 2, 12:30 PM

Pizza Lunch, 12:30 PM

Followed by informational session

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Jan
17

Action to End the Death Penalty in Missouri

The Justice and Peace Action Team of Greater Kansas City invites you to join us for an information meeting with Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP) on Tuesday, January 17, at 7:00 p.m. at the Woods Chapel Congregation, 500 NE Woods Chapel Rd, Lee’s Summit, MO. If you are not able to attend the meeting in person, a Zoom link will be provided.

Elyse Max, co-director of MADP, will share about MADP’s work and how we can participate in their Advocacy Day on January 31 in Jefferson City. We will learn how to join them under the dome to talk with our elected officials about ending the death penalty in Missouri.

Questions? or for a Zoom link, email info@jpatkc.org

Community of Christ World Conference Resolution 1273: Healing Ministry and Capital Punishment (Adopted April 2000)

Resolved, That we stand in opposition to the use of the death penalty; and be it further

Resolved, That as a peace church we seek ways to achieve healing and restorative justice.

Community of Christ Doctrine and Covenants 163:3b. Above all else, strive to be faithful to Christ’s vision of the peaceable Kingdom of God on earth. Courageously challenge cultural, political, and religious trends that are contrary to the reconciling and restoring purposes of God. Pursue peace.

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Oct
30

Group Tour: "Dividing Lines: A History of Segregation in Kansas City"

Dividing Lines is a tour of the history of residential segregation and its far-reaching impacts.

Residential segregation and the racial wealth gap didn’t just happen through some automatic human instinct or by chance. Individual actions in tandem with state and federal policies created our current reality.‍

By highlighting the history of segregation in Kansas City, Dividing Lines sheds light on the governmental policies and individual actions which decimated Black neighborhoods all over the United States.

Bus Tour - 40 person Capacity - Registration Required, Register Here

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May
24

Book Study - How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By popular demand the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team is offering another book study. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith will be discussed via Zoom. Save the dates for 7 bi-weekly sessions on Tuesdays: March 1, 15, 29; April 12, 26; and May 10 & 24 from 7:00-8:30pm. Central & Midlands Mission Centers of Community of Christ look forward to sharing this important exploration with you. Order the book, begin reading!

Register

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May
10

Book Study - How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By popular demand the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team is offering another book study. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith will be discussed via Zoom. Save the dates for 7 bi-weekly sessions on Tuesdays: March 1, 15, 29; April 12, 26; and May 10 & 24 from 7:00-8:30pm. Central & Midlands Mission Centers of Community of Christ look forward to sharing this important exploration with you. Order the book, begin reading!

Register

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Apr
26

Book Study - How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By popular demand the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team is offering another book study. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith will be discussed via Zoom. Save the dates for 7 bi-weekly sessions on Tuesdays: March 1, 15, 29; April 12, 26; and May 10 & 24 from 7:00-8:30pm. Central & Midlands Mission Centers of Community of Christ look forward to sharing this important exploration with you. Order the book, begin reading!

Register

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Apr
12

Book Study - How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By popular demand the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team is offering another book study. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith will be discussed via Zoom. Save the dates for 7 bi-weekly sessions on Tuesdays: March 1, 15, 29; April 12, 26; and May 10 & 24 from 7:00-8:30pm. Central & Midlands Mission Centers of Community of Christ look forward to sharing this important exploration with you. Order the book, begin reading!

Register

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Apr
5

Film Screening: “Hunger Ward: The Last Hope Between War and Starvation”

Join a Viewing of Oscar-Nominated "Hunger Ward"

Inside two therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, "Hunger Ward" documents two female health care workers, Dr. Aida Alsadeeq and Nurse Mekkia Mahdi, as they try to save the lives of hunger-stricken children within a population on the brink of famine.

This is a Spin Film production, directed by Skye Fitzgerald. Our guest Humanitarian Organizer is Dr. Aisha Jumaan, MPH, PHD, President Yemen Relief & Reconstruction Foundation (YRRF)

We can stop the suffering in Yemen

Sponsored by: Independence Missouri FCNL Advocacy Team, Justice and Peace Action Team of Greater Kansas City, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation.

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Mar
29

Book Study - How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By popular demand the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team is offering another book study. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith will be discussed via Zoom. Save the dates for 7 bi-weekly sessions on Tuesdays: March 1, 15, 29; April 12, 26; and May 10 & 24 from 7:00-8:30pm. Central & Midlands Mission Centers of Community of Christ look forward to sharing this important exploration with you. Order the book, begin reading!

Register

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Mar
15

Book Study - How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By popular demand the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team is offering another book study. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith will be discussed via Zoom. Save the dates for 7 bi-weekly sessions on Tuesdays: March 1, 15, 29; April 12, 26; and May 10 & 24 from 7:00-8:30pm. Central & Midlands Mission Centers of Community of Christ look forward to sharing this important exploration with you. Order the book, begin reading!

Register

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Mar
1

Book Study - How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By popular demand the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team is offering another book study. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith will be discussed via Zoom. Save the dates for 7 bi-weekly sessions on Tuesdays: March 1, 15, 29; April 12, 26; and May 10 & 24 from 7:00-8:30pm. Central & Midlands Mission Centers of Community of Christ look forward to sharing this important exploration with you. Order the book, begin reading!

Register

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Nov
23

Book Study to Explore Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

"Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.

Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer’s coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice."

We would love for you to join us via Zoom as we delve into Stevenson's book in four Tuesday evening sessions, held from 7:00 to 8:00 pm, central time:
October 12,
October 26,
November 9,
November 23.

Sessions will feature a combination of presentations and small group explorations. There is no charge for the series, but registration is required.

All are welcome to this book study sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Justice and Peace Action Team of Central and Midlands mission centers, Community of Christ.

Early registration is recommended. Registration is required and works for all four sessions.

Register at: https://bit.ly/JPATKCjustmercy

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