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Recent events

jschneider — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:21:46 +0000

Advent is the season of waiting and watching. It is the time when the church waits… and watches for the light to pierce the darkness. With a grand pause we take a collective breath and look inward… “How have I loved this year?” “Who have I loved this year?” “What have I loved this year?” “What is it that I wait for?” “What is it that my soul yearns for?”Is it a job?
Is it a home?
Is it food for my soul?… is it food for my children?
Is it health?
Is it family?
Is it love?Advent presses us to connect with the deepest yearnings of the soul, then proclaims Jesus is coming!Come wait with us. Come watch with us. Come yearn with us… for that other world, which is possible. Come expect grand and beautiful acts of God with New York Faith & Justice this month.

St. Paul’s German Church
W 22nd between 8th and 9th
(closer to 8th)

Take the or to 23rd St, then walk down one block and take a right on 22nd St.

Or take the to 23rd and walk west one block, and downtown one block to 22nd.

House Fellowship Gatherings
Eat, laugh, connect, reflect and pray for justice at House Fellowship Gatherings in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Bronx House Gathering starting in January ’09!

Brooklyn

THIS Saturday, December 6 @ 1-3pm
Hosted by the Radical Living Community
@ The Hart House
32 Hart Street
Brooklyn NY 11206
RSVP to Sharaya at 917.280.1522 or stindal25@yahoo.com.

Directions

Take the to Myrtle-Willoughby Aves
Exit near intersection of Myrtle Ave and Marcy Ave
Walk south on Marcy toward Vernon Ave.
Turn right on Hart Street.
Go to 32 Hart Street.

Harlem

Saturday, December 20 @ 5-8pm
Hosted by The Bruederhoff Community
226 West 138th Street
New York, NY
RSVP to Norman at NormanWright@mailstack.com.

Directions

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More specific directions will be sent the week before.
See you there!

On the 60th Anniversary of
International Human Rights Day…

COME HEAR FLORIDA TOMATO PICKERS
SPEAK OUT

Coalition of Immokalee Workers Speak Out
Wednesday, December 10, 7:30 P.M.
The Church of the Holy Trinity
316 E. 88th Street, between First & Second Avenues

THEY will speak about working conditions in the fields and their campaigns to get fast food chains to agree to pay them just one cent more per pound (nearly doubling their wages).

The tomato pickers currently receive from growers who supply Subway about 40 cents for a 32-lb. bucket, a mere 1.3 cents per pound. They must pick 120 buckets, or nearly 2 tons of tomatoes per day, to earn $50 in a 10-hour day.

At a RECEPTION, you can talk to the workers &
learn from the co-sponsoring food justice groups.

C.I.W. is welcomed to New York City by
Faith Leaders for Food Justice
New York Faith and Justice
The New York City Coalition Against Hunger
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
Hazon
Local 1500, The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
The Peace and Restorative Justice Community of The Church of the Holy Trinity

To learn more about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers campaign for economic justice, visit their website: http://www.ciw-online.org.

Preceding the event, at 6:30 P.M., the Church of the Holy Trinity will celebrate a Candlelight Eucharist that will include a reading of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Who can endure the day of his coming?
I will be swift to bear witness against those
who oppress the hired workers in their wages.
~ Malachi 3:2,5

Directions

Take the train to 86th Street
Exit the station near intersection of 86th and Lexington
Go north to 88th Street
Turn right and go to 316 E. 88th.

We look forward to waiting and watching for the light with you this Advent season.

Peace & Joy from,

The All of us @ NY Faith & Justice

What Next?

jschneider — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:32:39 +0000

A Dialogue: Christians in the Public Square post-election day
@ All Angels Church
Saturday, November 8, 2008
12 noon – 2pm
Doors open at 11:45am

Join Lisa Sharon Harper (Executive Director of NY Faith & Justice and author of Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican or Democrat) for this panel discussion with distinguished leaders in faith and culture, including:

Jamie Moffett (Director, “The Ordinary Radicals”)

Derrick Boykin (Northeast Organizer, Bread for the World)

Becky Garrison (Author, Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church)

Rev. George Gregory (Morningstar Church-New York)

Rev. Annie Rawlings (PC-USA Presbytery of New York)

Rev. Josh Staton (Trinity Grace Church – NY)

Be Part of the NYFJ Community

jschneider — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:30:29 +0000

Join our Facebook page and group. Just type in NY Faith & Justice in your search.

On our NY Faith & Justice page, you can upload pictures, videos, and your own advertisements. Plus you can create causes and view detailed events that are coming up.

If you are already in a NY Faith & Justice group, please also join our page and become a fan of NY Faith & Justice so that you can be included in the NY Faith & Justice community. You can also invite others to join too.

We are so excited with the new events coming up this season! I hope you can join us!!

washington post on the movement…

jschneider — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:39:46 +0000

The Envision conference brought attention to a new cohort of social justice Evangelicals with a broadening agenda of both personal and societal issues in need of transformation. Reuters and the Washington Post both picked up the story describing the changing landscape of Faith and Politics and interviewing some of the compelling new voices in Christian social action. In particular– our new intern Matt Dunbar! A warm welcome to him as he begins his work in the movement!

Young Evangelicals Aim to Broaden Agenda
By Deborah Jian Lee | Reuters | Sunday, June 22, 2008; 9:58 AM

PRINCETON, New Jersey (Reuters) – Matt Dunbar is not your typical evangelical Christian.

With his tousled hair, sideburns and a scruffy “soul patch” beard, the 26-year-old New Yorker belongs to a growing minority of young evangelicals who want to broaden their political agenda beyond the traditional opposition to abortion and gay marriage.

Evangelicals like Dunbar are eager to move on and tackle such hot topics as global warming and social justice. More from Washington Post…

Jesus for President

jschneider — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:19:37 +0000

“Jesus for President”

Shane Claiborne & Friends
Saturday, June 28, 7pm
Doors open @ 6:30pm
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian

NO RSVP Required

Shane Claiborne (this guy) …

was our second Bridge speaker of the year and now he’s bringing us home with an amazing compilation of teaching, art, music and liturgy. He will be joined by co-author of Jesus for President, Chris Haw. (This guy) …

Together with a company of friends, they will engage our creative imaginations, asking a profound question for our time. “What if Jesus ran for President? Where would he spend his time stumping? Whose needs would Jesus care for most? What might Jesus say about Iraq? Iran? The economy? etc.”

Please join us for this special gathering to cap off an amazing year of NY Faith & Justice!

Directions

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
7 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019
(212) 247-0490

Take the or train to 5th Avenue
Walk north on 5th Ave to 55th Street
Go to 7 W. 55th St.
Map It!

This event is cosponsored by NY Faith & Justice, All Angels Church, One House, Restore, Radical Living Community and the Young Adult Ministry of the Marble Collegiate Church.

Photos from Envision08!

jschneider — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:06:38 +0000

On the last night of the conference, Jim Wallis, John Perkins and others gave challenging addresses to wrap up an intense three days of discussions and discernment.

Envision 08!

jschneider — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:37 +0000

At the Envision 08 gathering of evangelicals talking about the politics of Jesus, we’ve been having groundbreaking conversations with many of the luminaries of contemporary evangelicalism. Yesterday, Lisa Sharon Harper described a radical vision of Shalom. Shalom, she proclaimed, can be a pervasive wholeness and love in all relationships– brother and sister, husband and wife, neighbors, even fellow commuters, and yes also our politicians. In the panel discussion that followed Bart Campolo opened up this vision to being shaped by real relationships with the poor, facing the true and ongoing challenges of working with people facing grave challenges.

Participants were confronted with the difficulty of matching direct service, loving others one-by-one with speaking in the halls of power and working to affect change that could make life different for millions. There’s incredible chemistry in the theology as deeply entrenched urban ministers, like Shane Claiborne and Bart Campolo, encouter scholars like Miroslav Volf and Randy Balmer and discuss with activists like Andrea Smith, and Lisa Harper among many other all-stars in the faith.

Check out a video of coming together Sunday afternoon and

discover the perspectives of other participants including the beatitude society, faith and theology, and Jeremy del Rio.

Are you Blogging at the Envision conference? Let us know in the comments!

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join the frontlines in the struggle for justice in schools

jschneider — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:28:38 +0000

What would it be like to involve your church in reaching out to kids in the public school system? Could it invigorate your youth ministry? Unveil latent teaching and mentoring skills? Connect you with your community?

We invite you to join us for a co-sponsored event with the 20/20 Vision for Schools and their Adopt-a-School program. There are some 1400 public schools in the city and 7000 Evangelical Churches. Imagine if those churches became active in praying for, encouraging, and mentoring the students, teachers, and staff in those schools.

Is it something you could see your church being blessed by?

Are you ready to meet the students in your neighborhood that could use your help?

Reverend Tony Evans, a national leader in the Adopt-a-School movement, will be leading a gathering for pastors and members of churches throughout the city to discuss the process of connecting with schools to build fruitful, challenging, and transformative partnerships.

Thursday, May 29th

5pm gathering for pastors – RSVP
7pm open to all

Christ Tabernacle
64-34 Myrtle Ave
Glendale, NY 11385 (directions|driving)

register now for envision 08

jschneider — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:11:58 +0000

Sixty Leading Scholars, Artists, Activists, and Pastors.

Twenty Learning Tracks.

A broad array of theological perspectives, all focused
on one thing: Christian Engagement in the Public Square.

The Envision 08 Conference
at Princeton University, June 8-10, 2008.

Join Us.
Be a part of an online visioning dialogue May 12 – 14

Can’t Attend?
Support Envision 08 with a donation.