Please attend Clarification Meetings at Cherith Brook on the first Friday of each month, from 7 to 8:30pm, at our storefront next door to the house. Enjoy coffee, conversation, fellowship and deep thinking; a chance to get clear on important issues.
For our December 4th/5th Clarification Meeting and Training we will be discussing the topic of Nonviolent Communication, and learning how to put the idea into practice. We hope that many of our volunteers, and others in the community, will be interested in participating in this two-part event, although we invite you to attend either one or both.
The Clarification Meeting will be held on Friday night, December 4th from 7 to 8:30pm. A training session will be held on Saturday morning, December 5th from 8:30am to Noon, led by Jeff Matascik, a violence prevention specialist for Synergy Services. In preparation, we hope you'll read Marshall B. Rosenberg's book, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life.
We encourage you to come prepared with references, your questions, and personal stories on any of the topics of discussion during our Clarification Meetings. We hope to deepen our understanding of each issue, based on Biblical teachings as well as facts presented by those in attendance at each gathering.
Cherith Brook Community
3308 E 12th St
Kansas City, MO 64127
816-241-8047
cherithbrookkcmo@yahoo.com
cherithbrookkc.blogspot.com
Clarification Meeting topic for November 6th: Counter-Cultural Holiday Celebrations
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Health Care Clarification Mtg - Fri Oct 2 @ 7pm
The Health Care debate is something that has invoked lots of dialogue, debate, and sometimes misinformation. Join us as we hear from fellow Catholic Worker, Mona Shaw, about the current state of the US Health Care system. There will also be plenty of time to dialogue about what it means for us as Christians if we agree that we are our brother's/sister's keeper.
Please come prepared with your own stories and experiences to help the conversation be more fruitful. See you soon!
Date:
Friday, October 2, 2009
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Cherith Brook Catholic Worker
Street:
3226 E 12th St.
City/Town:
Kansas City, MO
Please come prepared with your own stories and experiences to help the conversation be more fruitful. See you soon!
Date:
Friday, October 2, 2009
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Cherith Brook Catholic Worker
Street:
3226 E 12th St.
City/Town:
Kansas City, MO
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
FESTIVAL OF SHELTERS ~ Oct 4 & 5
Festival of Shelters
Sunday, October 4 at 6pm ~ Celebration of shelter and blessing for the homeless (coffee and desert will follow)
Monday, October 5 at 5pm ~ Celebration of the Harvest of God’s provision (shared dinner together)
WHAT IS THE FESTIVAL OF SHELTERS?
The Festival of Shelters comes to us from Leviticus 23:42 where the People of God are instructed to build simple shelters and to live in them for seven days remembering a lifetime of days spent homeless, wandering the wilderness, in search of food and water, hoping for a promised place. The Festival also became a harvest celebration where the people remembered what it was like to be hungry and thirsty and to show gratitude for God’s provision of food.
WHY DO WE DO IT?
Our Festival of Shelters is intended to be a challenge to resist and celebration of rejoicing:
· We who have plenty are reminded that we have all experienced need and, that it is God who provides our needs;
· We are challenged to move away from greed and pride of wealth and accumulation;
· And to remember and that the stranger, the wanderer, the homeless and the hungry are specially loved and cared for by God.
HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE!
On Sunday afternoon, October 4 we will begin setting up structures that represent the different kinds of homeless suffering in our city: those on the streets, the refugee experience, the undocumented immigrant, and the battered woman.
At 5pm we will have a liturgy that speaks to the different experiences of those without shelter in our society and calls us to greater justice.
Two groups will depart for a night spent out on the streets. They will be blessed and sent out after the liturgy. One group will return back Monday morning at 8:00am. The other group will return Monday evening for dinnertime at 5:00pm. We will share dinner and a time of sharing reflections on homelessness. Please let us know in advance if you are interested in spending the night on the streets. We want to keep the groups small, so there will be limited spaces.
Call if you have questions: 816-241-8047.
Sunday, October 4 at 6pm ~ Celebration of shelter and blessing for the homeless (coffee and desert will follow)
Monday, October 5 at 5pm ~ Celebration of the Harvest of God’s provision (shared dinner together)
WHAT IS THE FESTIVAL OF SHELTERS?
The Festival of Shelters comes to us from Leviticus 23:42 where the People of God are instructed to build simple shelters and to live in them for seven days remembering a lifetime of days spent homeless, wandering the wilderness, in search of food and water, hoping for a promised place. The Festival also became a harvest celebration where the people remembered what it was like to be hungry and thirsty and to show gratitude for God’s provision of food.
WHY DO WE DO IT?
Our Festival of Shelters is intended to be a challenge to resist and celebration of rejoicing:
· We who have plenty are reminded that we have all experienced need and, that it is God who provides our needs;
· We are challenged to move away from greed and pride of wealth and accumulation;
· And to remember and that the stranger, the wanderer, the homeless and the hungry are specially loved and cared for by God.
HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE!
On Sunday afternoon, October 4 we will begin setting up structures that represent the different kinds of homeless suffering in our city: those on the streets, the refugee experience, the undocumented immigrant, and the battered woman.
At 5pm we will have a liturgy that speaks to the different experiences of those without shelter in our society and calls us to greater justice.
Two groups will depart for a night spent out on the streets. They will be blessed and sent out after the liturgy. One group will return back Monday morning at 8:00am. The other group will return Monday evening for dinnertime at 5:00pm. We will share dinner and a time of sharing reflections on homelessness. Please let us know in advance if you are interested in spending the night on the streets. We want to keep the groups small, so there will be limited spaces.
Call if you have questions: 816-241-8047.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Sept 4 Clarification Mtg: The Death Penalty - An Eye for an Eye?
Please attend Clarification Meetings at Cherith Brook on the first Friday of each month, from 7 to 8:30pm, at our storefront next door to the house. Enjoy coffee, conversation, fellowship and deep thinking; a chance to get clear on important issues.
For our September 4th gathering, we have chosen the topic of the Death Penalty. Our guest speaker, Darryl Burton, will lead a discussion on this issue. In September 2008, Darryl was released from 24 years of captivity after a judge ruled that his 1984 murder trial was constitutionally flawed. He hopes his case will convince the public that this country is jailing innocent people. Please come and hear Darryl's compelling story.
We encourage you to come prepared with references, your questions, and personal stories on any of the topics of discussion during our Clarification Meetings. We hope to deepen our understanding of each issue, based on Biblical teachings as well as facts presented by those in attendance at each gathering.
"We must find an alternative to violence. The eye-for-an-eye philosophy leaves everyone blind."--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Dates & Topics for future Clarification Meetings at Cherith Brook include:
October 2nd – Health Care
November 6th – Non-Violence Training
December 4th – Alternative Holiday Celebrations
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Cherith Brook NEEDS volunteers to help offer Showers & Meals from 8am to Noon on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays. Please let us know when YOU are available!
For our September 4th gathering, we have chosen the topic of the Death Penalty. Our guest speaker, Darryl Burton, will lead a discussion on this issue. In September 2008, Darryl was released from 24 years of captivity after a judge ruled that his 1984 murder trial was constitutionally flawed. He hopes his case will convince the public that this country is jailing innocent people. Please come and hear Darryl's compelling story.
We encourage you to come prepared with references, your questions, and personal stories on any of the topics of discussion during our Clarification Meetings. We hope to deepen our understanding of each issue, based on Biblical teachings as well as facts presented by those in attendance at each gathering.
"We must find an alternative to violence. The eye-for-an-eye philosophy leaves everyone blind."--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Dates & Topics for future Clarification Meetings at Cherith Brook include:
October 2nd – Health Care
November 6th – Non-Violence Training
December 4th – Alternative Holiday Celebrations
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Cherith Brook NEEDS volunteers to help offer Showers & Meals from 8am to Noon on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays. Please let us know when YOU are available!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Apocalypse Kansas City! Clarification: Friday August 7 @ 7pm
On the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we will give attention to the continued arrogance of Nuclear proliferation as experienced locally with the efforts to relocate and rebuilt the Honeywell Complex in Grandview, MO. Honeywell is responsible for building 85% of non-nuclear components for Nuclear weapons. Without the triggers and navigational devises, the massive US arsenal could not deploy.
Eric Garbison will begin with a study on the apocalyptic text of Mark 13:14-23, as it speaks to the times in which we live with the continued proliferation and threat of nuclear war against God's reign on earth through Jesus the Christ.
Ann Sullentrop, with Greater Kansas City Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, will speak to us of the recent efforts to rebuild the Honeywell plant in Kansas City and ways people can speak out and resist.
Eric Garbison will begin with a study on the apocalyptic text of Mark 13:14-23, as it speaks to the times in which we live with the continued proliferation and threat of nuclear war against God's reign on earth through Jesus the Christ.
Ann Sullentrop, with Greater Kansas City Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, will speak to us of the recent efforts to rebuild the Honeywell plant in Kansas City and ways people can speak out and resist.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
STEP UP2date
Friends of the STEP Alliance: Thought you should know about an upcoming event, 2 recent news stories, and 2 opportunities for email-advocacy. Please take action! And check out the new research links and discussion board stuff on our facebook page . . .
UPCOMING EVENT:
Veronica's Voice is leading a Street Outreach training THIS SATURDAY, July 18th from 10am-noon at Cherith Brook. (3226 E 12th Street, KC MO 64127) All are welcome! Email safecenter@veronicasvoice.org to RSVP, or just come Saturday.
NEWS STORIES:
The County passed a resolution about drug and prostitution activity in the Northeast (6/29) that excluded mention of SOAP/SODA, and adding "restorative solutions" (see news article here: http://northeastnews.net/countysupport.html )
The KC Star had an article Saturday about SOAP/SODA, which was pretty in favor of it and neglected to mention the STEP Alliance or our alternatives. (see here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/1318816.html )
EMAIL ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES:
Write to Lynn Horsley, the author of the KC Star article (lhorsley@kcstar.com). Let her know that there are people in KC who are opposed to SOAP/SODA! There's an example of what you could write in the email here: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhtmjn6d_51f8rqstc5. Feel free to CUT and PASTE, but it's better if you personalize it some. Let us know if you write her!
Write to the City Prosecutor's office (Beth_Murano@kcmo.org, Megan_Pfannenstiel@kcmo.org) if you can't make it to tomorrow's meeting. Let them know that you are in support of the KC STEP Alliance, and hope that our alternatives will be considered. There's an example of what you could write here: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhtmjn6d_52fmf4f3ct. Again feel free to cut and paste. Let us know if you write them!
Thanks for your support. . .we'll keep you posted!
UPCOMING EVENT:
Veronica's Voice is leading a Street Outreach training THIS SATURDAY, July 18th from 10am-noon at Cherith Brook. (3226 E 12th Street, KC MO 64127) All are welcome! Email safecenter@veronicasvoice.org to RSVP, or just come Saturday.
NEWS STORIES:
The County passed a resolution about drug and prostitution activity in the Northeast (6/29) that excluded mention of SOAP/SODA, and adding "restorative solutions" (see news article here: http://northeastnews.net/countysupport.html )
The KC Star had an article Saturday about SOAP/SODA, which was pretty in favor of it and neglected to mention the STEP Alliance or our alternatives. (see here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/1318816.html )
EMAIL ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES:
Write to Lynn Horsley, the author of the KC Star article (lhorsley@kcstar.com). Let her know that there are people in KC who are opposed to SOAP/SODA! There's an example of what you could write in the email here: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhtmjn6d_51f8rqstc5. Feel free to CUT and PASTE, but it's better if you personalize it some. Let us know if you write her!
Write to the City Prosecutor's office (Beth_Murano@kcmo.org, Megan_Pfannenstiel@kcmo.org) if you can't make it to tomorrow's meeting. Let them know that you are in support of the KC STEP Alliance, and hope that our alternatives will be considered. There's an example of what you could write here: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhtmjn6d_52fmf4f3ct. Again feel free to cut and paste. Let us know if you write them!
Thanks for your support. . .we'll keep you posted!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
CB Statement on SOAP/SODA initiative in the Historic Northeast neighborhoods of KCMO
We request postponement of voting on resolution 090304, nicknamed SOAP/SODA (Stay Out of Areas of Prostitution and Stay Out of Drug Areas), which would allow municipal judges to impose geographical boundaries on any drug or prostitution offender, thereby making it illegal for many to be seen on certain streets or in certain neighborhoods in the Historic Northeast. I moved to the Historic Northeast neighborhood to befriend and serve those struggling with joblessness, homelessness, and inadequate wages.
We live at Cherith Brook Catholic Worker House, a house of hospitality that welcomes these persons. We, along with Veronica's Voice and other organizations who serve persons affected by this resolution, would like the opportunity to sit down and dialogue with other concerned community stakeholders, in hopes of revising the current resolution.
We are deeply concerned about this resolution for these reasons:• It promotes neighborhood vigilantism, which tears communities apart by pitting neighbor against neighbor, therefore weakening our community.
• It further criminalizes victims, while still leaving our community open to the real criminals, which include pimps, traffickers, drug dealers and certainly the customers whose demand for sex fuels the sex industry and perpetually creates more victims.
• It further isolates victims, keeping them out of their own communities, places they've grown up in, and places where they currently live.
• It will only displace any drug and prostitution issues, forcing them underground (creating more violence) or simply move them to another area--all without addressing root causes.
• It attempts to control the whereabouts of already-victimized American citizens, and as such, its constitutionality may even be questionable.
We urge the City Council to postpone approving these strong measures that drive the true victims from the Historic Northeast, where many have grown up, have families, homes, jobs and church activities. Rather than wasting time and energy on compounding the problems of our fellow citizens, we urge folks to get involved with neighborhood faith and community based agencies such as what is offered at Cherith Brook, Veronica’s Voice, and many area churches. We are stakeholders that want to be involved with other community members who are interested in working together to explore ways that address these issues, instead of simply relocating them.
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