Please join us for the following May & June opportunities to connect!

Women's Day May 26 from 11:30am to 2pm
We need women volunteers who are able to
cut & color hair, give massages, pedicures & manicures, foot baths,
apply makeup, engage in conversation over lunch, etc.

2nd Saturday Work Day June 12 from 9am to 1pm
Plan to get your hands dirty with us completing some of the following projects:
insulation/weatherization,
fencing, planting, tending the garden,
small electrical projects,
framing and drywall,
sorting clothes,
some painting, etc.

2nd Saturday Haircuts June 12 from 9am to 11am
Can you cut men's and women's hair? Then we need you!

Please let us know if you are available for any of these dates. Thank you!

Please join us for the following April & May opportunities to connect!

Women's Day April 28 from 11:30am to 2pm
We need women volunteers who are able to
cut & color hair, give massages, pedicures & manicures, foot baths,
apply makeup, engage in conversation over lunch, etc.

Clarification Meeting May 7th at 7pm
Dr. Rodney Reeves, professor of Biblical Studies
at Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Missouri
presents "Worship as Warfare".

2nd Saturday Work Day May 8 from 9am to 1pm
Plan to get your hands dirty with us completing some of the following projects:
insulation/weatherization,
fencing, planting, tending the garden,
small electrical projects,
framing and drywall,
sorting clothes,
some painting, etc.

2nd Saturday Haircuts May 8 from 9am to 11am
Can you cut men's and women's hair? Then we need you!

Please let us know if you are available for any of these dates. Thank you!

URGENT needs list - Winter 2009

Coats
Hats
Gloves
Long Underwear
Blankets

Laundry Soap - he (high efficiency)
Dish Soap
Razors
Mens underwear - small sizes
Womens underwear - small sizes

Fri Nov 6 @ 7pm: Rethinking Christmas Clarification

For our November 6 meeting, we will be Rethinking Christmas! Prior to our gathering, we hope you'll review Luke 1-2 and Matthew 1-2 so that these stories will be fresh on your minds. We will discuss Advent, the Christmas story, our values, the way of Culture and the way of Christ. We want to discover ways we as individuals and as communities can more deeply engage the way of Christ this year.

This Clarification Meeting is kid-friendly! As adults review Christmas ideas of how to simplify giving and spreading holiday cheer, children will be working on some handmade crafts that they might enjoy giving as gifts this year. So please, bring your family and friends to this fun-filled evening!

Dec 4 & 5: Nonviolent Communication Mtg & Training

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

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

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.