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Submit your Gather at the River workshop ideas!
MFSA and RMN invite suggestions for workshop topics and/or workshop leaders for their 2015 gathering, Gather at the River, happening in San Antonio, Texas, from August 6-9, 2015. Workshops are intended to provide hands-on training opportunities to learn and hone skills for vital congregational ministries, advocacy for LGBTQ equality, engaging persons in the intersections of justice issues, and/or preparing a progressive witness for the 2016 General Conference. Workshops will happen on Fridayafternoon, August 7, and will be 75 minutes in length. You may recommend either a workshop topic or a leader or both. The proposed leader could be yourself or someone else. Please submit ideas by March 6, 2015.
Recommend a workshop/leader!
Current (the youth event at Gather at the River) will provide a creative space for LGBTQ youth and allies who have completed 6th through 12th grades from across the U.S. to explore, interact and grow. Youth groups and youth leaders are encouraged to come to San Antonio for this unique program for youth designed to uplift, renew, and empower our young people.
Contact Shelley Walters, youth coordinator, for more information.
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Voices of intersectional justice, creative worship & courageous leadership
Presenters to include:
Dr. Marcia McFee, Mark A. Miller, Rev. Theon Johnson, Nikilas Mawanda, Rev. Prof. Peter Storey, Rev. Sara Thompson Tweedy, Bishop Minerva Carcaño, Rev. Grace Imathiu, Rev. Frank Schaefer, Bishop Melvin Talbert and others!
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You are invited to attend:
Gather at the River
Thursday, August 6-9, 2015
Gather at the River will meet at Travis Park United Methodist Church, an historic, open and justice-seeking community of faith in downtown San Antonio, steps away from the renowned River Walk entertainment and cultural district. Housing and additional meeting space will be at the Sheraton Gunter Hotel next door.
Methodist Federation for Social Action and Reconciling Ministries Network members and friends in the Rio Texas Conference are preparing to provide extravagant hospitality for Gather at the River participants. Gather at the River will also include the participation of kindred groups in the Love Your Neighbor Coalition. Gather at the River is a multi-generational gathering. Program activities for children (ages 3-rising 6th grade) and youth (middle and high school) will be led by professionally-trained staff.
Thursday, August 6 - Sunday, August 9, 2015
pre-day forum begins at 9AM on Thursday
Event begins at 7PM Thursday
www.gather2015.org
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Travis Park United Methodist Church
230 East Travis StreetSan Antonio, Texas78205
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