Dear Stormy,
The Social Gospel Movement had an important influence on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through his education at Boston University.
That movement also inspired the 1908 Social Creed and a hundred years of ecumenical and interfaith work for social and economic justice, civil rights, and women's rights.
Next week, Jan. 8-9, participate for two hours on either day at a global online conference to discuss what should inspire a new creed and, more importantly, a renewed movement. Details at SocialCreed.org.
Register now! Help us all continue a long legacy of education about and commitment to the common good. Guide the future by furthering the vision and work of Martin Luther King's Beloved Community.
The conference results will inform the committee preparing the final draft and be available to all who want to use them to celebrate the legacy of King on January 15 and beyond. Discuss with others what should be the guiding values and issues for people of conscience in the next century.
You only need to take two hours to make a contribution! See who else is participating.
Join us for the first of many events to study and implement a 2008 Social Creed.
Happy New Year and Peace,
Rita and Brian
P.S. Send this email to all your friends! Urge others to join this important historical event.
Since this is mostly traditional church related and I am not a part of any traditional church I thought I would ask about those of us who aren't; and this is what I sent her.
Very cool, you have so many of the traditional churches, but I see no Pagan/Wiccan leaders, nor do I see anyone who would speak for the First Nations People. Now if this is for all the population of this country(USA) and the world, then these voices need to be heard as well. We are people of Faith too, maybe not exactly the faith in the "One God", but faith in our creator(s)none the less. We want social justice and things that benifit the human race as a whole also. History has shown what is justice for one is not always justice for all. That is why MLK stood up the way he did.
Happy New Year and best wishes
Stormy
aka
Storm Cloud Woman
I was so surprised when I got back an email from the lady at the other end! Only within a few minutes as well. This is what she sent back to me.
Hi Storm Cloud Woman,
I hope you will make sure such voices are in the conference by participating. I agree the categories need to be expanded. We used the ones created by Faithful America, an interfaith org affiliated with the National Council of Churches, which has 36 members, all listed. For this registration, you can fill in what "other" means, but next time, we will add new categories for pagan Wiccan and First Nations.
Rita
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
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