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15 October 2017 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (15 October 2017) at 11:00 AM for  “They Left Me for Dead” by Mr. Lynn Cawthorne.

We are pleased to welcome Caddo Parish Commissioner Lynn Cawthorne to our pulpit this Sunday morning.

In the Christian Testament story of “The Good Samaritan,” a traveler on the Jericho road is left for dead by a priest and a Levite (both men of high standing) until he is saved by one known to him as “other” — a Samaritan.

Who are the people who are “left for dead” in the present day?  Please join us to welcome Mr. Cawthorne.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service.

Children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

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Adult Religious Education — 15 October 2017

Please join us on Sunday (15 October 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  Following on the heels of reading of Waking Up White by Debby Irving, we will discuss A Class Divided (the documentary screened in our class last Sunday).

This is a 1985 documentary on the reunion of an all-white third grade class that learned a valuable lesson about racism with the widely known and praised experiment pitting the “Blue eyes” against the “Brown eyes.”

The first class where teacher Jane Elliott performed the experiment was in 1968, right after the assassination of Martin Luther King.  This film was made with her class in 1970.

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8 October 2017 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (8 October 2017) at 11:00 AM for “Not an Occasional Act” by Rev. Barbara Jarrell.

This service in the sanctuary concludes with a ceremony outdoors for releasing regret and all that no longer serves us.

We will have a newcomer session following the service for all interested persons.  At this session, you are invited to watch a video, ask questions, and learn more about our faith as we learn more about you (as you are comfortable sharing with us).

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Adult Religious Education — 8 October 2017

Please join us on Sunday (8 October 2017) at 9:15 AM for our adult religious education class.  Following on the heels of reading of Waking Up White by Debby Irving, we will watch A Class Divided.

This is a 1985 documentary on the reunion of an all-white third grade class that learned a valuable lesson about racism with the widely known and praised experiment pitting the “Blue eyes” against the “Brown eyes.”

The first class where teacher Jane Elliott performed the experiment was in 1968, right after the assassination of Martin Luther King.  This film was made with her class in 1970.

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1 October 2017 All-Ages Worship Service — Blessing of the Animals

Please join us on Sunday (1 October 2017) at 11:00 AM for “Keeping Faith with Animals” — our annual “Blessing of the Animals” worship service.

Please join us for this service where we celebrate our shared home in the interdependent web with our furry, finned, four-legged, flying, crawling, hopping or slithering friends.

You are invited to bring your pets into the sanctuary to share this service with us.

Please do confine your pets on a leash or in a carrier as the most seemingly docile animals can react differently in strange surroundings.

If your pet will do better staying home and being blessed from afar, feel free to bring a stuffed animal or photograph (beloved stuffed animals absolutely count in their own right).

The service also includes a memorial portion in which we call the names of pets loved and lost.

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