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Jubilee Ministry, Episcopal Peace Fellowship co-host “Journey Into Peace”

“Journey Into Peace: Creating a Culture of Non-Violence” – a weekend of worship, training in spiritually-grounded peacemaking techniques, and recreation – will be Aug. 6-8 at St. John’s Cathedral.

The event is sponsored by Colorado Jubilee Ministry, the Colorado chapter of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and St. John’s Cathedral.

Journey Into Peace: Creating a Culture of Peace

When: Aug. 6-8

Where: St. John’s Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., Denver

Cost: $85 for the whole weekend ($75 for those who register by June 30), $70 for Saturday only and $20 for Sunday only. Limited partial scholarships are available.

Information: Full conference agenda and reservation information is available at the EPF Colorado Website, www.epfcolorado.org, or call Lynn Huber at 303-587-0288.

How-to information from the “Called to Serve” conference

How to develop viable income-generating enterprise that can sustain non-profits when gifts and grants fall short…How to build and maintain healthy boards over the long-term…How to engage congregations with the transformational “Just Faith” curriculum…how to develop a methods of fund-raising that are sustainable in today’s economically challenging environment.

The Called to Serve conference in April offered a number of practical workshops aimed at the needs of non-profit ministries. Here’s a roundup, with some practical take-aways from each session.

“My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.”

A lot of people know about the St. Francis Center. But not many people know how it came to be, or why it’s named for St. Francis. Here’s a sermon, preached at St. John’s Cathedral on April 25, the 4th Sunday of Easter, “Good Shepherd Sunday,” by the Rev. Rebecca Jones, the deacon at the St. Francis Center. In it, she shares a remarkable story involving St. Francis Center’s founder, Bert Womack, a mysterious beat-up old crucifix, and the voice of a good shepherd calling his flock.

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Calendar

Journey Into Peace conference

Aug. 6-8, St. John’s Cathedral, Denver

Judy Collins Concert to benefit St. George Community Meal

July 30, 7:30 p.m., at the Tabor Opera House in Leadville

Take a Walk for Caring Ministries Walkathon

Take a Walk for Caring Ministries Walk-a-thon, June 26 in Fort Morgan

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About Colorado Jubilee Ministries

Jubilee Ministry is a nationwide network of more than 600 social outreach organizations and ministries all affiliated in some way with the Episcopal Church. In Colorado, we have 24 Jubilee Ministry centers, including food banks, day shelters, feeding programs, prison ministries, health care ministries, ministries serving immigrants, Native Americans, children and other vulnerable populations. The Diocesan Jubilee Office works to promote the work of these ministries through education, communication, networking and advocacy.

As the world’s economies decline, we see the need to “feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, care for the sick, and visit the imprisoned” (Matthew 25:35) more than ever both locally as well as internationally. Homes and pensions have been lost, and food banks are struggling to keep up with the increasing need. Jubilee Ministry is called to help the church live out its prophetic vision of empowering people to “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly before their god” (Micah 6:8).

By creating a direct and dynamic link between our theology and our ethics—the talk and walk of our faith—Jubilee Ministry involves our congregations in the important work of empowering people to change their lives.

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