From papajaxn at telus.net Thu Aug 14 00:24:00 2008 From: papajaxn at telus.net (papajaxn at telus.net) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:24:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [Yhjusticenet] FW: to persons with a Justice heart Message-ID: <7681242.14858831218687841031.JavaMail.nitido@priv-edtnes94> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://yellowheadpresbytery.org/pipermail/yhjusticenet_yellowheadpresbytery.org/attachments/20080813/b0545071/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: KAIROS Tar Sands Forum Poster.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 476593 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://yellowheadpresbytery.org/pipermail/yhjusticenet_yellowheadpresbytery.org/attachments/20080813/b0545071/attachment-0001.pdf From emmyhenry at telusplanet.net Sun Aug 31 15:25:39 2008 From: emmyhenry at telusplanet.net (Emmy Henry) Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:25:39 -0600 Subject: [Yhjusticenet] Fw: KAIROS Prairies North Fall 2008 Retreat and Annual Meeting, PLUS KAIROS Canada's Tar Sands Forum Message-ID: <9B9E17CB63B2401DA47CA93AAAE9F71A@Dell1> Hi all, I'm passing this on in case you aren't receiving this directly from the Kairos people. Emmy. ----- Original Message ----- From: J Zutter To: Kairos Network Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 4:59 PM Subject: KAIROS Prairies North Fall 2008 Retreat and Annual Meeting, PLUS KAIROS Canada's Tar Sands Forum To: The Kairos Prairies North Network (Alberta & Saskatchewan) The Kairos Annual meeting and workshop will be in Calgary this year, and hopefully many of you will be able to attend. The details are below and attached to this notice. I have also posted them to the following webpage in case you prefer to download them, or in case you have trouble with attachments: http://www.albertasynod.ca/social_ministry/kairos Hope to see you there! -- Original Message ----- From:Don Dale, Prairies North Regional Co-ordinator Subject: KAIROS Prairies North Fall 2008 Retreat and Annual Meeting, PLUS KAIROS Canada's Tar Sands Forum Our usual Friday evening through Sunday Lunch time Regional Meeting will be jam-packed with good info. Sara & Ed will be our national reps, and several others will be making presentations, as well as there being time to hear from all of you around the Region about programs and important concerns in your localities. Please see our separate poster for details, also enclosed. Calgary looks forward to welcoming a good turnout from among all KAIROS supporters around the Region! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KAIROS PRAIRIES NORTH FALL RETREAT & ANNUAL MEETING 2008 An annual gathering of people interested in social justice. To be held at the FCJ Christian Life Centre 219 - 19th Ave. SW, Calgary. >From Friday October 3, 7:00 pm to Sunday October 5, Noon + lunch. Please note that this meeting will be preceded by KAIROS? Tar Sands Forum, Friday Oct 3, 9:30am - 4pm (see below) All welcome to this open gathering, regardless of your background. Our focus will include: A critical look at the tar sands, The 2009 re-energise campaign, The KAIROS Aboriginal study "In Peace and Friendship", The impact of poverty on our communities, Community building, strategizing and getting to know each other. A registration form is attached to this email. Registration deadline September 15. For more information and to register, visit http://www.kairos-calgary.ca or email pwrdfcalgary at telus.net, or phone Alison Longson 403 243 5478. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AND: KAIROS Canada is preparing the background information for a group of denominational leaders of Canadian churches who will tour the Athabasca Tar Sands in the Spring of 2009. Sara Stratton, Campaigns Co-ordinator, & Ed Bianchi, Aboriginal Rights Program Co-ordinator, will be in Alberta just before our gathering, collecting information to be part of KAIROS' package for the Church Leaders' tour. They and some resource people of their choice will present a Forum on the Tar Sands all day long on our opening day, Oct. 3. The attached info contains a full page poster detailing the Forum (also copied in below). Its focus on ethical / theological / ecological aspects of Tar Sands exploitation is unique, and should be of special interest to Christians and our friends who share a concern for the effects of such developments on the human condition. Attendance and meals, etc. are a free gift to all present that day. However, if you come from afar & need to travel and have overnight accomodation, those costs will be your own. We expect some rooms to be available at the Christian Life Centre, & our registration form allows you to select the third night if that is your desire. Here is the info copied from the attached pdf: Water. Indigenous Rights. Ecological Destruction. Poverty. Migrant Labour. Jobs. Indigenous and Eco-theological Perspectives Contextual Analysis from Andrew Nikiforuk Author of Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent Friday, October 3, 2008, 10am ? 4 pm FCJ Christian Life Centre 219-19th Ave. SW, Calgary RSVP required: Sheilagh McGlynn ? smcglynn at kairoscanada.org - 416-463-5312 x 246 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KAIROS unites eleven churches and church agencies in faithful action for justice and peace. KAIROS members are: The Anglican Church of Canada, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Canadian Religious Conference, Christian Reformed Church in North America (Canada Corporation), Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), The Presbyterian Church in Canada, The Primate?s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and The United Church of Canada. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://yellowheadpresbytery.org/pipermail/yhjusticenet_yellowheadpresbytery.org/attachments/20080831/9dc80022/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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"The Canadian Ecumenical Peace and Justice Movement: Past, Present, and Future." with Dr Roger Hutchinson Friends: On behalf of Bob McKeon and David Goa of the Chester Ronning Centre for the Study of Religion and Public Life, I am happy to invite you to an event, beginning with a potluck supper and followed by a presentation, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Edmonton on Thursday, September 18, at 5:30 p.m. The Chester Ronning Centre Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Dr Roger Hutchinson, has been invited to join us to explore "The Canadian Ecumenical Peace and Justice Movement: Past, Present, and Future." Attached you will find a small handbill with further details regarding this evening (the contents are also copied in below). Please join us at any point in the evening that you are able. Potluck supper about 5:30 - The presentation will begin about 7:30 pm We look forward to meeting with you on the 18th. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, or Debbie Smeaton, or one of the other contacts (see addresses below). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join with Roger Hutchinson and members of the Edmonton area ecumenical social action groups for an evening of reflection and discussion. Roger will provide a critical overview and analysis of the "glory days" of Canadian ecumenical social action in the 1970s and 1980s and the changed situation of the past fifteen years. We will talk together about the challenges and opportunities for this work today. Roger C. Hutchinson is the first Ronning Centre Distinguished Visiting Fellow on Religion and Public Life. He has written extensively on the work of the Canadian ecumenical social justice coalitions over the past thirty years. He has also participated in many of the discussions and debates within ecumenical peace and justice networks in Canada as well as with the World Council of Churches. Since 2002 Hutchinson has been Professor Emeritus, Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Thursday, September 18, 2008, 5:30 p.m. Trinity Lutheran Church 10014 St and 81 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta This is a potluck supper for those who have been active in the movement. Kindly bring something for the table. No RSVP is required. 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