Experience ecumenical fellowship centered on reconciliation and trust

Pilgrimage of Trust in Chicago

A Taizé gathering that is part of the "Pilgrimage of Trust across the earth" will take place in Chicago from 25 to 28 May 2012 (Memorial Day Weekend). We hope it will be the first of several gatherings in different regions of North America.

The venue will be DePaul University in Chicago.

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 from all over the United States and Canada will take part.

Starting next February, three Taizé brothers will be living in Chicago and be coordinating preparations in the city and region. Among other things, they will be working with friends from Chicago to find accommodation with families for the young adults coming from outside the Chicago area.

They will also travel in the U.S. and Canada to stimulate interest in the Chicago weekend. Please contact them if you have any ideas or suggestions or anything that you think might help to spread the word. You can write to chicago2012 - at - taize.fr.

You can find the provisional program here. The plan is to come together much as we do at Taizé for prayer, reflection, workshops and fellowship, beginning Friday May 25th, early evening and finishing Monday 28th at around noon.

A video especially made for the preparation of the Chicago meeting is now available. The link is here. You are welcome to download it onto a USB key or use the file to burn a DVD and show the video to others.

Preparation material (poster, logo...) will be available on the Taizé website in the coming months.

Email: chicago2012 - at - taize.fr

Peace Church winter events

Adult Spiritual Formation Gathering

Wednesday Evenings, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Includes dinner free of charge.

Beginning Wed., February 29, 2012.

All are welcome! Childcare will be provided.

Study and discussion of Richard Foster's

A Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

Cincinnati Church of the Brethren, 950 Nassau St., Cincinnati OH 45206

(in Walnut Hills/Eden Park, 2 blocks up the hill from Andy’s Mediterranean)

Contact: Patrick J. Nugent, facilitator

Tel: (513) 549-6843

Email: patrick - at - cincinnatibrethren - dot - com

For more info about the book: http://www.quakerbooks.org/RichardFoster

Richard Foster is a Quaker pastor. Now over twenty years in print, this book served as the catalyst that re-introduced the practice of the spiritual disciplines into contemporary religious life. For each of the disciplines, Foster considers the biblical basis for the practice, examines its expression in the lives of Jesus, the Apostles, and practitioners throughout church history. He also provides practical guidance in the practice of the disciplines in contemporary life.

Copies of the book will be available at the first meeting. Or you can go to Joseph Beth Books (Rookwood) to purchase a copy at 20% discount (tell them at the register that you're with the "Quaker Study Group" for the discount). Ask for it among Book Group titles on hold, at the information desk toward the back of the store. The cost will be about ~$22.50.

Peace Church Hymn Sing - Food, Fellowship & Song

Friday, March 9, 2011

6:00-10:00 p.m.

Home of Patrick Nugent & Mary Kay Rehard

(513) 376-7768 home

Email: imaquaker - at - gmail - dot - com

Please call or email for directions.

We'll have soup, bread, salad, and drinks. Please bring a finger food appetizer or dessert to share. For those who wish to make a small contribution of cash or canned goods, we can take up an offering for Churches Active in Northside (CAIN) to help those in need. We'll have a variety of hymnals, and Rise Up Singing. Feel free to bring your own hymnal, so that you can call out your favorite hymn requests! You can bring a guitar or other instrument if you like. Patrick can play piano, and others are welcome to take a turn accompanying as well. Invite other members of your church/meeting, and any friends who like to sing! You are also welcome to come and listen if you don't enjoy singing! Come for any/all of the evening. We'll have a simple dinner for the first hour, then singing for 90 minutes, with a break for dessert at about 8:30, and more singing afterwards!

Our loyalties must become ecumenical...

"Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism. With this powerful commitment we shall boldly challenge the status quo and unjust mores ...

A genuine revolution of values means in the final analysis that our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.

This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one's tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all mankind."

- from Dr. King's sermon "Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence" at the Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967, a year to the day before he was assassinated

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Newsletters for the Peace Churches of Greater Cincinnati

Rather than posting the newsletters as received, here are the links for you to quickly access news from any of the peace churches in the area:

Church of the Brethren

Not posted on website. You can request to receive the newsletter here:

http://www.cincinnatibrethren.com/contact-us/contact-us

Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship

Bulletins are posted on website:

http://www.cincinnatimennonite.org/Worship/Bulletins

Greater Cincinnati Quaker Meetings:

Cincinnati Friends Meeting

http://www.cincinnatifriends.org/about/TF/Traveling%20Friend.html

Community Friends Meeting
http://www.communityfriendsmeeting.com/home/newsletter/cc

Eastern Hills Friends Meeting

http://news.easternhillsfriends.org/

Unitarian Universalist Churches:

First Unitarian Church

Not posted on website. You can request to receive the newsletter here:

http://www.firstuu.com/Membership/contact_us.htm

St. John’s UU Church

http://www.stjohnsuu.org/index.php/reporter