BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T212414Z UID:245-168274@elcacoaching.org DTSTART:20250611T180000Z DTEND:20250611T190000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20250529T155739 DESCRIPTION:ELCA Truth and Healing Movement Reading Circle\n"Rarely\, if ev er\, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion." - - bell hooks\, All About Love\nIn collaboration with ELCA Indigenous Minis tries and Tribal Relations\, ELCA Coaching is partnering with Rev. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin and Jason O'Neill to facilitate our gatherings on the secon d Wednesdays of each month through 2025.\nWe will be engaging with a book written by an Indigenous author\, scholar\, leader\, theologian\, etc.: C uster Died For Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto\, by Vine Deloria\, Jr. (Sta nding Rock Sioux)\nWe ask you to read one chapter per month on your own\, then we will discuss together during these monthly gatherings. (Chapter 1 for January\, Chapter 2 for February\, and so on.)\nIf you do not have the book and cost is an issue for you\, please send a request to jill.beverli n@elca.org\n--- --- ---\nBonus learning:\nIn November 2024\, the Vine Delo ria Jr. Theological Symposium focused on Custer Died for Your Sins: An In dian Manifesto\, with presenters sharing their take on Deloria’s book. Y ou can find those recordings here:\n"Red Power\, Black Power\, and Critica l Race Theory" -- Rev. Dr. Robert O. Smith (Chickasaw)\nCuster Died for Yo ur Sins Panel Discussion -- Allie Redhorse Young (Navajo)\, Rev. Manuel Re tamoza (Cherokee)\, Professor David Martinez (Akimel O’odham/Hia-Ced O ’odham/Mexican)\, and Vance Blackfox (Cherokee)\n--- --- ---\nIf you fee l called to facilitate your own ELCA Truth and Healing Movement Reading Ci rcle\, please access the free discussion guide here.\n--- --- ---\nWe bega n gathering online with faith leaders* in March of 2020 to wrestle togethe r with Being Church in a global pandemic\, which transitioned over the su mmer of 2021 to Courageous Leadership\, as COVID revealed our perceptions and misconceptions about most things in life. We continue to discern wher e Spirit might be collectively leading us as people of faith. Jesus is ou r primary model as we move toward Creating Beloved Community: Healing Tog ether to learn together and experiment in community with a variety of sp iritual practices and focus areas.\nWe believe this is in attunement with our call as Christians from:\n\nScripture and our expanding understanding and expression of love for ALL of our neighbors\nMLK's Letter from Birmin gham Jail and Vision of the Beloved Community\nWhat Is the Beloved Commu nity and Why Is It Important?\nThe Idea of the Beloved Community: The crea tive friendship of Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh\nELCA Teachi ng\, and especially our "connection to all of life"\nELCA Living Our Bapti smal Covenant\nELCA Truth and Healing Movement (facilitated by ELCA's Ind igenous Ministries and Tribal Relations)\nELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religi ous Relations\nDr. Shawn Ginwright's The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice \, Reimagining Ourselves\nAnd so many other diverse voices and sacred ways we engage with each other and with the world.\n\n* An important clarifica tion: The coaching ministry defines "faith leaders" as all members of the Body | "priesthood of all believers"| Beloved Community\, so even if you d o not feel like you are a leader\, you are welcome in this space.\n--- --- ---\nTo answer some commonly asked questions about these regular gatherin gs:\n"Why are you still meeting?" "Don't become too familiar with lonelin ess. Community is a risk\, but liberation depends on the collective. Who c an you trust to hold you?" -- Cole Arthur Riley\, author of Black Liturg ies\n"How can I prepare?" Beloved Community members pay attention and lis ten actively. We invite you to bring a spirit of curiosity and openness to these gatherings and to all aspects of your life. What are you noticing? Where is Spirit moving? How are you being invited to participate in the wo rk God is already doing\, especially outside the walls of the building whe re the church often gathers?\n "What if I'm not a group person?" Beloved Community members take calculated risks. We invite you to take a small s tep outside your comfort zone and allow yourself to be seen and witnessed. We can almost guarantee that you will be pleasantly surprised by the lovi ng\, caring\, and nurturing nature of community in this time together.\nRe cordings from prior gatherings can be found here: https://www.elcacoachi ng.org/podcasts/media\n--- --- ---\nCREATING BELOVED COMMUNITY hosted by E LCA Coaching\nMost Wednesdays -- 9:00am Hawaii | 10:00am Alaska | 11:00a m Pacific | 12noon Mountain | 1:00pm Central | 2:00pm Eastern | 3:00pm A tlantic (Time zones may vary with Daylight Saving Time. 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