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Mustard Seed Associates in 2009
As we look ahead to 2009, we find ourselves facing a spreading global recession that is putting growing numbers of our neighbors near and far in serious peril. At MSA, we hope to help followers of Jesus respond to the current crisis creatively and effectively in 2009. Please consider joining us with support and participation.
In the next year, MSA plans to hold events and produce resources that will enable all of us to respond with God’s compassion in these turbulent times.
Here is a sample of some those events:
- January 2 | Holy Cooperation! We begin the year with a conversation led by Andrew McLeod, author of Holy Cooperation!, a book that gives hope for challenging economic times.
Free Online Registration
- January 16 | Salvation on the Small Screen? A conversation with Nadia Bolz-Weber, author of Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television
Free Online Registration
- February 7 | Ricci Kilmer will lead the next workshop in The Revolution Starts At Home series, Justice at the Table, that will explore the intricate connections between our faith and our food.
Online Ragistration
- April 25 | The third Revolution workshop will be The Spirituality of Gardening
We will continue to use the Seed Sampler, our website and our blogs to provide practical resources, liturgies and spiritual reflections.
We also have a number of other exciting events planned for this coming year.
- March 7 | Christine Sine will conduct a seminar in Pasadena, California, Sacred Rhythms: Finding Peace in our Hectic World
- August 14-16 | The annual MSA Celtic Prayer Retreat on Camano Island
- October | Tom and Christine Sine will be on a speaking tour in Australia. If you are interested in holding an event while they are down under, please email us at mail@msainfo.org.
More events and resources announcements to come.
We can change the future one mustard seed at a time, but in order to provide these and other MSA resources, we need your help. We need to raise $10,000 by the end of 2008 and invite you to prayerfully consider joining the Mustard Seed Circle of Support.
A year-end gift of $25 to $100 from each person on the Seed Sampler mailing list would more than cover its costs, including the coordinator’s salary. A 2009 monthly pledge of $25 to $50 would make possible the development of new resources, which would enable you to make a difference in your communities and our needy world.
Thank you for being a part of Mustard Seed Associates during the last year. May God bless you richly this Christmas season and in the coming year.
Shalom,
Mustard Seed Associates
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