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Sacred Ground Diocesan Online Group
September 19, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Have you wanted to offer Sacred Ground for your church but wanted to experience it first? Have you been looking for a group, but the schedule hasn't worked? This is your chance to experience the program. You will meet others committed to this work, participate, and learn from the program. And our hope is that many participants will go on to facilitate programs at their church. Sacred Ground Facilitator training will be offered in August for those starting groups in the fall or winter.
Registration is open until May 9. If the class fills, we will keep a waiting list.
Register here
Who:
• People who have not taken Sacred Ground and may want to facilitate
• People who want to explore their faith and racial justice
What:
• 11 – Bi-Weekly Sessions
• 90 Minutes
• Readings, 2 Core Books, and Film and Spiritual Practices
The two core books for the class are "Waking Up White” by Debby Irving and "Jesus and the Disinherited" by Howard Thurman. If you need the Diocese to order these books for you, please tell us which books you need in the registration form.
When: Two Thursdays a month, 11:00 – 12:30 PM, Beginning May 23
May through September: May 23, May 30 (2-weeks in a row), June 13, June 27, July 11, July 25, Aug 1, Aug 15, Aug 29, Sept 12, Sept 26
Where: Online Via Zoom
You will receive materials and a zoom link about a week before the course begins.
How: Participants are invited to peel away the layers that have contributed to the challenges and divides of the present day – all while grounded in our call to faith, hope and love.
• Sacred Ground is a sensitive, prayerful resource that creates space for complex but respectful and transformative dialogue on race and racism.
• It invites participants to walk back through history to peel away the layers that brought us to today, reflecting on family histories and stories, as well as essential narratives that shape the collective American story.
• It holds as a guiding star the vision of beloved community – where all people are honored and protected and nurtured as beloved children of God, where we weep at one another’s pain and seek one another’s flourishing.
Here is the link for more information on Sacred Ground: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/sacred-ground.
For more information, contact Jenny Beaumont, missioner for adult and lifelong formation, [email protected]
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