This is your weekly HARC e-newsletter, with news on faith community events and other useful information. Please forward it on to anyone else who might be interested. If you would like to get something into the News Flash, please email [email protected] by Tuesday at 10 a.m. each week. For a full list of upcoming faith community events, visit http://harccoalition.org/events/. FAQ sheet for submitting news for this newsletter.
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An Interfaith Universal Prayer for Peace |
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We pause in quiet reflection to offer this prayer for a peaceful world. In our individual and personal ways, we call upon the Holy One who sustains our lives and who inspires us to live with compassion and kindness and peace. We ask for daily guidance in all of our personal relationships; in our work and play, and in our community involvement that we might model the possibilities of peace in everything we say and in everything we do. We pray for wisdom and compassion within the hearts and minds of all world leaders who have the power and the responsibility of making decisions that impact the presence of peace. We pray for courage, dedication, and integrity within the spirits of all those who work for peace around the world. We pray for all those who harbor thoughts and feelings of hatred, violence, and greed that their hearts and minds and souls will be transformed into Your likeness of compassion and kindness. We are thankful for Your presence within our lives and ask for Your blessing as we try to live peaceful lives and seek ways for all people to live in harmony and peace.
Dr. John Heidel’s Interfaith Prayer
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US Forest Service temporarily halts transfer of Native American sacred site Oak Flat
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Religion News Service
"The United States Forest Service has withdrawn a final environmental impact statement that would allow Arizona land considered sacred by the Apache and other Native Americans to be transferred to a mining company in the next few weeks. The move temporarily halts the transfer of Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, known widely as Oak Flat, to Australian mining company Resolution Copper, according to the Forest Service." Read more.
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The Girl Who Acted Before Rosa Parks |
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By Elissa Blattman
The National Women's History Museum
"Every American child learns about Rosa Parks in school. On December 1, 1955, she, a black woman, was arrested for refusing to give her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man. Her arrest led to a boycott of the city’s public transportation that lasted 381 days and ignited the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Nine months earlier, Claudette Colvin was arrested for the exact same thing. She was just 15 years old." Learn more.
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By Jacqueline M. Berry
purposefairy.com
Many might wonder what is there to learn from birds…I for one love birds. They are delicate and always happy and always making music. People always say they want to fly like a bird. It is even a superpower seen in movies. That would be lovely! Escaping the world around you in an instant and soaring to new heights. Read more.
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Seeking Musical Instruments for Free Youth Music Lessons Program
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Is there a musical instrument laying around your house or organization? Barbara Ingram School for the Arts (BISFA) Tri-M (music honors) Association could use the instrument for a program offering free music/arts lessons to Hagerstown youth who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford these lessons. The Tri-M is focused on community outreach and wants to use their abilities to create opportunities for the underserved Hagerstown youth. Donations of all kinds of musical instruments are needed. New, used and even broken (we can have them fixed) instruments are welcomed. Tax donation receipt available. For information or to donate your instrument to this program, please call or text Julia Stover, 301-370-6256.
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Interfaith Calendar for - March 4 - 10 |
One of the initiatives of the Interfaith Coalition is a weekly Interfaith calendar - a listing of upcoming events and commemorations from religions around the world. The listing is for the week ahead -- Thursday to the following Wednesday -. to raise awareness of what's going on with practices of the various faiths. For suggestions or additional input, contact Ed Poling at [email protected]. Calendar
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NLMCC Online Auction Fundraiser |
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New Light Metropolitan Church, 40 West Church Street, Hagerstown, is holding Facebook online auctions of Pride items beginning February 21 thru March 6. This is a fundraiser to support the church needs. Details are with each item. All items must be picked up at the church. For more information, click here.
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St. John's Episcopal Church Adds Blessings Box |
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St. John's Episcopal Church, 101 South Potomac Street, Hagerstown has installed a new Blessings Box on its porch. It is a give-what-you-can ministry for those who have a need. The lockers are a continuation of St. John's serving the community but on a self-serve model. A list of suggested food, toiletries, paper products, and cleaning supplies is posted on the boxes. What one can spare will be a gift to another. This ministry joins Saint John’s other ministries as they support Micah’s Backpack; Families Helping Families and Bester Elementary School. For more information contact [email protected]
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Praying in Color free workshop - March 30 |
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Via Zoom
Praying in Color is an active, visual, and meditative way to pray. No artistic ability required! Sponsored by Otterbein United Methodist Church with Sybil MacBeth, author of Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God. Bring plain white paper, a black pen, and colored pencils or markers. To register for this free webinar, fill out the form or call 301-739-9386 by Monday, March 29t
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Save the Date! Global 6K for Water - May 22 |
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Saturday, May 22
Set the location that works for you!
The Global 6K for Water is great because you can do it anywhere! Walk or run the distance, by yourself or with your family, and be part of this global movement to change lives. Whether you join from the treadmill or your favorite trail, the neighborhood or the track … when you and thousands of others around the world walk, jog, or stroller-run your way to 6K on Saturday May 22, you’ll bring life-changing clean water to those who need it most. Even when you can’t gather in groups, you can make a global impact! With World Vision’s Global 6K, you can join thousands virtually, walking or running from your own space to bring clean water to children in need. Now more than ever, clean water is essential to protect vulnerable children and families. Will you join us? We’re on a Mission! To register for the Global 6K for Water or to donate, click here.
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Blessings!
Barbara Hamilton
News Flash volunteer
Hagerstown Area Religious Council
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P.O. Box 1158
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 842 4272
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