Boards/Committees
Diversity
Committee
The Diversity
Committee has a mission to proclaim God’s love to ALL persons.
The Diversity Committee continues to
support initiatives and organizations that promote inclusion in our
Church and in our society. We had the honor and pleasure of leading,
co-sponsoring and participating in a number of events related to
multi-cultural and interfaith understanding.
Events
Bible Study with Drumming – with New Hope
Hispanic Church
We had an enjoyable evening with members
of Iglesia Cristiana Nueva Esperanza, learning meditative drumming
patterns and discussing the varied uses of sound and silence in worship.
Interfaith Dialog – "Building Bridges
of Faith"
Co-sponsored with the Adult Education
Committee - An enlightening discussion of religious values, scriptures
and perceptions with representatives of the three Abrahamic faiths:
Muslim - Mustafa Khattab, a Fulbright
Scholar from Egypt who was visiting the Hartford Seminary
Jewish - Rabbi Craig Marantz, of
Congregation Kol Haverim in Glastonbury
Christian - Rev. Sara Jane Munshower,
member of First Church, Glastonbury
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Celebration
Members of our Church and the Diversity
Committee participated in Glastonbury’s MLK birthday celebration events.
Interfaith DVD - "Hiding and Seeking"
Co-sponsored with the Youth Fellowship –
A viewing of an award-winning documentary followed by a discussion. The
documentary is the story of a Jewish father who journeys with his two
ultra-orthodox sons to Poland to introduce them to the Christian farmers
who hid their family from the Nazis. His hope is to instill in his
insulated and narrow-minded sons the power of interfaith tolerance and
trust.
Lenten Dinner Devotional – Passover and
Seder connection to the Last Supper
The devotional for the fourth Lenten
dinner was a presentation of the influence of Judaism in Jesus’
ministry, the importance of the Passover to the events of Holy Week and
the concept of the Last Supper as a Seder dinner.
Donations
The Diversity Committee continues to
provide support to the following organizations:
• UCC Coalition for Gay Lesbian
Bisexual and Transgender Concerns
• Love Makes a Family (Seeking
Marriage Equity for Same Sex Couples)
• Iglesia Cristiana Nueva Esperanza
(New Hope Hispanic Church) UCC
• Martin Luther King Jr. Committee
(Glastonbury)
Members
Many thanks to the people who made the
Diversity programs possible:
Pastoral Advisor: Rev. Ruth Martz
Members: Jack Day (Co-chair, Liaison Adult Ed), John
Glezen, Jean Linderman (Co-chair, Liaison Youth)
Liasions: Jerry Jones (Christian Ed),
David Kenison (Christian Service), Jim Loomis (Deacons)
DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
2009 John Glezen
2009 Jack Day - chair
2009 Jean Linderman
2010 Jerry Jones
2010 Karen Dugan
2010
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