ONE Sabbath in Philly
Yesterday Pastor Matt Staniz from Temple Lutheran Church in Havertown, PA and I met with several local faith leaders in the Philadelphia area to discuss opportunities for ONE Sabbath in their respective faith traditions. To learn more about ONE Sabbath please click here.
Faith leaders attending the meeting included members of the Haverford Township Clergy Association, a group committed to interfaith dialogue and civic involvement among all faith traditions. We discussed different ways congregations could get involved after viewing portions of this ONE Sabbath video. There was also discussion on ways that the different congregations could come together as ONE and fight poverty together. Pastor Staniz suggested that a weekend be chosen to have simultaneous ONE Sabbath events in multiple congregations followed with a joint effort to engage people in active partnership with ONE’s goals.
Everyone left the meeting energized about the possibilities of working together on a common goal. Leaders of several small to mid-size congregations agreed that they could accomplish more by joining together than by working separately. The group identified that the challenge in congregations is to move beyond concern for the poor and generosity toward justice a response that creates change. All were in agreement that caring for the poor is at the center of every major faith tradition.
More to come when the multiple ONE Sabbath Sunday is announced!
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January 27, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Thank you to everyone who attended this ONE Campaign meeting! I’m glad there was such a positive response and I hope that we can translate it into action and change. I’m hoping that each of you will schedule a ONE Sunday in your congregation soon. I’ll suggest between now and April.
I had the idea that we might be able to agree on a particular Sunday and have simultaneous events in multiple congregations. This would provide a great opportunity for ONE with regards to announcing and reporting on our effort. It would also give us the chance to arrange some type of joint follow-up and move toward action together.
My questions: When will your ONE Sunday take place? Can we do several/all of them on the same weekend? What are some good dates?