This Week @ Wesley
Welcome to Wesley Student Center for students seeking meaning and purpose, justice, religious diversity, inclusion and serving/learning opportunities.
Monday, October 13
Reminder: Reserve your FREE lunch box for Wednesday's gospel concert, "Hear it in the Air," music for changing times.
6:00-7:00 p.m. FREE Dinner with generous conversation guaranteed.7:00-8:30 p.m. Tents of Hope --Continued planning for this important campus-wide event to raise awareness of genocide in Darfur plus tonight we show YOUR photos of "Faith in Action." You will be the narrator of your photo segment.
Tents of Hope started about a year ago in which many people all over the U.S. decided to take a stand for what was occurring in Darfur, Sudan by symbolically creating tents that were unique works of art that allowed for a way in which people could establish relationships with the people of Sudan. The tents are not answers in themselves but a concrete way to promote advocacy towards the issues that are continuing to persist in Darfur.
Wesley Student Center is partnering with others to purchase and create personalized symbols of awareness, hope, and dedication towards supporting an end to this genocide. All tents that are created as works of art and used as focal points of education, advocacy, and fundraising will be sent by a representative to the national event in Washington, D.C. in November. Please join us in taking a stand against this crisis by contributing to the work on this tent.
Campus Event Co-Sponsors:
Wesley Student Center, Progressive Students of Faith, Stand--U.C. Berkeley, Office of Student Life
Event supporters:
The General Board of Church & Society's Peace with Justice Fund, The United Methodist Church, and First Congregrational Church, Berkeley
Wednesday, October 15
12:00 noon Pick up FREE Box Lunch @ Wesley
12:15-1:00 p.m. FREE Gospel Music Performance @ Hertz Concert Hall
Cal's 56th Annual Noon Concert Series
University Gospel Choir directed by D. Mark Wilson
"Hear It In The Air" Gospel Music for Changing Times
Wesley Student Center will be hosting the Youth Group, and their leader, Delilah, from the Tongan United Methodist Fellowship in Sacramento. Welcome Tongan Youth Group!
Funds for this event received from the General Board of Church & Society's Peace with Justice Fund (United Methodist Church)
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, October 21
6:00-7:00 p.m. FREE Dinner and generous conversation guaranteed
7:00-8:30 p.m. Tents of Hope Kick-off Event: Conversation with Darfur survivor Deng Jonkuch
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 22—24: Painting Days
2:00-4:00 p.m. Tents of Hope--On campus tent painting
Advocacy, awareness and outreach
Take a stand and empower others to do the same
Make new friends and make a difference
Monday, October 27
6:00-7:00 p.m. FREE Dinner and generous conversation guaranteed
7:00-8:30 p.m. Tents of Hope
What does it all mean? Where have we been? Where are we going? Have we made a difference so far? How can we tell?
Wednesday and Thursday, October 29 and 30: Painting Days
Advocacy, awareness and outreachTake a stand and empower others to do the same
Make new friends and make a difference
Friday, October 31:
Painting and Drumming Circle
2:00-4:00 p.m. Tents of Hope--On campus tent painting
Afro-cuban drummer Arturo Carrillo will lead a drumming circle from 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Sunday through Tuesday, November 2-4
Multi-Faith Service Opportunity in Denver--
Get out the Vote Campaign
We will leave on Sunday, work all day Monday, and Tuesday. When the polls close on Tuesday, we will have an election party to watch the returns...and hopefully you will be able to celebrate the victory of your candidate.
WHAT: This is a learning / serving opportunity involving a trip to Denver, Colorado. Denver is a crucial city in a crucial swing state. We will be working with a community labor organization called FRESC which is a Partnership for Working Families. FRESC invites participants to come to Denver to join the important non-partisan voter participation and ballot initiative campaign.
How You Can Participate
* Precinct walking and phone banking* Opportunities to learn how to build a civic participation program
WHO: This is an interfaith trip with Jewish students from Hillel and Christian students from the First Congregational Church of Berkeley and the Wesley Student Center (funded by the United Methodist Church).
WHERE: Denver, Colorado...duh. We’ll be staying in a residence suite type hotel. Inexpensive, but it has a kitchen so we’ll be able to cook meals together and be in community. There is a grant that is covering these accommodations.
WHY: Do I really need to answer this? Fine, I will. It's because Jews and Christians have a rich legacy of civic and political engagement in the United States, and we will continue that legacy. Because voting is powerful. Voting is responsible. Voting is a privilege. We will use our privilege and help others use theirs as well. We will be responsible. And we will be powerful!
HOW MUCH $?: Grants are available to help cover airfare.
For more information contact Rev. Trueblood at wesleyberkeley@gmail.com.
Campus event co-sponsors: Additional event supporters:
Monday, November 3
6:00-7:00 p.m. FREE Dinner and generous conversation guaranteed
7:00-8:30 p.m. Tents of Hope--TBA
Tuesday, November 4: Election Day
Vote!
Wednesday, November 5:
Final Painting Day
2:00-4:00 p.m. Tents of Hope--On campus tent painting
Advocacy, awareness and outreach
Take a stand and empower others to do the same
Make new friends and make a difference
Friday-Sunday, November 7-9:
Gathering of the Tents
National Mall in Washington, D.C.
On a journey of hope and compassion, join the Tents of Hope on the Mall in Washington, DC where the painted tents will be displayed to simulate refugee tents. Weekend activities will include national speakers, celebrities, entertainment, children’s activities, seminars and workshops, an Interfaith Worship Service, films, and other presentations. The purpose: to create awareness and support for the people of Darfur, Sudan. It's our hope that these tents will serve as pathways to concrete action. It's our hope that these tents will help lead to the advocacy necessary to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Sunday, November 9
5:00 pm Meet at Wesley to carpool to Stanford
6:30 pm Stanford United Christian Campus Ministry Presents—
Dr. Marcus Borg in conversation with Robert Hamerton-Kelly.
Robert Hamerton-Kelly is the former Dean of the Stanford Chapel. Dr. Borg began as a conservative and became a progressive, Hamerton-Kelly began as a liberal and became a conservative. The event is co-sponsored by several campus groups including UCCM.
