Iowa Chapter MFSA

In the April Memo

Spring Regional Gatherings Address Immigration
Through First-Person Experience
April 5 in Sioux City, April 13 in Nora Springs
Other Events include author Marda Dunsky at Plymouth Congregational on April 14
Cool Congregations Workshop - April 19 at Immanuel UMC, Des Moines
Gandhi workshop in Iowa City on April 25

Assist at the MFSA Display Table at Annual Conference, June 5 - 8:
We have an urgent need for persons to help with the display table throughout Conference,
distributing the SQB Friday morning at 8:00 AM and helping with setting the tables and
other preparations for the banquet on Saturday, June 7th. If you can help with any of these things,
please contact Rita Carter at: Ritaac@mchsi.com. Thanks!

Home Mission Statement Gatherings SQB, Essays, and Articles Annual Conference Banquet Archives Officers-Contacts & Membership Links April 2008 MFSA Memo (pdf opens in new window) Site Updated 4/3/08	IOWA CHAPTER Methodist Federation for Social Action Greetings and welcome to the Web site of the Iowa Chapter of MFSA. Take the time to be formed and informed by what you find here: articles, links, actions to take and places to gather.
	In the April Memo Spring Regional Gatherings Address Immigration Through First-Person Experience April 5 in Sioux City, April 13 in Nora Springs Other Events include author Marda Dunsky at Plymouth Congregational on April 14 Cool Congregations Workshop - April 19 at Immanuel UMC, Des Moines Gandhi workshop in Iowa City on April 25 Assist at the MFSA Display Table at Annual Conference, June 5 - 8: We have an urgent need for persons to help with the display table throughout Conference, distributing the SQB Friday morning at 8:00 AM and helping with setting the tables and other preparations for the banquet on Saturday, June 7th. If you can help with any of these things, please contact Rita Carter at: Ritaac@mchsi.com. Thanks!
	FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO Award-winning movie showing at venues in Des Moines and at Simpson College more on page 2 of memo FILM SYNOPSIS & Website Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, and Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg,, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs of scripture and sexual identity.	Bishop Carcano	Annual MFSA Banquet with Bishop Minerva Carcaño Sat., June 7, 2008 Scheman Building ISU Campus Tickets ($20) Details on the flyer
		Jim Perdue Reviews Book on Depression Era Mexican Repatriation Far left: Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s, the review by Jim Perdue is here.	David Lull Authors Updated Commentary on First Corinthians Near left is an updated commentary by David Lull on First Corinthians, part of the Chalice Commentaries for Today Series. Read a description from Cokesbury here.
	Here We Stand Calling the United Methodist Church to Embody God's Love and Justice Article/Petition and Website The War in Iraq Must End A statement from MFSA's Board of Directors more....