MFSA Iowa Chapter Memo Events - JUNE 2018     Details and more in the PDF: JUNE 2018 MEMO 

​MFSA Conference Events Set:
Annual Awards Event:  Sunday, June 10, 5:00 PM, Hy-Vee Hall.  Keynote speaker: Rev. Dr. Tyler Schwaller, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and the Ackerman/Hurdle Chaplaincy Chair at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.  He will speak on “Living into the Kin-dom.”  What does it mean to be Christian in a nation where Christianity has long been complicit in white supremacy, misogyny and homophobia?   Social Action Awards will be given to Dick Clark and Ted Lyddon Hatten.  Tickets, including box lunch choice are $25.00, and are available from Rita Carter: ritaac@mchsi.com, or 515-979-0605. Details in linked order form.
 
Walk for Peace and Social Justice: Monday, June 11, 12:15 p.m.  Walk will be led by Bishop Laurie Haller, and will go from Hy-Vee Hall to the Peace Garden in Cowles Commons.  The theme of the brief prayer service is, “What Is Justice?”
 
Caucuses:  Caucuses will be held at the close of the Session on Friday and Saturday, June 8 & 9 at Wesley UMC, 800 E. 12th Street, and on Sunday, June 10 at Chet Guinn’s Fire Station.
 
For Everyone Born - Two Scholarships fron MFSA Iowa:
The Love Your Neighbor Coalition is sponsoring this Convocation July 26-29 in St. Louis, MO. MFSA is sponsoring two scholarships. Worship, fellowship, workshops, reports from Commission on the Way Forward members and beginning plans for General Conference.  Registration cost is $350 with breakfast or $300 without breakfast.  Other meals are included, but housing is not included.  Information and registration link.  Email ecranke@mchsi.com ASAP if interested.

Visit Israel/Palestine:
“Come and See” Trip to Israel/Palestine June 17-30.  It will be led by Joy Lapp and Kathy Bergen and will include visits to Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy places as well as visits with the people.   Learn about the impact of the occupation and consider what is needed for a just peace.  For more information, contact Joy Lapp at: lappi@earthlink.net, or 720-201-3697 or Kathy Bergen at: bergenkathy@gmail.com or 226-647-0120 or go to: https://www.fosna.org/event/come-and-see-witness-trip. 

Urban Immersion Program:
Registration is now open for this fall!  The Immersion is scheduled for November 2-4 and is open to all adults and families.  For more information, call: 515-782-3054.

Mission u: Being Bold for Christ-classes: “Embracing Wholeness” and “What about our Money? A Faith Response” and “Missionary Conferences of the UMC in U.S. “
Summer Mission u dates: Sunday, July 15 (3 PM)- Tuesday, July 17 (3:30 PM).  Registration due June 17th.  Cost: adults $125; youth/teen’s study $75 and children’s study $50.  Child care is available for $20 per child; maximum of $50 per family.  Children, youth/teens and child care will be for summer session this year. Fall Mission u dates: Friday October 19 (4 PM)-Sunday October 21 (3:30). Registration due September 21. CEU’s are available.  Registration form: www.iaumc.org/missionuformerlysocm.  Contact Bobby Jo Paige at bjpdaisy@gmail.com or 319-824-2076.
 
AMOS Economic Summit & Assembly:
Learn about our state and local tax systems, asking “Who benefits?  Who pays?”  AMOS leaders have spent three months researching taxes in Iowa, and will share information at this Summit on Saturday, June 2nd, at Norwalk Christian Church, in Norwalk.  Lunch (for $10.00) and Registration begin at 11:30, and the event will conclude at 4:00 PM.  Several candidates will also attend and AMOS will ask for their support of the AMOS agenda.  For more information, contact Liz Hall.  amosiowa@amosiowa.org

Understanding Two Koreas:
If you missed this the first time, you have another chance!  Rev. Heecheon Jeon will analyze the root causes of the historic tensions that exist in that part of the world.  He will give his presentation on Wednesday, June 6th, at 7:00 PM, at the Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community, 3306 University Ave., in Des Moines.  Reception to follow.
 
My Lai Memorial Exhibit
Veterans for Peace Chapter #161 is sponsoring the national My Lai Memorial Exhibit at the Coralville Public Library, 1401 5th St, Coralville.  This powerful visual exhibit marks 50 years since the US massacre of 500 Vietnamese civilians, “the most shocking episode of the Vietnam war.”  It will help viewers apply the lessons of the past to today’s struggles for peace and human rights. FREE. Friday-Sunday, June 15-17.  10AM-6PM, Friday; 9:30AM-4:30 PM, Saturday; Noon-4PM, Sunday.  For further information visit, vfp161.org

The Poor People’s Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival
​and 40 days of Action continues Mondays through 6/23
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Add Your Event to the Memo: We want to publicize events around the state that might be of interest to MFSA folk.  Please send information by the last week of each month for the next month’s memo, to Eloise at ecranke@mchsi.com  

Membership and Donations Contact:  Mike Biklen is MFSA Iowa's Finance/Membership secretary. Contact him at:
515 East Eleventh St., Muscatine, IA 52761 - PH: 563-263-1439 or email: wmbiklen@hotmail.com.
Contributions can be mailed to Mike, or donate through the PayPal link below.

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Peace Vigils & Walks - Ongoing Events:
DES MOINES: Thursdays, 11:45-12:15 Join members of local peace groups who gather in front of the Civic Center,
221 Walnut, to protest war and the coming of drones and to insist that “War Is Not the Answer!”

IOWA CITY: Fridays, 4:45-5:15 PM Demonstrate for peace at the southeast corner of the Pentacrest, at Washington and Clinton Streets.

CEDAR RAPIDS: Fridays, 4:30-5:30 PM Street witnessing vigil for peace at 1st Ave. & 1st St. NE
(Across from the old Federal Building at the Tree of Five Seasons.) For information, contact Bob at 319-360-5119
CEDAR RAPIDS: Walkers for peace walk every other Sunday at Lindale Mall, 4:00-4:45 PM. Gather in the Food Court. 
​Participants may wear anti-war T-shirts though this is not required.