MFSA Iowa Chapter Memo Events - APRIL 2018 Details and more in the PDF: April 2018 MEMO
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Events and details in the PDF APRIL 2018 MEMO
MFSA Spring Statewide Gathering – Saturday, April 7 9:45 AM, at the Korean UMC, 1009 Guthrie, Des Moines. The program will feature the Rev. Dr. Heecheon Jeon on “A Post Colonial Dilemma of the two Koreas and Northeast Asian Hegemonic Struggles.” Devotions by Rev. Byung-hwoon Lee, Pastor of the Korean UMC. UMW serves lunch (freewill donation), then a short business meeting. Mark your calendars, and plan to attend! “The Mountaintop” Play – April 3, Waterloo: This play is about two characters who re-imagine Dr. King’s last night at the Lorraine Motel. 7:00 PM at the Waterloo Center for the Arts. Contact Abraham Funchess or 319-504-0081 Iowa Civil Rights and Human Rights Awards Program and Tour – April 4, Waterloo: This event will honor a few civil and human rights champions around the region and then engage participants with a tour of properties of historical and civil rights significance. It will be held on 10:00 AM at the Waterloo Center for the Arts. Contact Abraham Funchess or 319-504-0081. Food, Faith, Climate – April 7, Council Bluffs Learn how to be part of the solution with every bite you take and every item in your shopping cart. 9:00 – 11:30 AM at Broadway UMC, 11 S. First Street. $20 programs@iowaipl.org. Laity Day with Bishop Laurie – April 14, Urbandale: Laity Day will be Saturday, April 14, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, at Aldersgate UMC, 3600 75th Street in Urbandale. Bishop Laurie will make two presentations, with the title, “Running Away with Noah.” The day will include worship, music, mission information, readers’ theater and much more, and will conclude with a Communion Service. Cool Congregations- April 14, Iowa City 8:30 AM – Noon, at First Presbyterian Church, 2701 Rochester Ave. Sponsored by First UMC, Wesley Student Center and 100 Grannies for a Livable Future. Registration is required; deadline April 10. For more information, please contact: programs@iowaipl.org. |
Catholic Peace Ministry’s Dingman Peace Award – Saturday, April 7
23rd Annual Bishop Maurice J. Dingman Peace Award 6 p.m. with Paul Engler, co-author of This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the Twenty-First Century. Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 2926 Beaver Ave, Des Moines. Tickets $40, via Patti McKee at catholicpeaceministry@gmail.com. The General’s Son: An Israeli’s Journey to Palestinian Solidarity: Thursday, April 12th, 7:00-8:30 PM at the State Historical Museum of Iowa, 600 Locust Street, Des Moines. Miko Peled tells of going from being an Israeli soldier to working in solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli peace activists. Sponsored by MEPEC (Middle East Peace Education Coalition). MFSA is a member of this Coalition. Pre-Trial Gathering and Trial – April 15, Des Moines: On December 28th, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Catholic Workers Ed Bloomer, Al Burney, Greg Boertje-Obed and Brian Hynes crossed the line at the National Guard Drone Command Center and were arrested for protesting the military use of drones. 7:30 PM, at the Berrigan House, 713 Indiana Ave. The trial begins Monday, April 16. Contact Frank Cordaro or 515-490-2490 Dramatic Enactment: Military Conscription in World War 1 Great Britain – April 15, Kalona: British actor Michael Mears will present a dramatic reenactment of the courage it took to be a pacifist in the First World War. Iowa Mennonite School Celebration Hall, 1421 540th St. SW - 7:00 PM. Lest We Forget – April 16, Cedar Rapids A Community Service of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust - 7:00 PM, at the Chapel of Mercy, Mount Mercy University, 1330 Elmhurst, Drive NE, featuring Michael Bornstein. www.irclc.org or www.holocausteducate.org Annual Tax Day Observance – April 17, Des Moines: Join others to protest the huge inequities in how our tax dollars are used—a bloated military budget while human needs go unmet. 5:00 PM, at Cowles Commons, 221 Walnut Street, in Des Moines. |
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.
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.
Connect with National and Global MFSA! Sign up for bi-weekly news at mfsaweb.org.
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.
