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Final Report of 2009 CCT Annual Meeting‏
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Friends, attached is the final Report of the 2009 CCT Annual Meeting, “Implementing the Call to Cut Poverty in Half” and a copy of our previous “Statement on Poverty”. Please pass these items to your communications/news people. Also, below are a few of the news stories generated by our press conference which took place January 15 at the National Press Club. It was a fine meeting.
The meeting with Melody Barnes (Director-designate of the Domestic Policy Council), Joshua Dubois (Religious Affairs Director) and other members of the new Administration transition team went exceedingly well. It is clear that the team understands poverty and is sympathetic to the desire to eliminate it. We had an open discussion that lasted an hour. The meeting closed with the mutually expressed desire to stay in touch. Representing CCT in the conversation were David Beckmann, Peter Borgdorff, John Carr, Wes Granberg-Michaelson, Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Dick Hamm, Earl James, Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky, Bishop James Leggett, Glenn Palmberg, Ron Sider, William Shaw, Jim Wallis, and Sharon Watkins. Blessings! Dick Hamm

Christian group to Obama: Put poor people first
http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3779&Item53id=
http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=17344
http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=17344


Dr. Richard L. "Dick" Hamm, Executive Administrator
Christian Churches Together
P.O. Box 24188, Indianapolis, IN 46224-0188
317-490-1968, dhamm@ddi.org
fax 484-231-7467
www.ChristianChurchesTogether.org

street address: 8162 Winterset Circle
Indianapolis, IN 46214

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Powerful Right-Wing Priest Dies

See also: http://ncronline3.org/drupal/?q=node/3063

From the National Cathloic Reporter article:

"A priest of the New York archdiocese and a former Lutheran minister, Neuhaus was best known to society at large as an intellectual guru of what came to be known as the 'religious right.'

"From the early 1970s forward, Neuhaus was a key architect of two alliances with profound consequences for American politics, both of which overcame histories of mutual antagonism: one between conservative Catholics and Protestant Evangelicals, and the other between free market neo-conservatives and 'faith and values' social conservatives. "

Merry Epiphany

Copyright © 2007 Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University

Epiphany of Our Lord

Isaiah 60:1-660:1

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.60:2 For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you.60:3 Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.60:4 Lift up your eyes and look around; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far away, and your daughters shall be carried on their nurses' arms.60:5 Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice, because the abundance of the sea shall be brought to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.60:6 A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praise of the LORD.

NRSV

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint.php?n=672

12 th Night: Women of the Congo Alert

Dear Colleague,

As people of faith, we are called to see, hear, and respond to the suffering caused by violence against women. The Religious Institute has launched the Congo Sabbath Initiative to engage faith communities in educating their congregants about violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Forty-eight national religious leaders have joined the Religious Institute in calling on congregations across the country to participate in the Congo Sabbath Initiative.
Why the Congo? The United Nations has declared that the sexual violence in the Congo is the worst in the world. One in two women has been the victim of brutal sexual violence. Over the last 10 years, hundreds of thousands of Congolese women and girls have been raped, leaving them with genital lesions, traumatic fistulae, and HIV. Seven in ten of these women go untreated because of inadequate medical facilities.
Here's how you can help bring Congo Sabbath to your faith community.
· PRINT information on the Congo.The Religious Institute has collected articles and other resources that you can download to educate congregants about the crisis.Click here to download the resource sheet.
· POST articles, factsheets, and other materials on your congregation's website, newsletter, your personal blog, or in visible places in your faith community. Click here to download the sample newsletter article.
· PRAY for the women of the Congo.The Religious Institute has developed a responsive reading to use during worship. A bulletin insert with the responsive reading and information on the crisis is available for download or to adapt. Click here to download the adaptable bulletin insert.
Can we count on you to be a voice for the crisis in the Congo in your community? Please click here to commit your congregation to the Congo Sabbath Initiative and to learn more about how you can get involved.Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,Rev. Debra W. Haffner
Director Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing

P.S. Click here today to sign up. Thank you for your commitment.

Scripture

Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine,neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. John 15:4-6