REVOLUTIONARY LOVE 2017
Disruptive Ethics to Dismantle Racism
Friday, April 28–Sunday, April 30, 2017 at Middle Collegiate Church in NYC
Contents
A.
Welcome
B.
Conference Schedule
C.
Conference Venue
D.
Online Community, Social Media Guidelines, and WiFi
E.
Presenter Biographies
F.
Area Restaurants and Top Things to Do in NYC
G.
About Middle Collegiate Church and The Middle Project
H.
Middle Church Media: Podcasts, Videos, Music, Books
I.
Conference 2018
J.
Middle Notes Newsletter
RESOURCES
K.
Essays and Blogs on Race
L.
Selected Bibliography
M.
“Doing Church and Doing Justice: A Portrait of Millennials at Middle Church”
N.
“10 Essential Strategies to Grow a Multiracial, Multicultural Congregation”
SESSIONS
O.
Presenter Notes and Materials
P.
Evaluation Forms
CONFERENCE PARTNERS
April 28, 2017
Dear Revolutionaries:
Welcome to Revolutionary Love: Disruptive Ethics to Dismantle Racism — the 11th
annual conference at Middle Church.
Those of us who call ourselves Christian are in the season of Eastertide; our Jewish
friends have just celebrated Passover. Both of these traditions name God as creator
and liberator who sets people free from suffering, bondage, and despair.
I find my own call to revolution in my faith in this liberator-God, and the love-lived-outloud example of Jesus—a radical reformer who put those on the margins in the center.
Jesus described a life of faith as loving God with all we have and our neighbors as
ourselves. I also find my call in the prophetic teachings of other traditions, and in the
bedtime ritual of my little friend Kavi, who dances to the songs of his Sikh tradition. I
find my call to revolution and my hope in the faces of all the children in my life. For
them, and for ourselves, we need a love revolution.
How do you hear your call? We know that Love speaks many languages and we are
listening. We are Sikh, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Unitarian Universalist, Christian, and
Hindu. We are humanists, agnostics, and atheists. We are listening through our own cultural
contexts, as we stand on the shoulders of Martin King, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Prophet
Mohammad—peace be upon him—to do the work of justice. We stand on the shoulders of
Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, and Maya Angelou as we create a love revolution.
I am so excited that Middle Church has partnered with The Middle Project, The
Revolutionary Love Project, The Unitarian Universalist Association, Auburn Theological
Seminary, #LoveArmy, BE MORE, and L2O to gather leaders like you for such a time as
this. Listening to the call on our lives, we will learn with and from some of the most
brilliant thought leaders of our time. We will have conversations and create strategies to
dismantle racism and oppressive systems. We will call those in our communities to the
work of Revolutionary Love, calling them in the ways they can embrace and understand.
We will do this because it is the call of our times.
In these three days together, please make yourself at home. Ask for what you need,
and give what you can to this extraordinary learning community. Have the unique
experiences this conference affords. Let’s listen, learn, and then call our communities
to resist oppression, and to grow the spiritual gift of resilience.
Together, we will rise.
Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D. • Senior Minister, Middle Collegiate Church
Rev. John Janka • Executive Director, The Middle Project
50 East 7th Street • New York, NY 10003 • (212) 477-0666 • middlechurch.org
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Conference Schedule
Friday
April 28, 2017
12:00–8:00P
Meditation Space
5th Floor Parlor
12:00−1:00P
Registration and Revolutionary Love/L2O Signups
Social Hall
1:00–1:45P
INTRODUCTION — The Call to Revolutionary Love
— Valarie Kaur and Jacqui Lewis
Sanctuary
1:45–3:30P
SESSION 1 — Where Are We? What Is Needed
Now?
— Anurag Gupta, Robert P. Jones, Serene Jones, and
Eboni Marshall Turman
Sanctuary
3:30–4:00P
RevolutionaryLove/L2O Break/Book Signing
Social Hall
4:00–5:00P
SESSION 2 — Love Army
— Van Jones with Jacqui Lewis
Sanctuary
5:00–6:30P
Dinner Break
On your own
6:30–8:30P
SESSION 3 — Hearing the Call to Love Neighbor
— Caitlin Breedlove, Brian McLaren, Rosalyn Pelles,
Rob Stephens, and Traci C. West
Sanctuary
8:30–9:00P
Break/Book Signing
Social Hall
8:30–10:00P
Pub Theology
— Jim Keat
Jimmy’s 43 at
43 East 7th Street
CASH ONLY – ATM onsite
9:30P
Baggage Storage Closing Time
All bags must be retrieved—no overnight storage.
Please complete your daily evaluations and
place them in the box in the Narthex or Social Hall.
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Saturday
April 29, 2017
8:00A–7:30P
Meditation Space
5th Floor Parlor
Coffee and Registration
OR
Centering — Allison Mickelson
Social Hall
8:00–8:30A
Sanctuary
SESSION 4 — Solidarity in the Flesh: Tools and
Tactics
— Yara Allen, Traci Blackmon, Darnell Moore, and
Rebecca Parker
Sanctuary
10:30–11:00A
Revolutionary Love/L2O Break
Social Hall
11:00A–1:00P
SESSION 5 — Revolutionary Love: Confronting
Opponents
— Joanne Braxton, Miguel De La Torre, Bryan Epps,
and Zainab Salbi
Sanctuary
1:00 PM
Lunch Break
On your own
2:15–4:00P
SESSION 6 —Confronting Opponents with Love:
Tools and Tactics — Macky Alston, Valarie Kaur,
David Kyuman Kim, and Micky ScottBey Jones
4:00–5:30P
Listening/Learning Circles
8:30–10:30A
The numbered label on the back of your name badge
denotes your room assignment.
1 Sanctuary
2 Community Room—
Cellar
3 3rd Floor Studio
4 4th Floor Studio
5 4th Floor Classroom
5:30–6:00P
Revolutionary Love/L2O Break
Social Hall
6:00–7:30P
Dinner Break
On your own
7:30–9:30P
Art for the Movement — RIKERS film screening
— Filmmaker Bill Moyers, Khalil Cumberbatch, and
Hector “Benny” Custodio
Sanctuary
10:00P
Baggage Storage Closing Time
All bags must be retrieved—no overnight storage.
Please complete your daily evaluations and place them in the box in the Narthex or Social Hall.
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Sunday
April 30, 2017
1:00–6:30P
Meditation Space
5th Floor Parlor
9:00–9:30A
Coffee and Conversation
Social Hall
9:30–10:45A
Special Conference Worship Celebration
— Jacqui Lewis preaching, Middle Church Choir,
Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir, Genesis Be, Dance
Sanctuary
10:45–11:15A
Break
Social Hall
11:15–12:45A
Listening/Learning Circles
2 Community Room—
Cellar
3 3rd Floor Studio
4 4th Floor Studio
5 4th Floor Classroom
6 5th Floor Parlor
7 Conference Room—
Cellar
The numbered label on the back of your name badge
denotes your room assignment.
12:45–2:00P
Lunch
Social Hall
Community Room
4th Floor Studio
2:00–3:30P
SESSION 7 — The Ethics of Disruption
— Genesis Be, Aunjanue Ellis, Stephanie Kolin, and
Charles Randolph-Wright
Sanctuary
3:30–4:00P
RevolutionaryLove/L2O Break
Social Hall
4:00–5:30P
SESSION 8— Prophetic Resistance: Love of Self as
Revolution — Jennifer Bailey, Michael J. Crumpler,
and Dana Trixie Flynn
Sanctuary
5:30–6:30P
Reception
Social Hall
Community Room
6:30–8:00P
Closing Keynote — The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II,
Yara Allen, and BETTY
9:00P
Baggage Storage Closing Time
Sanctuary
Please complete your daily evaluations and place them in the box in the Narthex or Social Hall.
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Conference Venue
Middle Collegiate Church is open to the public.
Please wear your name badge and keep your belongings with you at all times.
ELEVATOR
to ALL Levels
Restroom
ENTRANCE:
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50 E. 7th St.
Church House
Social Hall
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with our staff and security
team as we create a safe
learning environment for all.
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Sanctuary
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Join Our Virtual Revolutionary Love
Learning Community!
Sign up at the Revolutionary Love table in the Social Hall or visit:
L2O.com/org/RevolutionaryLove
The Revolutionary Love community is an online space where you can share ongoing
insights, discussions, and unique content. At the end of every session, we’ll post
engaging questions for you to discuss with your fellow Revolutionary Lovers.
Social Media Guidelines
Official Hashtag: #RevLove17
We encourage the use of social media, such as Twitter, Facebook, Facebook Live,
Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Pinterest, and blogging as a way to highlight, discuss,
critique, promote, and/or summarize the Revolutionary Love conference experience.
As you engage on social media during the conference, please remember the following:
• Follow us on Twitter (@middleproject)
• Use the #RevLove17 hashtag
• Follow the conference speakers at the Revolutionary Love Twitter List at
twitter.com/middleproject/lists/RevLove17
• Follow us on Facebook (/TheMiddleProject)
• Share our livestream broadcasts of plenary sessions with your friends back home
via Facebook Live or at revolutionaryloveconference.com/livestream
• Follow us on Instagram (@middlechurch)
• Connect with other conference attendees on the Revolutionary Love Facebook
group (facebook.com/groups/MiddleConference)
• Share your blog posts and other insights with us on Twitter, Facebook, and the
Revolutionary Love learning community (L2O.com/org/RevolutionaryLove)
We ask that participants observe copyright law and cite speakers appropriately. Please
refrain from recording extended audio or video of the plenary sessions.
Audio recordings of all sessions will be available following the conference, except as
otherwise requested by our speakers. Please keep in mind that our presenters have
invested many hours in the development of this material and copyright laws apply.
Please silence any and all noise-making electronic devices.
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Presenter Biographies
Yara Allen is Director of Cultural Arts for Repairers of the Breach, Theomusicologist
for the Forward Together Moral Movement, and Visiting Artist at Auburn Seminary. An
activist, poet, musician, and visual artist, Allen’s deep southern roots in gospel and
blues music meets her love for activism as she sings and teaches the history and
importance of movement music in our current-day struggle. She has taken this
message across the country to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Occidental, and many other
venues. Her mantra, “We have to learn to sing the songs of the ancestors,” is based on
her spiritual grounding, the wisdom of those who have gone before us. Allen follows the civil rights tradition
of using music to energize audiences and foster an atmosphere of unity. She teaches new songs, creating
what she calls spontaneous Justice Jump-off Choirs! Her teaching is fresh, fun, inspiring, and enriching.
Macky Alston is Senior Vice President for Strategy and Growth at Auburn Seminary,
where he works to equip faith leaders to stand for justice. Alston founded Auburn Media
in 2002 and since then has served as its director, innovating a range of programs
related to media and religion that has media-trained more than 5,000 faith leaders on a
wide range of justice issues, including many of the most influential faith leaders of our
day. Alston is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, whose films include Love Free
or Die (PBS 2012), Hard Road Home (PBS 2008), The Killer Within (Discovery Films
2006), Questioning Faith (HBO 2002), and Family Name (PBS 1998). He has won at Sundance twice and
received the Gotham Open Palm Award, three Emmy nominations, and appeared widely in the press,
including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, and The New York Times. A graduate of Union
Theological Seminary, he comes from a long line of ministers in the American South and grew up exposed
to the power of religion, politics and the media to shape society and history for generations to come.
The Rev. Jennifer Bailey is an ordained minister, public theologian, and emerging
national leader in multi-faith movement for justice. Named one of 15 Faith Leaders to
Watch by the Center for American Progress, Bailey is the Founder and Executive
Director of Faith Matters Network, a people of color-led collective working to equip 21stcentury faith leaders with the tools to build healthy, equitable communities. An Ashoka
and Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellow, Bailey is an itinerant elder in the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. Follow her on Twitter @revjenbailey.
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is Senior Lecturer and President of Repairers of the
Breach and architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement that gained national
acclaim with its Moral Monday protests at the North Carolina General Assembly in
2013. These weekly actions drew tens of thousands of North Carolinians and other
moral witnesses to the state legislature. More than 1,050 peaceful protesters were
arrested, handcuffed and jailed. A highly sought-after speaker, Dr. Barber has keynoted
hundreds of national and state conferences, including the 2016 Democratic National
Convention. He has served as president of the North Carolina NAACP, the largest state conference in the
South, since 2006 and sits on the National NAACP Board of Directors. A former Mel King Fellow at MIT, he
is currently Visiting Professor of Public Theology and Activism at Union Theological Seminary in the City of
New York and is a Senior Fellow at Auburn Seminary. Dr. Barber is regularly featured in media outlets such
as MSNBC, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Nation Magazine, among others.
He is the 2015 recipient of the Puffin Award and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award. His two
most recent books include Forward Together (Chalice Press) and The Third Reconstruction (Beacon
Press).
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Genesis Be is a critically acclaimed artist and activist from Biloxi, Mississippi. As a
Hurricane Katrina survivor, Be released her first hit single at the age of 17. “Fema Check”
was a satirical response criticizing the lack of support her community received from the
Bush Administration. Her musical genre, Poli Trap, fuses political commentary with Trap
beats. Her work has been positively critiqued by Billboard, L.A. Times, ABC News, and
more. After graduating NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, Be founded Strive
Till I Rise. STRIVE is a youth empowerment campaign designed to use Hip-Hop and Trap
music to inspire and educate the youth about issues such as the electoral process, HIV/AIDS, media literacy,
and bullying. In 2016, Be made international headlines with a protest against the Mississippi State Flag and
the Confederate Emblem. She is the subject of a documentary by Moral Courage Project, “Confederate Pride,
White Supremacy and My State Flag.” Her work is incubating in The Middle Project.
BETTY is a five-piece pop rock band fronted by Elizabeth Ziff, Alyson Palmer, and Amy
Ziff. BETTY began as an edgy a’cappella/spoken word/techno-beat trio in Washington,
DC. They have gone on to perform in clubs, theatres, and arenas all over the world.
BETTY’s national tour of their hit Off-Broadway show, BETTY RULES (directed by
Michael “Rent” Greif), their controversial theme song for Showtime Television’s The L
Word, and their acting appearances on that program have catapulted this deeply
beloved cult band to wilder international recognition. Activist entertainers, the band is
known for fighting fiercely for what they believe: equal rights; feminism; finding cures for breast cancer and
AIDS; Planned Parenthood; the Pro-Choice movement; an end to sexual violence; and everybody’s
inalienable right to safely dance naked in the streets.
Rev. Traci Blackmon is the Acting Executive Minister of Justice & Witness Ministries
for The United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of
Christ in Florissant, MO. A featured voice with many regional, national, and
international media outlets and a frequent contributor to print publications, Blackmon's
communal leadership and work in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, Jr., in
Ferguson, MO has gained her both national and international recognition. Her work has
taken her to the White House, the Carter Center, and to the Vatican. She was
appointed to the Ferguson Commission by Governor Jay Nixon and to the President’s Advisory Council on
Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships for the White House by President Barack Obama. Blackmon coauthored the White Privilege curriculum for the United Church of Christ and toured the nation with Rev. Dr.
William Barber of Repairer of the Breach proclaiming the need for a Moral Revival in this nation.
Joanne Braxton, Ph.D., M.Div. is David B. Larson Fellow in Spirituality and Health at
the Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center. She is an intellectual activist and poet,
an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and President of the Braxton
Institute for Sustainability, Resiliency and Joy, a 501(c)3 ministry of teaching and
healing. Her books include Black Women Writing Autobiography: A Tradition Within a
Tradition and Sometimes I Think of Maryland as well as edited volumes such as Black
Female Sexualities and other works. Joanne Braxton is also Cummings Professor of
Africana Studies at the College of William and Mary, where she has served as an interfaith chaplain and
campus minister, founding director of the Middle Passage Project, and director of Africana House, a livinglearning community. Her current research project at the Library of Congress is Tree of Life: Spirituality and
Health in the African American Experience. Dr. Braxton is also working on a memoir. Caitlin Breedlove is Vice President of Movement Leadership at Auburn Seminary.
Breedlove builds and maintains relationships with grassroots leaders, supports the
campaigns of the Auburn Senior Fellows, and develops Auburn’s overall movement
strategy. She is the former Co-Director of Southerners On New Ground (SONG), where
she has co-led innovative intersectional movement-building work in the LGBTQ sector.
Under Breedlove’s co-leadership, SONG built new alliances, trained a large cohort of
LGBTQ organizers in the South, built a membership of over 3,000, and led countless
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political education processes for SONG’s constituency. Breedlove has been organizing in the South with
communities across race, class, culture, gender, and sexuality. She is known across social justice
movements as a leader, strategist, and writer connecting LGBTQ, racial, and economic justice.
Michael Crumpler is LGBTQ and Intercultural Programs Manager for the Unitarian
Universalist Association and approved for ordination in the United Church of Christ. He
has his M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary and has worked as an organizer,
pastor, and chaplain. He brings to all his work his experiences as a black gay man
living in the US who lives with love, hope, addiction, HIV, and community. Michael
blogs regularly at mjcrumpler.wordpress.com and his stories, writing, and speaking
have been featured in many media outlets, including Poz Magazine and on FACED TV
Show (Johannesburg, South Africa) with host Nadine Richardson.
Khalil A. Cumberbatch is a formerly incarcerated advocate for social justice
movements within the NYC area. He has worked within the reentry community in NYC
since 2010 when he was released after serving almost seven years in the NYS prison
system. Cumberbatch graduated from CUNY Herbert Lehman College’s MSW program
in May 2014. He currently serves as Manager of Training at JustLeadershipUSA, a
national nonprofit dedicated to cutting the U.S. correctional population in half by year
2030. Cumberbatch is a lecturer at Columbia University School of Social Work and has
served as Policy Associate for the Legal Action Center and as the Strategic Initiatives Consultant at
Immigrant Defense Project. After being detained in the immigration detention system for five months in
2014, Cumberbatch was one of two recipients to receive an Executive Pardon from NYS Governor Andrew
Cuomo to prevent his deportation from the United States.
Hector “Benny” Custodio is a native of Brooklyn and the Dominican Republic. He
dropped out of school in the 6th grade, and wound up in prison at the age of 21. In the
past 20 years, thanks to many mentors and his own determination, he earned his High
School equivalency and his B.A. degree from the International Bible College and
Seminary of Independence, Missouri. In 2006 he was accepted in the Master of
Professional Studies program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility offered by New York
Theological Seminary. He graduated in 2007 as valedictorian. For the past six years he
has been the inmate coordinator of Rising Hope, a college-level program at Fishkill Correctional Facility. On
September 27, 2011, he was released on parole. He plans to study for the Christian ministry.
The Rev. Dr. Miguel De La Torre serves as Professor of Social Ethics and Latino/a
Studies at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. He focuses on ethics within
contemporary U.S. thought, specifically how religion affects race, class, and gender
oppression. Since obtaining his doctorate in 1999, he has authored more than 100
articles and published 30 books (five of which won national awards). A Fulbright
scholar, he has taught in Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, and Germany. De La Torre
served as the 2012 President of the Society of Christian Ethics and presently serves on
the editorial board of JAAR and on the Program Committee. He is the co-founder and present executive
director of the Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion and the editor of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and
Religion. A scholar-activist, De La Torre has written numerous articles in popular media and has served on
several civic organizations. Recently, he wrote the screenplay to a documentary on immigration
(http://www.trailsofhopeandterrorthemovie.com/).
Aunjanue Ellis is a film actress who appeared in several award-winning films, including
the 2000 movie Men of Honor, the 2011 film The Help, and the 2004 film Ray. In 2015,
she began playing the character Miranda Shaw on the ABC series Quantico. In 2015,
she was nominated for Television Critics’ Choice Award, NAACP Image Award, Satellite
Award and Black Reel Nominations for Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series for her
work in the epic BET adaptation of Lawrence Hill’s acclaimed bestselling novel, “The
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Book of Negroes.” Ellis works with "Take It Down America" to bring attention to the Confederate emblem
included in the Mississippi state flag. A native of Mississippi, Ellis explains: “We are insisting on a national
discussion, not just about the flag, but what it does. We live in a time, where all over the country, what’s
happening in Mississippi is happening everywhere. Mississippi is contagious.”
Bryan Epps is a social strategist and community lover. He has worked for Mayor Cory
A. Booker and Mayor Michael Bloomberg conducting outreach and training to the notfor-profit sector and creating performance solutions. Currently Epps directs a historical
human rights based nonprofit and operates a beverage startup. As a Newark native,
Epps has dedicated himself to helping to build community as founding board chair of
People's Prep high-school and advisory Board Chair of HMI:NJ and a former President
of the James Street Neighborhood Association. He studied at the New School’s Milano
School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy and at Rutgers College, Rutgers University.
Dana Trixie Flynn is a “teacher’s teacher,” celebrated for her raw and generous spirit
and her uplifting, innovative, and soulful Lotus Flow style of Yoga. This year marks her
25th year of teaching and her favorite thing about yoga is the YOGIS. She also loves
dancing with total abandon, chanting hari krishna, arugula, poets, tulips, her toes
forever in the ocean, biking and of course Glitter. She has had the outrageous privilege
of being the cosmic mom and creatrix of Lotus NYC/BK for more than 17 years and is
opening the Church of Yoga in New Orleans in 2017 where her Soul was born. You are
ALL Invited. Loving You, Loving Life! nyc.laughinglotus.com
Anurag Gupta is the Founder & CEO of BE MORE, a social enterprise that employs
proven in-person and online training programs to eradicate bias in key industries to
save lives, save billions of dollars, and improve top line performance. He is also a
licensed attorney, an academic researcher, and a mindfulness expert. Prior to founding
BE MORE, Gupta worked with various social enterprises and research institutes
globally on improving health and social outcomes for neglected populations. He was
awarded the Echoing Green Fellowship and the Nathan Cummings Foundation
Fellowships to grow BE MORE. His work has been profiled on The Huffington Post, NPR, and New York
Post. He has trained more than 3,000 professionals in hacking bias, including the National IHI Forum, and
the Cavendish Global Health Conference. BE MORE was incubated at The Middle Project. @anuragnyc
Micky ScottBey Jones—the Justice Doula—is a womanist contemplative activist,
healer, nonviolent direct action organizer and consultant who facilitates conferences,
workshops, pilgrimages, retreats, and online conversations. She writes and speaks on
a variety of topics including healing justice, communal self-care, contemplative
activism, intersectionality, and theology from the margins. Jones has an M.A. in
Intercultural Studies and is an Associate Fellow of Racial Justice with Evangelicals for
Social Action. She is the Director of Healing Justice with the Southern-based collective
Faith Matters Network. Jones was named one of the Black Christian leaders changing the world in
Huffington Post. You can interact with her work and collaborations at www.mickyscottbeyjones.com
Robert P. Jones is the founding CEO of PRRI and a leading scholar and commentator
on religion and politics. He is the author of The End of White Christian America, two
other books, and numerous peer-review articles on religion and public policy. Jones
writes a column for The Atlantic online on politics and culture and appears regularly
on Interfaith Voices, the nation’s leading religion news-magazine on public radio. He is
frequently featured in major national media such as MSNBC, CNN, NPR, The New
York Times, The Washington Post, and others. Jones serves as the Co-Chair of the
national steering committee for the Religion and Politics Section at the American Academy of Religion and
is a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and for Politics
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and Religion, a journal of the American Political Science Association. He holds a Ph.D. in religion from
Emory University and a M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
The Rev. Dr. Serene Jones is the 16th president of the historic Union Theological
Seminary in the City of New York, the first woman to head the 181-year-old
nondenominational seminary. Jones came to Union after 17 years at Yale University,
where she was the Titus Street Professor of Theology at the Divinity School, and chair
of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
She was co-principal investigator on the "Women, Religion, and Globalization Grant"
for the Henry T. Luce Initiative on Religion and International Affairs at Yale. Dr. Jones
is a prolific and popular scholar in the fields of theology, religion, globalization, and gender studies. She has
published five books, 37 articles and book chapters, and has delivered a long list of professional papers
and public lectures. She holds degrees from the University of Oklahoma, Yale Divinity School and Yale
University. Jones is ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ.
Van Jones is a CNN political contributor, regularly appearing across the network’s
programming and special political coverage. Jones has founded and led numerous
social enterprises engaged in social and environmental justice. These include The Ella
Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, Rebuild The Dream, and The Dream
Corps. The Dream Corps' major initiatives are: #YesWeCode, committed to helping
train 100,000 low-opportunity youth to become top-level computer programmers;
#cut50, which works to cut the U.S. prison population in half in the next 10 years; and
Green For All, which lifts people out of poverty through green job training and job creation. Jones is a Yaleeducated attorney. He is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, The Green Collar Economy
(2008) and Rebuild the Dream (2012). He was the main advocate for the Green Jobs Act and worked as
the green jobs advisor to President Barack Obama.
Valarie Kaur is a mother, activist, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, media
commentator, educator, entrepreneur, author, and Sikh American justice leader. Her
new venture, the Revolutionary Love Project at the University of Southern California,
champions the ethic of love in an era of rage. She is the founder of Groundswell
Movement, America’s largest multifaith online organizing community of 300,000+ known
for “dynamically strengthening faith-based organizing in the 21st century.” She is a
frequent political contributor on MSNBC, and her essays appear regularly on CNN, The
Washington Post, and the Huffington Post. Kaur earned degrees from Stanford University, Harvard Divinity
School, and Yale Law School. A third-generation Sikh American, Kaur is from Clovis, California where her
family settled as Punjabi farmers a century ago. Kaur is an Auburn Senior Fellow.
The Rev. Jim Keat is the Associate Minister for Digital Strategy and Online
Engagement at The Riverside Church. He is a divergent thinker, an ideation specialist,
a podcast machine, a LEGO enthusiast, and an aspiring minimalist. Prior to working at
Riverside, he was an Associate Minister at Middle Church, led ikonNYC in New York,
NY, was as a Product Designer with Sparkhouse in Minneapolis, MN, and was a pastor
at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI. He is the creator and curator of
ThirtySecondsOrLess.net, where he shares ideas and amplifies voices every day.
David Kyuman Kim is a teacher, cultural critic, philosopher of religion, and scholar of
race, religion and public life. Kim is Professor of Religious Studies and American
Studies at Connecticut College. He has also taught at Harvard University, Union
Theological Seminary, and Brown University. Published widely on religion and public
life, political theory, and the Asian American religious experience, Kim is author of
Melancholic Freedom: Agency and the Spirit of Politics, and co-editor of The PostSecular in Question (New York University Press, 2012) and Race, Religion, and Late
Democracy, a special issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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(Sage, 2011). Kim’s current book project is The Public Life of Love, an exploration of the status of love in
politics, public life, religion, and the arts.
Rabbi Stephanie Kolin is associate rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City.
Previously, she served as the co-director of the Union for Reform Judaism‘s Just
Congregations and was founding lead organizer for Reform CA, the Reform
Movement’s statewide campaign for a more just and compassionate California. Rabbi
Kolin was named as a “Game Changer” by the Los Angeles Jewish Journal in 2014,
one of Newsweek’s “Rabbis to Watch” in 2013, and one of the Forward’s “America’s
Influential Women Rabbis” in 2010. Kolin is an Auburn Senior Fellow.
The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church and
Persident of The Middle Project. She is an activist, preacher, and fierce advocate for
racial equality, economic justice, and LGBTQ equality. Middle Church’s activism for
these issues has been featured in media like The Washington Post, the Wall Street
Journal, and Essence magazine. She is a frequent contributor to MSNBC and blogs at
Huffington Post. Jacqui co-founded The Middle Project, which trains leaders for the
movement for justice. She has been adjunct professor at several seminaries. She is
ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Jacqui is the first African-American and woman to serve as
senior minister in the Collegiate Churches. She is working on a memoir about finding a grown-up God and is
the author of 10 Essential Strategies to Grow a Multiracial, Multicultural Congregation; The Power of Stories;
and the children’s book, You Are So Wonderful! Lewis is an Auburn Senior Fellow.
Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and networker among innovative
faith leaders. His dozen-plus books include A New Kind of Christianity, A Generous
Orthodoxy, Naked Spirituality, Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed
Cross the Road?, We Make the Road by Walking, and The Great Spiritual Migration.
He is a board member and leader in Convergence Network, Center for Progressive
Renewal, and Wild Goose Festival. McLaren has also co-authored and edited several
books, and has contributed articles, columns, and interviews to many periodicals,
including Leadership, Sojourners, Worship Leader, Tikkun, and Conversations. He has been profiled in
Christian Century, Christianity Today, The Washington Post, and many other print media, and Time listed
him among 25 influential Christian leaders in America. He has appeared in national media, including CNN,
ABC, FOX News, PBS, NPR, and The New York Times. McLaren is an Auburn Senior Fellow.
Allison Mickelson is the Worship and Art Liaison at Middle Collegiate Church, a
certified yoga instructor, a music educator, and a cabaret performer. She teaches in
underserved schools in the Bronx with Education Through Music and recently hosted the
South High Harmony Choir at PS 214. She conducts children’s choirs and facilitates all
things movement, music, and story with adults and children, in secular and sacred
settings. She has performed multiple solo cabarets in New York City and Provincetown,
MA where her storytelling and singing remind audiences that we are all connected!
Darnell L. Moore is a Senior Correspondent at MicNews, Co-Managing/Editor at The
Feminist Wire and writer-in-residence at the Center on African American Religion,
Sexual Politics and Social Justice at Columbia University. Along with NFL player Wade
Davis II, he co-founded YOU Belong, a social good company focused on the
development of diversity initiatives. Moore has held positions of Visiting Fellow and
Visiting Scholar at Yale Divinity School, the Center for the Study of Gender and
Sexuality at New York University and the Institute for Research in African American
Studies at Columbia University. He is Writer-in-Residence at the Center on African American Religion,
Sexuality, and Social Justice at Columbia University. He assisted in organizing the Black Lives Matter’s Ride
to Ferguson in the wake of Mike Brown’s tragic murder and along with Alicia Garza, Patrisee Cullors, and
Opal Tometti (#BlackLivesMatter Co-Founders) developed the infrastructure for the BLM Network.
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Bill Moyers is an award-winning broadcast journalist whose voice resonates across
generations. For more than four decades, Moyers’ reporting has given our nation a
moral compass. With his wife and creative partner, Judith Davidson Moyers, Moyers
has produced such groundbreaking public affairs series as NOW with Bill Moyers
(2002–05), Bill Moyers Journal (2007–10) and Moyers & Company (2011–15). Moyers
served as the White House Press Secretary under President Lyndon Johnson (1965–
67). Moyers did graduate study in comparative religion at the University of Edinburgh in
Scotland before receiving his Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Fort Worth, Texas. He was ordained intending to teach in the field of ethics, religion, and politics. He is the
executive producer of RIKERS: An American Jail. The production team partnered with Middle Church to
create a RIKERS discussion guide for faith communities.
The Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker, theologian, educator, social activist, and musician,
is Theologian in Residence and Acting Minister for Congregational Life and Pastoral
Care at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, DC. A co-founder of The Braxton
Institute for Sustainability, Resiliency, and Joy her work offers theological and spiritual
grounding for spiritual activists. Her influential books include A House for Hope: The
Promise of Progressive Religion for the 21st Century, co-authored with John Buehrens;
Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and
Empire, co-authored with Rita Nakashima Brock; and Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering,
and the Search for What Saves Us, co-authored with Rita Nakashima Brock. From 1990–2014, she served
as President and Professor of Theology at The Starr King School for the Ministry, where she led the school’s
focus on educating to counter oppressions, create just and sustainable communities, and cultivate multireligious life and learning.
Rosalyn Woodward Pelles is the Executive Director of Repairers of the Breach—an
organization working to build a sustainable social justice movement rooted in moral
values—whose mission is to provide political and organizing training to clergy and faith
leaders with the goal of engaging them in social justice movements in their
communities. Prior to assuming this position, she was the Executive Director of the
North Carolina NAACP. While at the NC NAACP the primary focus of her work was the
Moral Monday/Forward Together Movement, a movement that began in the state
capitol of Raleigh, spread across the state, and inspired the nation. Pelles was featured as one of the
country’s outstanding African American women labor leaders in the And Still I Rise: Black Women Labor
Leaders Initiative, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies. She was also the recipient of the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Working Class Studies Association.
Charles Randolph-Wright has a diversified career in directing, writing, and producing
for film, television, and theatre. He directed the award-winning film Preaching to the
Choir, and has written screenplays for HBO, Showtime, Disney, and Fox. Television
credits include directing Lincoln Heights (ABC Family), South of Nowhere (The N), the
“Freestyle” soccer campaign for Nike, and producing and writing the series Linc’s
(Showtime). For the theatre, his directing credits include the Pulitzer Prize–winning
play Ruined and the record-breaking musical Sophisticated Ladies (starring Maurice
Hines) at Arena Stage, the international tour of Porgy and Bess, the global tour of MOTOWN: The Musical,
Through the Night (starring Daniel Beaty in NYC and Los Angeles), the national tour of Guys and Dolls,
and They’re Playing Our Song (in Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro). Randolph-Wright wrote the plays Blue
(starring Phylicia Rashad), The Night Is a Child (starring Jobeth Williams), Cuttin’ Up, and co-wrote Just
Between Friends (Bea Arthur) on Broadway. Randolph-Wright was the 2010 recipient of the Paul Robeson
Award.
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Zainab Salbi is a humanitarian, author, and media personality. At the age of 23, she
founded Women for Women International, a grassroots humanitarian and development
organization dedicated to serving women survivors of wars by offering support, tools,
and access to life-changing skills, which grew from helping 30 women upon its
inception to more than 400,000 women in eight conflict areas, impacting more than 1.7
million family members. In 2015, Salbi launched The Nida’a Show, a ground-breaking
talk show dedicated to inspiring women in the Arab world. In November 2016, Salbi
launched The Zainab Salbi Project, an original global series shedding light on global issues through the
incredible personal stories of people who are struggling, surviving and thriving in a sea of conflict. Salbi’s
books include Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam (with
Laurie Becklund). She is currently the editor at large at Women in the World in association with The New
York Times. Visit: www.zainabsalbi.com.
Rob Stephens became the Associate Minister for Justice and Organizing at Middle
Collegiate Church in 2016 after graduating from Union Theological Seminary in New
York with a Master of Divinity. Before arriving at seminary, Stephens served for three
years as a Field Secretary for the North Carolina NAACP, and was one of the
organizers of North Carolina’s Forward Together-Moral Monday Movement. Stephens
serves on the Advisory Board for the Jackson Center for Saving and Making History in
Chapel Hill, NC, an organization he helped co-found in 2008 that focuses on combating
gentrification through oral history, community organizing and affordable housing advocacy.
The Reverend Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman is Assistant Professor of Theology and
African American Religion at Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, CT. She
formerly served as Assistant Research Professor of Theological Ethics, Black Church
Studies, and African & African American Studies and Director of the Office of Black
Church Studies at Duke University Divinity School. A trailblazer in the church and
academy, her pioneering spirit has earned her many rare distinctions. She was the
youngest woman to be named Assistant Minister of the historic Abyssinian Baptist
Church in New York City (where she served for ten years), and the second woman to preside over the
ordinances in its 208-year history; she is the only womanist theological ethicist on the faculty at Yale
University’s Divinity School; one of Ebony Magazine’s Young Faith Leaders in the Black Community;
included on the Network Journal’s prestigious 40 Under 40 List; and recently named as one of the “Top 5
Young Preachers in America” by ROHO.
The Rev. Dr. Traci C. West is Professor of Ethics and African American Studies at
Drew University Theological School in New Jersey, where she teaches both seminary
and Ph.D. students. She is the author of Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and
Women’s Lives Matter (Westminster/John Knox, 2006), Wounds of the Spirit: Black
Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics (New York University Press, 1999), and editor
of Our Family Values: Religion and Same-sex Marriage (Praeger, 2006). She has
published articles on clergy ethics, racism, sexual ethics, and other justice issues in
church and society. She is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church and previously served in
parish and campus ministry in the Hartford, Connecticut area.
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Listening/Learning Circles Team
Taquiena Boston is the Director of Multicultural Growth and Witness for the Unitarian
Universalist Association (UUA). She serves on the UUA’s executive Leadership Council
and is a member of the Core Team that coordinates the UU Minsters Association/UUA
Beyond the Call Entrepreneurial Ministry Project. Boston’s UUA work focuses on
leadership development, culture change, and social justice for congregational and
community leaders engaged in intentional multicultural ministries, including faith-based
justice-making and social movement-building. Her staff group launched the Mosaic
Makers Leading Vital Multicultural Congregations Conference for UU leaders in 2012. Boston is a member
of All Souls Church, Unitarian, an intentional multiracial/multicultural congregation in Washington, DC, that
has inspired her work with leaders and congregations doing intentional multicultural, justice-based
ministries. She has attended every Middle Church Conference from the beginning through the present.
Dr. Sharon Groves joined Auburn Seminary’s team in August 2015 as its VicePresident for Partner Engagement, where she liaises with movements, leaders, and
organizations doing justice work grounded in faith and moral courage. Prior to joining
Auburn’s staff, Sharon served as a Senior Fellow for Auburn Seminary working at the
intersection of faith, LGBTQ equality, and social justice, specializing in breaking down
cultural barriers between those on opposing sides of the "culture wars." Sharon is the
former Director of the Religion and Faith (RFP) Program at HRC, where she worked
from 2005–2014. She received her Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Maryland in 2000 and
has furthered her theological education at Chicago Theological Seminary, Wesley Theological Seminary,
and the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation.
The Rev. John Janka is Executive Director of The Middle Project and a consultant to
congregations and non-profits. He is an experienced trainer and coach with a focus on
systems intervention, educational design, training models, staff supervision, coaching,
and evaluation. He has trained, coached, and led teams in diverse settings and across
racial/ethnic, generational, gender, and socio-economic lines. Janka’s experience
includes strategic planning and visioning, managing change and resistance, dealing
with difference, cultural diversity, human relations training, and conflict management.
Janka is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church.
Many thanks to the Listening/Learning Circles team:
The Rev. Robert Smith of The United Methodist Conference of Alaska;
Gabrielle Deveaux, Middle Church member and educator from New York City;
and The Middle Project Board members Achebe Powell and Gloria Tate.
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Area Restaurants
1
B&H Dairy – Kosher vegetarian diner
127 Second Ave. (bet. 7th and St. Mark’s)
212-505-8065 – Open all day
2
Brick Lane Curry House – Indian
99 Second Ave. (bet. 5th and 6th)
212-979-8787 – Lunch–Dinner daily
3
Café Mocha – Coffee bar and light food
116 Second Ave. (corner of 7th)
212-253-1046 – Open all day
4
Chipotle – Mexican Fast Food
19 St. Mark’s Place (bet. Third and Second)
212-529-6655 – Lunch, Dinner daily
5
Dallas BBQ – Local barbecue chain
132 Second Ave. (corner of St. Mark’s Pl.)
212-777-5574 – Lunch, Dinner daily
6
Fresco Gelateria – Coffee bar, pastries,
panini, soups, salads, gelato!
138 Second Ave. (bet. St. Mark’s and 9th)
212-677-6320 – Open all day
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8
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14 Paul’s Burgers – One of NYC’s best burgers
131 Second Ave. (bet. 7th and St. Mark’s)
212-529-3033 – Open all day
15 San Marzano – Pastas and panini
117 Second Ave. (corner of 7th)
212-777-3600 – Lunch, Dinner daily
16 St. Mark’s Market – Deli counter and salad bar
21 St. Mark’s Pl. (bet. Third and Second)
212-253-7777 – Open all day
Hot Kitchen – Sichuan and Hot Pot
104 Second Ave. (bet. 6th and 7th)
212-228-3090 – Lunch–Dinner daily
17 Starbucks – Coffee and WiFi
145 Second Ave. (corner of 9th)
212-780-0027 – Open all day
La Palapa – Eclectic Mexican
77 St. Mark’s Place (bet. Second and First)
212-777-2537 – Lunch, Dinner daily
18 Stromboli – New York Pizza by the slice
83 St. Mark’s Pl. (corner of First)
212-673-3691 – Open all day
Luke’s Lobster – Seafood rolls
93 E. 7th St. (bet. First and A)
212-387-8487 – Lunch–Dinner daily
19 Thailand Cafe – Thai—great lunch special!
95 Second Ave. (bet. 5th and 6th)
212-477-1872– Lunch–Dinner daily
10 The Mermaid Inn – Seafood
96 Second Ave. (bet. 5th and 6th)
212-674-5870 – Dinner daily
20 Veselka – Ukrainian diner
144 Second Ave. (corner of 9th)
212-228-9682 – Open all day
11 Mighty Quinn’s – Wood-fired barbecue
103 Second Ave. (corner of 6th)
212-677-3733 – Lunch–Dinner daily
21 Via Della Pace – Italian
48 E. 7th St. (bet. Second and First)
212-253-5803 – Lunch, Dinner daily
12 Pangea – Eclectic American
178 Second Ave. (bet. 11th and 12th)
212-995-0900 – Dinner daily
22 Virage – New Israeli
118 Second Ave. (corner of 7th)
212-253-0425 – Dinner daily
13 Papaya King – New York Hot Dogs
3 St. Mark’s Pl. (bet. Third and Second)
646-692-8482 – Lunch–Dinner daily
23 Wall 88 – Burgers and pub fare
104 Second Ave. (corner of 6th)
212-228-3090 – Lunch–Dinner daily
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Top Things to Do in New York City
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Take a stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Ride the Staten Island Ferry and wave at Lady Liberty—free!
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Ride the elevator to the Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center for a great
view of the city, including the Empire State Building and Central Park.
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Get discounted theater tickets from TKTS or BroadwayBox.com and
enjoy a Broadway show.
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Listen to jazz at Jazz Standard or Iridium.
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Stroll around Central Park—ride the carousel and visit the zoo.
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Browse 18 miles of books at Strand Book Store.
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Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, or the
American Museum of Natural History.
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Go people watching in Tompkins Square Park, Washington Square Park,
Union Square Park, Madison Square Park, or Times Square.
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Walk the High Line and visit Chelsea Market.
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Visit the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and have a pastrami
sandwich at Katz’s Delicatessen.
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Visit two of the architectural wonders of New York City on 42nd Street:
The New York Public Library Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and
Grand Central Terminal at Park Avenue.
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ABOUT
Vision
Middle Collegiate Church is a celebrating, culturally diverse, inclusive and growing
community of faith where all persons are welcomed just as they are as they come
through the door. Rooted in Christian tradition as the oldest continuous Protestant
Church in North America, Middle Church is called by God to boldly do a new thing
on the earth.
As a teaching congregation that celebrates the arts, our ministries include rich and
meaningful worship, care, and education that nurture the mind, body, and spirit, social
action which embraces the global community, and participation in interfaith dialogue for
the purpose of justice and reconciliation.
History
The Collegiate Church of New York is an ecumenical church affiliated with the Reformed
Church in America denomination and the National and World Council of Churches. The
Collegiate Church was born in the new world on April 7, 1628, with the arrival of an
ordained minister, Dominic Jonas Michaelius, and the selection of the first Consistory,
making it the oldest Protestant body in America with a continuous history of service.
In May 1696, King William III of England granted a Royal Charter to the Collegiate
Church of New York City—a virtual guarantee of religious autonomy to this Dutch
church—which makes it the oldest corporation in the United States today. Currently,
there are five ministries of the Collegiate Church: Fort Washington Church, Marble
Church, Middle Church, West End Church, and Intersections International.
Today Middle Collegiate Church continues to be inspired by its rich history as it dreams
God’s dreams, and offers a welcoming, artistic, inclusive, and bold expression of
Revolutionary Love-in-action in the city, across the nation, and around the globe. We
believe love is a force that can heal our souls and heal the world. We believe in Love.
Period.
Middle Church is Powered by God. Powered by Love. Powered by You.
To join our movement and to learn more, visit middlechurch.org
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ABOUT
Mission
The Middle Project prepares ethical leaders for a just society. We train clergy and lay
congregational leaders; emerging young adult leaders in many disciplines; and children
and teens.
Summary
The Middle Project convenes leaders from many disciplines, professions, and fields who
are committed to pursuing the common good from a progressive perspective, motivated
by a sense of justice and concern for those on the margins: the poor, the working poor,
and those who are marginalized by race, class, or gender/sexual injustice.
We unite progressive leaders who are ready for a revolutionary and prophetic way of
using power, information, and resources to act locally and think globally to heal the
human family. We find our strength and approach from the progressive faith traditions
that have played a major role in this nation’s greatest democratic achievements: the
abolition of slavery, civil rights, universal suffrage, and the anti-war movement. We seek
to use this strength to bring together, in a common enterprise, progressives who have
tended to work in independent silos of thought and action in order to develop and support
a network of scholars, practitioners, and leaders who are committed to, and capable of,
creating and acting on a deeper understanding of what constitutes the common good.
The Middle Project comprises five principal components:
1) Education and Training
2) Theological and Ethical Reflection
3) Research
4) Consulting and Resource Development
5) Communications and Networking
Every component of The Middle Project focuses on theological reflection from the
perspective of the marginalized; the integration of progressive thinking from many
disciplines; the use of the arts; and the building of networks and partnerships among
diverse leaders who share a commitment to create a world in which the needs and
strengths of all people are accorded equal respect and support.
To learn more, visit middleproject.org
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Middle Church Media
PODCASTS
1. Plenary sessions from Revolutionary Love 2017 will be available as free podcasts and
videos. Visit revolutionaryloveconference.com in the coming weeks.
2. Our weekly sermon prep and devotional podcast “That’ll Preach” is available here:
middlechurch.org/about/blogs/thatll-preach
3. Podcasts of each Middle Sunday celebration are available here:
middlechurch.org/about/blogs/middle-church-celebrations
WORSHIP CELEBRATION VIDEOS
To view and share video of the Morning Worship Celebration and Closing Keynote as well as an
archive of excerpts from previous worship celebrations, please visit:
• MiddleProjectMedia YouTube channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdOK082eVSUHZ4iIaJ5U4xw)
• Middle Church YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/MiddleNYC)
MUSIC
Welcome — The music of Tituss Burgess and the Middle Community Chorus, this
collection of progressive gospel music proclaims radical welcome, revolutionary
love, and a call to be the ones we've been waiting for. CDs available at the Middle
Bookstore. Also available at iTunes from Middle Church Music. Sheet music from
Welcome, both band and vocal charts, is available for purchase for $20 each,
including “Welcome,” “We Are The Ones,” and “We Shall Overcome.” With each purchase,
churches/organizations receive performance permission for concerts and/or worship.
Celebration — Featuring the music of the Middle Church Choir and celebrating the
legacy of Jonathan Dudley, choir director for more than 30 years. CDs available at
the Middle Bookstore or contact [email protected].
BOOKS
The Power of Stories: A Guide for Leading Multiracial and Multicultural
Congregations by The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline J. Lewis — In this book Lewis
shares examples of congregational leaders who have successfully overcome the
challenges of leading multicultural congregations, and the lessons that can be
learned from them. Available at the Middle bookstore and at Cokesbury.com
Ten Essential
Strategies
to Grow a
Multiracial,
Multicultural
Congregation
The Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis
REVISED EDITION
Ten Essential Strategies to Grow a Multiracial, Multicultural Congregation,
Revised Edition by The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline J. Lewis — A practical guide
featuring tools, activities, and worksheets to help clergy and lay leaders build
multiracial and multicultural communities of faith. One copy included in the
conference binder; available for purchase at the Middle Bookstore at a special
conference discount or contact [email protected] for bulk orders.
You Are So Wonderful! by Jacqueline J. Lewis; illustrated by Jeremy Tugeau —
PreSchool — In simple, rhyming text, this title celebrates the uniqueness of
people. Brightly colored, full-page illustrations depict an urban environment with a
diverse cast of characters of various ages, sizes, races, and abilities. Available at
the Middle bookstore.
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middle notes
The Newsletter of Middle Collegiate Church
Celebration! Worship
Sundays at 11:15 am
Watch live on middlechurch.org
APRIL 2
“Born, Again?”
John 3.1–17
Jacqui Lewis, preacher
Middle Church Choir
Communion
APRIL 9
Palm Sunday
“Palms and Passion”
Readings from the Gospel
of Matthew and Music
Middle Church Choir
Manhattan Brass
APRIL 16
EASTER Sunrise
at 7:00 am
Jacqui Lewis, homily
Music by Mark Rehnstrom
APRIL 16 at 9:30 & 11:15 am
“Mary, Don’t You Weep”
John 20.1–18
Jacqui Lewis, preacher
Middle Church Choir
Jerriese Johnson
Gospel Choir
APRIL 23
Earth Day
Volunteer Appreciation
Ephesians 5.8–17
Robin Stillwater and
Joe Tolbert, preachers
Middle Church Choir
April 30
Conference Sunday
at 9:30 am & 11:15 am
“A Love Revolution”
Micah 6.6–8
Jacqui Lewis, preacher
Middle Church Choir
Jerriese Johnson
Gospel Choir
Conference
Closing Worship
April 30 at 6:30 pm
Revolutionary Love
Conference Sunday
Rev. William J. Barber II,
preacher
Music from pop rock band
BETTY (Alyson Palmer,
Amy Ziff, and Elizabeth Ziff)
APRIL 2017
Resistance. Resilience. Rise.
When I was younger, I experienced Lent as a sorrowful time; I’d spend many days ruminating
on the death of Christ, and think about my own
death, of sure-to-come deaths of my parents, and
the deaths of my ancestors. I’d be sad, and somewhat comforted by the promise of resurrection.
Now, I have come to understand that from the
day we are born, the day we are liberated from
the amniotic space of the womb, we take a breath
and we begin to die. We fill the room with our
first cries, and we are journeying toward death.
There is no way to avoid that. So, my sense of Lent
has shifted to a journey toward life. It is a time of
spiritual reflection, a journey toward our best,
most authentic, filled-with-Spirit self. It is a quest
for the self, a quest for life.
What is that authentic self like? I am not
quite sure, but I feel like I am in a birth canal. I
feel pushed, and squeezed, and a little bit traumatized. I watch the news and feel sad and frustrated. Then I go to Twitter and I see all of the
pop-up love and organizing and I feel hopeful.
Sometimes I feel a strong sense of disequilibrium.
At other times, I am quite simply euphoric, like
I am in the space of that super-human strength
women talk about during childbirth. What I am
giving birth to, thanks to all of the forces bearing
upon me, is myself, thanks be to God.
My friend and Middle Scholar-in-Residence,
Valarie Kaur, suggests our nation is in a birth
canal. That these crazy times are not about the
“darkness of the tomb…but the darkness of the
womb.” I know she is right. We are all being born;
we are all becoming. We as a people are discovering what we are made of, who we will be, who
we are called to be. The Apostle Paul suggested
that all of creation is waiting like a mother in
childbirth, waiting to see the children of God be
revealed. (Romans 8:19-39). I LOVE that!!
I believe these times are about all of us being
pushed to discover who we truly are. The current
cultural context demands self-examination; it
requires conversation partners—friends, pastors,
therapists, parents, siblings, lovers—and a space
to say, “Can you believe this?!?” both about the
terrible, awful things AND about the ways we as
a people are witnessing folk resisting and loving
their way forward. We as a nation are being reborn, pushed to a new place.
What if our Lenten journey is about resilience, resistance, and rising? What if we look
squarely at what must die: oppressive systems
of injustice; greed and avarice; a broken sense
of entitlement and exceptionalism, for example.
What if we imagine these tough times as the dying of those things and the birthing of God’s plan
for a healed and whole world?
So, on a personal level, I am inviting us to
make our Lenten journey about shedding things,
giving up useless things, bad habits, old coping
mechanisms. Let’s get free to try on new ways of
thinking, of living, of being. Let’s leave the placenta that grew us in the womb, and emerge with
fresh new vision, new expectations, new hope.
Let’s use Lent to take a deep breath of Spirit and
emerge from the birth canal with a primal prayer,
“Here I am! Thank you Spirit/Breath for animating me. I am here.” Our own re-birth can help
birth a nation that shares the values of the Reign
of God. Together, we can pray, “We are here, we’re
here for all of us!”
Middle Church and the Middle Project will
host our 11th annual conference, April 28–30,
that posits multiracial/multicultural congregations as an antidote to racism and discrimination. Revolutionary Love: Disruptive Ethics to
Dismantle Racism features speakers including
Valarie Kaur, William Barber, Bill Moyers, Brian
McLaren, Genesis Be, Shaun King, and BETTY!
You MUST come to this conference; it is part of
our birthing a movement of love and justice.
Revolutionary Love is gestating at the conference. A Love Revolution is being born in the
pushing and shoving and stress of these days.
Lent is a journey to the Love Revolution in
which our best selves are revealed, and our more
perfect union is forged. As we go deep and pay attention, even in hot-mess times, we can fuel our
resistance with love; we can celebrate our resilience. And we will rise.
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is Senior Minister at Middle Collegiate Church.
Meet Marte
We are excited to welcome Marte Samuelstuen as our Interim
Director of Children, Youth, & Young Adults. Her previous experience includes supporting churches and nonprofits spanning
from India to Ireland, partnering with refugee and immigrant
students and their families, and working as a facilitator with
Building Bridges in Denver, Colorado. In her previous roles, she
has created spaces for young people to address the root causes of
hatred, discrimination, and violence.
Marte graduated with a Master of Science in International Affairs and a concentration in Cities and Social Justice from
The New School in 2016. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Philosophy/Theology from Point Loma Nazarene
University where she received the M. Estes Haney Award in 2008
from the School of Theology and Christian Ministry as a graduate
recognized for embodied theology. Marte became a member of
Middle Church in 2015. She recently completed an internship in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with Hope for Children.
Lenten Bible Study
Sundays, April 2 and 9 • 9:30–10:45 am • Parlor
Experience the season of Lent grounded in scripture. The Middle
Church Lenten “Sacred Presence” Bible study will meet for prayer
and reflection using the Gospel According to Luke as our text.
Participants may attend all sessions, or drop in as you are able.
The Bible Study is led by Middle members Catherine Torpey, an
ordained minister, and Susanna Williams. To RSVP, contact Rob
Stephens at [email protected].
The Butterfly Meal Needs You!
Sundays beginning April 23 • 9:00 am, 10:00 am, and 12:30 pm
Sunday, April 2 • 12:45–2:30 pm • 4th Floor Classroom
Many thanks to all who offer welcome to our Middle congregation and visitors. YOU know that first impressions matter! If you
are a current usher or greeter, or if you would like to become an
usher at Middle Church, please attend a highly informative usher
and greeter appreciation and training with Lynn Min and Jacqui
Lewis. We’ll celebrate your good work and learn new protocols to
share Middle’s signature hospitality. Please RSVP to Lynn Min at
[email protected].
Soul Care = Yoga + Praying Dangerously
Wednesday, April 5 • 7:00–9:00 pm • Community Room
In these times, it is important to nurture our spirit, body, and
mind with self-care and spiritual practices. A Middle member
has gifted our community with an evening of a free yoga class
and then a session of praying dangerously. Yoga will be offered
by Claudia Debs of Sacred Vessel Yoga in the first hour. This class
is open to all levels. After moving together in a form of physical
prayer, we will conclude with a session of Praying Dangerously,
led by Christina Fleming. Please bring a yoga mat. Please RSVP
to bit.ly/YogaAndPrayer or [email protected].
Just Faith: A Pentecost Bible Study
Wednesdays, April 19–May 31 • 6:30–8:00 pm • Parlor
The Acts of the Apostles is the genesis story of the Church and the
Jesus movement. This is a tale with drama, personality clashes,
cliques, political lines and theological debates—a little like communities today! It is also an organizer’s handbook for building
social movements. In this seven-week series on Wednesday evenings, we will ask and engage questions like: How did the first
generation of Jesus followers live out the Good News, engage
contradictions, build relationships and community across difference? Come learn, pray, and question with Rob Stephens to
discover what fresh truths the ancient Book of Acts might hold
for us today in our lives, work, families and faith journeys. A light
supper will be served. Please RSVP at bit.ly/JustFaithBible or
[email protected].
Peter Calderon
Every Sunday before worship, from April 23 through November,
a team of dedicated volunteers gather to make bag lunches. After
worship, team members venture to local parks to distribute the
lunch bags to anyone who is hungry for one. To join the team,
contact Cheryl Cochran at [email protected].
Ushers & Greeters Appreciation & Training
Interfaith Playdate More than 60 children and 40 adults from our
neighborhood mosque as well as synagogues, churches, and temples
filled our 3rd and 4th floors with music, crafts, and getting-to-know-you
games. Middle Church was thrilled to host Muslim, Jewish, Hari Krishna,
and Christian children for our interfaith playdate on March 19. This lively
gathering lives out your vision of Love.Period. Thank you, Middle Church!
Revolutionary Love
Disruptive Ethics to Dismantle Racism
Now is the time for leaders—ethical leaders—to lead. Leaders who feel called and equipped to make America well, to
make America just, to make America safe for all of those
who are on the margins. Leaders impassioned to work for
a healed and whole nation that is a faithful global neighbor. Join us as we strategize across generations at Middle
Church in NYC, April 28–30, 2017. Speakers include:
• William J. Barber II, architect of the Moral Mondays
Movement, and President of Repairers of the Breach, Inc.
• Bill Moyers, Emmy award–winning broadcast journalist for more than four decades and producer of the new
documentary, RIKERS.
• Valarie Kaur, civil rights lawyer, Sikh activist, and filmmaker who uses storytelling for social change.
• Brian D. McLaren, activist and networker among innovative faith leaders, and author of A New Kind of Christianity, A Generous Orthodoxy, and The Great Spiritual Migration.
• Zainab Salbi, an Iraqi American author, activist, media commentator, and the founder and former CEO of
Washington-based Women for Women International.
• Miguel De La Torre, author of Liberating Sexuality: Justice
Between the Sheets and The U.S. Immigration Crisis: Toward
an Ethics of Place.
• Traci Blackmon, a pastor near Ferguson, Missouri, acting
executive director of UCC Justice and Witness Ministries,
and prominent voice for social change.
For complete schedule and list of speakers, visit
http://revolutionaryloveconference.com/
Register at bit.ly/RevLove17
Partnership Update
You are so power-full, Middle Family. The
events in this newsletter? YOU made them
happen! Please continue to support our programs with your body, soul, and funds!
Our congregational budget reflects God’s
dream for racial, LGBTQ, and economic justice.
We have from now until June 30 to raise the
remaining funds to meet our $575,000 goal.
Will you help us complete the dream? At this
writing, we have raised $389,307—68% of our
goal—and we have pledges for 9% more.
GOAL:
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Check middlechurch.org for full details of all events.
Sundays
•Easter Sunrise Worship – APR 16 – 7:00–7:45 am • Sanctuary
•Butterfly Meal Prep – Apr 23, 30 – 9:00 & 10:00 am • Social Hall
•Wee Care (under age 4) – 9:30 am–2:30 pm • 3rd Floor Wee Care
•Lenten Bible Study – Apr 2, 9 – 9:30–10:45 am • Parlor
•Celebration! Worship – APR 16, 30 – 9:30 am • Sanctuary – For
Easter and Conference, come at 9:30 to avoid the 11:15 crowds!
•The Breakfast Club (Gr. 7–12) – 10:00–11:00 am • Offsite
•Celebration! Worship – 11:15 am–12:30 pm • Sanctuary
•The Ark (Gr. K–6) – 11:30–12:30 pm • 3rd Floor • except first Sundays
•Chat & Chew – 12:30 pm • Social Hall
•Family Room (All Ages) – 12:30–2:30 pm • 3rd Floor Studio
•In-the-Middle Choir Rehearsal – APR 9 – 12:30–1:00 pm • Parlor
•Usher & Greeter Appreciation & Training – Apr 2 – 12:45–2:30 pm
•Village Chorus (Ages 6–14) – 1:00–2:30 pm • Community Room
•Reading the Bible from the Middle – 1:30–2:30 pm • Sanctuary
•Erasing Racism – Apr 2 – 1:30–2:30 pm • 4th Floor Studio
•Money Talks – Apr 23 – 1:30–2:30 pm • 4th Floor Studio
•Moms in the Middle – Apr 23 – 1:30–2:30 pm • Parlor
•COnference CLosing worship – APR 30 – 6:30–7:30 pm •
Sanctuary
•AA/Big Book Meeting – 7:00–8:00 pm • 4th Floor Studio
Mondays Church Office Closed April 17 for Easter Monday
•Momentum Meals – 11:00 am–1:00 pm • Lunch and Food Pantry /
4:00–6:30 PM • Dinner and Food Pantry • Social Hall
•Acting Class – 6:30–8:00 pm • 3rd Floor Studio
•NA/Village Spiritual Workshop – 6:30–7:30 pm • 4th Floor Classroom
•Storicity – APr 3, 24 – 6:45–9:00 pm • Parlor
Tuesdays
•AA/Step Meeting – 7:00–8:00 pm • 3rd Floor Studio
•Al-Anon – 7:30–9:00 pm • Community Room
•AA/Closed Discussion – 8:30–9:30 pm • 4th Floor Studio
Wednesdays
•Soul Care – APR 5 – 7:00–9:00 pm • Community Room
•In-the-Middle Choir Rehearsal – APR 12 – 6:30–9:30 pm • Sanctuary
•Just Faith: Bible Study – APR 19, 26 – 6:30–8:00 pm • Parlor
•Pub Theology – APR 26 – 7:00–8:30 pm • Jimmy’s No. 43, 43 E. 7th
•Meditation on the Lower East Side – 7:00–8:30 pm • Parlor
•NA/Our Whole Lives Ahead of Us — 7:30–8:45 pm • 4th Floor Studio
Thursdays
•Maundy Thursday Seder Worship – APR 13 – 6:30–7:30 pm
•Creative Writing – 6:30–8:00 pm • 4th Floor Studio
•JJ Gospel Choir Rehearsal – 7:00–8:30 pm • Community Room
•Al-Anon – 7:30–9:00 pm • 3rd Floor Studio
Fridays
•Conference 2016: Revolutionary Love Begins! – Apr 28 – 1:00 pm
•Shul of NY Shabbat Services – APR 7, 21 – 6:30–8:30 pm • Social Hall
•NA/It’s About Change — 6:30–8:00 pm • 3rd Floor Studio
•Good Friday Worship – APR 14 – 7:00–8:00 pm • Sanctuary
•AA/Young and Wise Group – 8:00–9:00 pm • Community Room
•NA/Finally Found a Home — 8:30–9:30 pm • 4th Floor Studio
• Donate now—visit bit.ly/power-love
30%
• Make your pledge to Revolutionary
Love— visit bit.ly/RevLovePledge
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Saturdays
10%
•NA/Meat and Potatoes – 6:30–8:00 pm • 4th Floor Classroom
•HOLY Saturday VIGIL – APR 15 – 7:00–8:00 pm • Sanctuary
•AA/Beginners – 7:00–8:00 pm • 3rd Floor Studio
•AA/Open Discussion – 7:00–8:00 pm • 4th Floor Studio
•AA/Closed Discussion – 8:30–9:30 pm • 4th Floor Studio
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APRIL 9 — Palm Sunday Celebration! Worship • 11:15 am — “Palms and Passion”
music from Middle Church Choir, Manhattan Brass, and readings by Middle clergy.
APRIL 13 — Maundy Thursday Interfaith Seder Worship • 6:30 pm — Join Rob
Stephens, JJ Gospel Choir, and the Shul of New York for music and communion.
APRIL 14 — Good Friday: Seven Lessons and Laments • 7:00 pm — Homilies from
Middle clergy and guest Derrick Harkins with music from the In-the-MIddle Choir.
APRIL 15 — Holy Saturday Vigil • 7:00 pm — Reflections and readings created by
lay leaders with Lynn Min and music from Allison Mickelson.
Holy Week at
Middle Church
APRIL 16 — Easter Sunday Sunrise Worship • 7:00 am — A contemplative worship
to begin the day with preacher Jacqui Lewis and music from Mark Rehnstrom.
APRIL 16 — Easter Sunday Celebration! Worship • 9:30 and 11:15 am — Jacqui
Lewis preaches with music from Middle Church Choir and JJ Gospel Choir.
APRIL 16 — Easter Egg Hunt • 10:45 am and 12:30 pm — All children are welcome
to our egg hunts after the worship celebrations.
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As a teaching congregation that celebrates the arts, our ministries include
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Articles on Race and Revolutionary Love
An Open Letter to Christians
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at HuffPost Religion, March 9, 2017 — Dear Christians Who Voted for Trump, I
was on strike March 8, participating in #ADayWithoutAWoman. Yet I am tired today, because this is
what keeps me up at night: Does this administration seem Christian to you?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/an-open-letter-from-a-christian-pastor-tochristians_us_58c1c433e4b0c3276fb782c2
Being Church in the Trump Era
Brian McLaren on YouTube, February 21, 2017
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfMtENFtHxk
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnKXnFqCHsk
A Spirituality for Hot Mess Times
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at HuffPost Religion, February 15, 2017 — I’m not a yoga, sit-on-a-mat crosslegged kind of gal. I want to be; I’m just not. And because I am not, I tell myself that I am not a mystic. I
like mystics, some of my best friends are mystics. I admire them! Me? I am always in motion. I pray
walking around Manhattan. I meditate jumping through waves, thanking God for the saltiness.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-spirituality-for-hot-mess-timesloveisresistance_us_58a23097e4b080bf74f03f8a
Close Rikers Groundswell Petition to Mayor de Blasio
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at Groundswell, December 2016 — As clergy and people of faith and
conscience, we back New York Governor Cuomo and NYC City Council President Melissa MarkViverito calling on you to close Rikers, and redirect the $208,500/year it costs to house each inmate
into restorative criminal justice programs across New York City’s five boroughs.
https://action.groundswell-mvmt.org/petitions/close-rikers-1
The Great White Backlash
Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre at Baptist News Global, November 9, 2016 — As I look at the clock I
notice it is a little past three in the morning on the day after the election and I am hopeless. In the
midst of deep desperation, I metaphorically turn to paper and ink to make sense of a nation drunk with
xenophobic madness. For years I have written of my hopelessness with institutional racism and ethnic
discrimination masked by our society as my liberal friends instead spoke about a post-racial America
because they voted for a black man.
https://baptistnews.com/article/the-great-white-backlash/#.WP6KWoW0L8g
10 Spiritual Responses to the Election
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at HuffPost Religion, November 9, 2016 — I was in denial. I did not realize it,
but I was. Friends gathered. We watched. We ate, we drank wine, we laughed. We watched that map.
It was changing and they were worried and I was not. I was not worried; I was clear.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-rev-jacqueline-j-lewis-phd/10-spiritual-responsesto_b_12889928.html
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Home: Kneel, Pray, Act
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at HuffPost Religion, September 27, 2016 — Dorothy went looking for home,
running away from the people who had raised her, and found, in her dreams, such a wonderful/terrible
place. Oz was everything home wasn’t, and she wanted to be—needed to be—home.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-rev-jacqueline-j-lewis-phd/for-home-kneel-prayorgan_b_12220448.html
Race, Money and Politics: Connecting Some Dots
Rev. John Janka at MiddleProject.org, April 6, 2016 — Race-based bigotry and violence has been a
festering wound now exposed to the light of day by a series of deaths resulting from police action
against people of color. One may understandably wonder, did the civil rights movement of the ’50s
and ’60s really change anything?
https://www.middleproject.org/resources/connecting-the-dots
Where Are the White Churches?
Rev. John Janka at MiddleProject.org, March 5, 2016 — During the Civil Rights Movement of the
1950’s and 1960’s numerous Black clergy, including Martin Luther King, Jr. appealed to the white
church for support and active engagement. The movement hoped for financial, political and moral
support from the white church. Much of the white church responded with either silence or outright
disdain that King and other leaders were threatening the status quo.
https://www.middleproject.org/resources/white-churches
How Much Does Race Matter? A Conversation About the Obama Presidency
Rev. Dr. James Forbes and Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson at Patheos, February 24, 2016 — Coming
to the end of the Obama presidency, it seems important that we gain some clarity on the impact of
race over his two terms.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionnow/2016/02/how-much-does-race-matter-a-conversationabout-the-obama-presidency/
Shall We Overcome? An Invitation for MLK, Jr. Day
Rev. Dr. James Forbes and Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson at Patheos, January 14, 2016 — As we
approach this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, over half a century since the immortal “I Have a Dream”
speech, we ask: Are we any closer to the dream that King spoke of or is it now even further from our
reach?
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithforward/2016/01/shall-we-overcome-an-invitation-for-mlk-jr-day/
The Mississippi Flag
Rev. Peter Goodwin Heltzel, Ph. D. in The New York Times, November 13, 2015 — To the Editor: As
a white Mississippian in Manhattan, I fully support the Flag for All Mississippians Coalition, which has
called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/13/opinion/the-mississippi-flag.html?_r=2
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Hope in the Unexpected Common Ground: Moving Past Hatred
Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson at Patheos, October 13, 2015 — Last week, when my colleagues and I
learned of the shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College, there was an emotion that none of
us expressed. Yes, we expressed our grief, outrage, sadness, and frustration over yet another mass
shooting that is one of nearly 300 that have occurred across our country since January—less than one
year's time.
http://www.patheos.com/Topics/Hope-in-the-Unexpected-Common-Ground-Katharine-Henderson101315
Being Brown While Black Lives Matter
Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre at Our Lucha, August 29, 2015 — Yes – black lives matter. But for
centuries they haven’t. Killing black folk was considered sport, as documented by early twentieth
century souvenir postcards of lynchings, where good Christians looked into the camera as that
“strange fruit” swung from the trees behind them. The police, with a history to “protect and serve”
whites from the menace of blacks, could always kill blacks with impunity.
https://ourlucha.wordpress.com/2015/08/29/being-brown-while-black-lives-matter/
Profiling Act
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at HuffPost Religion, August 10, 2015 — When Mike Brown was killed one year
ago, in the midst of tears and grief we prayed with our hands up, as tempers flared and fires burned.
When we saw Eric Garner die on camera, it took our breath away. When Sandy Bland died in custody,
we saw the lethal consequences of racism behind bars.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-rev-jacqueline-j-lewis-phd/handsup-support-the-endr_b_7966918.html?1439235372
I Am Black, and Black Lives Matter
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at HuffPost Religion, August 10, 2015 — There was a sense of urgency in this
call. I was on the phone with a multiracial group of faith leaders—Christians, Muslims, Jews, Unitarian
Universalists—strategizing about what to do about the Black churches burning in the south.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-rev-jacqueline-j-lewis-phd/i-am-black-and-blacklive_b_7773100.html?1436785746
I Am Jewish and Black Lives Matter
Rabbi Stephanie Kolin at HuffPost Religion, July 17, 2015 — On a recent cross-country drive, I stood
where James Earl Ray stood when he killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, TN. I put my feet
where his feet had been and I cast my gaze across the street, to the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-stephanie-kolin/i-am-jewish-and-black-livesmatter_b_7807022.html
I Am Muslim and I Am Black Lives Matter
Linda Sarsour at HuffPost Religion, July 16, 2015 — Black lives don’t matter. We need to own that as
the current reality for millions of Black Americans. Every 28 hours a police officer, security guard, or
Zimmerman-type vigilante kills a Black person, most of who are unarmed. Black children can be kicked
out of pools and physically harassed by police while their white counterparts watch.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-sarsour/i-am-muslim-and-i-amblac_b_7802988.html?utm_hp_ref=religion
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I Am Gay and I Am Black Lives Matter
Bishop Gene Robinson at HuffPost Religion, July 13, 2015 — Walking up to the makeshift memorial,
set up along the center line of the quiet street, I knew that I was on holy ground. Teddy bears, wilted
flowers and notes on small scraps of paper told me that this was a place where tears were shed and
hearts poured out. I felt quiet, respectful and a little like an intruder on this quiet Ferguson, Missouri
street, surrounded by modest apartment houses.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bishop-gene-robinson/i-am-gay-and-i-am-black-l_b_7788700.html
#handsup: Support the End Racial This Is Our Selma
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II at HuffPost Religion, July 13, 2015 — In 2006 the U.S. Senate
unanimously voted to re-authorize the prized 1964 Voting Rights Act and President George W. Bush
signed it. After the first Black President won two elections, five U.S. Supreme Court justices over-ruled
98 senators and gutted the law. Their ruling, called Shelby, two years ago opened the floodgates,
giving the green light to state legislators throughout the South.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-dr-william-j-barber-ii/this-is-our-selma_b_7780748.html
Honoring the Charleston nine: Today, we mourn. Tomorrow, we organize.
Valarie Kaur at The Washington Post, June 29, 2015 — Gunshots in a sanctuary of peace. Cries of
terror where people sing God’s name. Blood in the prayer hall. A community shaken by hate but
coming together to sing, pray and forgive even before they’ve laid the dead to rest. This is what
happened three years ago in Oak Creek, Wis., when a white supremacist opened fire in a Sikh house
of worship on a Sunday morning and killed six people.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/06/29/honoring-the-charleston-nine-todaywe-mourn-tomorrow-we-organize/
A Note from Charleston
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at Sojourners, June 23, 2015 — We felt like we had to be there. Five women,
who were all at the Sojourners’ Summit in Washington, D.C., white and black, straight and gay —
Lindsay, Holly, Sharon, Melinda, and I — we felt like we HAD to go. We needed each other, and we
needed our special powers that can exist only together, to grieve and heal and find hope.
https://sojo.net/articles/note-charleston
One Day, When the Glory Comes, It Will Be Ours
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis at HuffPost Religion, April 28, 2015 — Last night, as a straight Black ally, I
attended a United4Marriage equality rally in Times Square anticipating the Supreme Court hearings
today. Before I spoke, a religious leader hissed, “Read your Bible!” I said, “I read my Bible in Hebrew,
Greek, and in English!” What in the hell is going on? Why is that the question?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-rev-jacqueline-j-lewis-phd/one-day-when-the-glory-comes-it-will-beours_b_7164160.html
A bigger circle in Baltimore and Burundi
Brian D. McLaren on BrianMclaren.net, April 28, 2015 — There's trouble today in two places I know
and love: Baltimore and Burundi. I spent over forty years of my life in Maryland, not far from Baltimore.
During the last six or seven years of my work there as a pastor, I was blessed to have friends who
worked in the neighborhoods of the city that are on TV this week.
http://brianmclaren.net/a-bigger-circle-in-baltimore-and-burundi/
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Middle Church Preaches
Race and Revolutionary Love
Rising
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on April 16, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05WGP9OSp2A
Born Again 2.0
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on April 2, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHCVlz3uWII&list=PLVXiuonIksBLaM6_y97sg282274qx44pG&ind
ex=2
Feeling Sheepish
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on March 12, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0sudBOu2qY&list=PLVXiuonIksBLaM6_y97sg282274qx44pG&in
dex=4
The Long Road to Freedom
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on January 22, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09gg_4DD-4o
Can You Feel a Brand New Day?
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on November 16, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHinnwvRohQ&list=PLVXiuonIksBLaM6_y97sg282274qx44pG&in
dex=11
The March Continues
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on March 20, 2016
http://bit.ly/1XhdbIQ
Break It Down!
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on February 28, 2016
http://bit.ly/22cB1Xr
Body Politics
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Hussein Rashid on January 17, 2016
http://bit.ly/1UIAq0B
The Beginning and the End
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on November 22, 2015
http://bit.ly/23bQcWC
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Even in Lament, Thanks
Prayer by Rev. Adriene Thorne on June 21, 2015
http://bit.ly/23bQ8pP
#PrayforCharleston
Prayer by Rev. Adriene Thorne and the congregation on June 21, 2015
http://bit.ly/1N8QTn5
A City of Peace
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on May 17, 2015
http://bit.ly/22cA55m
It’s About the Body
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on April 19, 2015
http://bit.ly/1oCdGkU
When We All Know God . . .
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on March 22, 2015
http://bit.ly/1SQ2o7g
Hold On, It’s Comin’
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on February 22, 2015
http://bit.ly/23hA3vz
You Called Me?
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Rabbi Burton Visotzky on January 18, 2015
http://bit.ly/1N8QFfF
Can You Hear the Cry?
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on December 7, 2014
http://bit.ly/1bmiuoC
#Ferguson—Hands Up
Morning Prayer by Rev. Adriene Thorne on August 17, 2014
http://bit.ly/1QbyJ7X
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Ten Essential
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Multiracial,
Multicultural
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The Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis
REVISED EDITION
Ten Essential Strategies to Grow a
Multiracial, Multicultural Congregation
by The Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis
Available in printed format only.
One copy is available for you at the registration table.
Presenter
Materials
Our shared work through the Braxton Institute
celebrates the importance of human life as sacred.
Some of the ways we do this work of recovery and
sustainability are through narrative medicine, prayer,
mindfulness meditation and spiritual life writing.
Revolutionary Love:
Writing the Sacred Self
There must be spaces where authentic selves engaged in
interdisciplinary discourse can come together to address
inequality and work for social justice. Dr. Nigel Hatton made
this point when he spoke of the critical importance of the
Braxton Institute at our October 27, 2014 “Recovering Human
Sustainability in a Time of War” symposium. Nigel’s
observations remind me of Parker Palmer’s essay “Now I
Become Myself” and the importance of naming all of the
fragmenting things that get in the way of that wholeness and
that becoming:
Life writing is a bridge between spirituality and
healing; it is also a key element in self-care and
spiritual discipline. This good work has served as a
particular help to me in discerning God’s intention for
my own life. Because of my experiences teaching
“Spiritual Life Writing for Helpers and Healers” and
“Writing for Recovery” in selected workshop settings,
I see heightened potential for the use of life writing by
those for whom the spiritual journey is at the center,
rather than the periphery. This may be particularly the
case for ministers and other caregivers in the helping
and healing professions, but I believe that almost
everyone committed to doing the work of justice and
mercy can benefit from the use of writing as a spiritual
discipline. Autobiography, memoir and journal
keeping can help us remember who we are and harness
our birthright gifts.
In families, schools, workplaces, and religious communities,
we are trained away from true self toward images of
acceptability; under social pressures like racism and sexism
our original shape is deformed beyond recognition; and we
ourselves, driven by fear, too often betray true self to gain the
approval of others. If we are awake, aware, and able to admit
our loss,” writes Palmer, “we spend the second half [of our
lives] trying to recover and reclaim the gift we lost.
Are you living to be the change you want to see in this
world? For many, activism, teaching or another form
of public service becomes a form of secular ministry.
You may or may not be a “believer,” but what holds
you together when you are confronted by the “dark
night of the soul?” Years ago, I read book by Jaco
Hamman called Becoming a Pastor: Forming Self and
Soul for Ministry. This work continues to speak to me.
JOANNE M. BRAXTON
WWW.BRAXTONINSTITUTE.ORG
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Ministry, not activism, is Hamman’s chosen path of
transformation, however his work has broad implications.
Hamman suggests that we, who dedicate our lives to caring for
others, are “created to seek transformation.” The power of this
positive transformation is manifested in the development of
the capacity to believe, to imagine, the capacity to develop
compassion and concern, the capacity to be alone, and the
capacity to play, among other positive transformational
attributes. The development of these skills involves the
embrace of one’s own brokenness, an awareness of one’s
emotions, the cultivation of imagination, the ability to “see”
others “including God, to be who they are and not who you
think they are or want them to be,” and the positive
engagement of “life and ministry with a sense of playfulness”
grounded in responsibility and openness. Hamman warns that
“engaging the core of your being can feel like dishonoring
your mother and father, since introspection inevitably takes
you to your childhood home.” “[L]ooking into the depths of
who we are is a challenge most people avoid,” writes
Hamman, but some use spiritual life writing to nurture what
Joseph Driskill calls “inner security and [the] capacity for
depth.”
Some people keep their journals on a laptop or mobile device,
others make scrapbooks. My favorite is to write into a bound
notebook, and I always find one that feels good in my hands.
Some people write at the same time every day, often early in
the morning when they are less likely to be interrupted. I prefer
a fountain pen because there is something about the movement
of pen on paper that activates memory. My current journal is
for a chapter length autobiographical essay about my years in
college and graduate school. The book itself has a cover of
blue and emerald peacock feathers. I am writing with a
disposable black ink fountain pen that feels good when it
moves across the page. A note to myself reads, “The place one
begins is not always at the beginning.”
Life writing is a way of engaging in the transformative journey
to one’s own sacred center and bringing together the pieces of
one’s authentic self. One begins the journey anew each day;
life remains exciting and fresh. How does one get started?
There are any number of ways, and the best way is the one that
works for you. Do consider taking one of our workshops, as
they provide a safe atmosphere in which to learn particular
approaches and try them.
© JOANNE M. BRAXTON, 2015
The most important thing is to know that you are worth it, and
that it is you who is at the center of your own life. Now is the
only time there is.
Blessings for the Journey,
Joanne
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REVOLUTIONARY LOVE 2017: Disruptive Ethics to Dismantle Racism
Evaluation: Friday, April 28, 2017
SESSION
12:00P
Registration and
Revolutionary Love/
L2O Signups
RATING
COMMENTS
(Circle one.)
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
1:00P – INTRODUCTION
The Call to
Revolutionary Love
— Valarie Kaur and
Jacqui Lewis
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
1:45P – SESSION 1
Where Are We?
What Is Needed Now?
— Anurag Gupta, Robert P.
Jones, Serene Jones, and
Eboni Marshall Turman
5 Extremely important
4:00P – SESSION 2
Love Army
—Van Jones
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
6:30P – SESSION 3
Hearing the Call
to Love Neighbor
— Caitlin Breedlove,
Brian D. McLaren, Rosalyn
Pelles, Rob Stephens, and
Traci C. West
8:30P
Pub Theology
— Jim Keat
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
Additional Comments
P-1
REVOLUTIONARY LOVE 2017: Disruptive Ethics to Dismantle Racism
Evaluation: Saturday, April 29, 2017
SESSION
8:00A
Centering
— Allison Mickelson
RATING
COMMENTS
(Circle one.)
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
8:30A – SESSION 4
Solidarity in the Flesh:
Tools and Tactics
— Yara Allen, Traci
Blackmon, Darnell Moore,
and Rebecca Parker
5 Extremely important
11:00A – SESSION 5
Revolutionary Love:
Confronting Opponents
— Miguel De La Torre,
Joanne Braxton, Zainab
Salbi, and Bryan Epps
5 Extremely important
2:15P – SESSION 6
Confronting Opponents
with Love: Tools and
Tactics — Macky Alston,
Micky ScottBey Jones,
Valarie Kaur, and David
Kyuman Kim
5 Extremely important
4:00P
Listening/Learning Circles
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
7:30P
Art for the Movement:
RIKERS Film Screening
— Filmmaker Bill Moyers,
Khalil Cumberbatch, and
Hector “Benny” Custodio
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
Additional Comments
P-2
REVOLUTIONARY LOVE 2017: Disruptive Ethics to Dismantle Racism
Evaluation: Sunday, April 30, 2017
SESSION
9:30A
Special Conference
Worship Celebration
— Jacqui Lewis, preaching
RATING
COMMENTS
(Circle one.)
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
11:15A
Listening/Learning Circles
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
2:00P – SESSION 7
The Ethics of Disruption
— Genesis Be, Shaun King,
Stephanie Kolin, and
Charles Randolph-Wright
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
4:00P – SESSION 8
Prophetic Resistance:
Love of Self as Revolution
—Jennifer Bailey,
Dana Flynn, and
Michael J. Crumpler
5:30P
Reception
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
6:30P
Closing Keynote
—The Rev. Dr. William J.
Barber II, Yara Allen, and
BETTY
5 Extremely important
4 Important
3 Helpful
2 Somewhat Helpful
1 Not Helpful
0 Did Not Attend
Additional Comments
P-3