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Mission:
Encourage and provide opportunities to
meet and work with Communities of religious denominations other than
Catholic, increasing acceptance and understanding of commonalities and
diversity, enabling cooperation and fellowship.
Objectives:
- Raise awareness of the opportunities
and blessings of understanding and cooperating with other religious
groups in prayer, good works and social justice issues by publicizing
and participating in Programs and events.
- Provide seminars and other types of
programs which will lead to understanding that there are more common
beliefs and practices than there are divisive issues.
Goals:
- Publicize programs and events of
other religious groups in the area.
- Provide at least one three-session
Introduction to World Religions seminar.
- Participate in Rochester Area
Ministers Association (RAMA) monthly gatherings.
- Publicize, encourage and participate
in the January Prayer for Church Unity Service.
- Continue the Ecumenical
Conversations program with at least two sessions.
- Provide programs for other churches
in area.
Resource Needs
(Time, Talent, and Treasure):
Time involved in the Ecumenical
Awareness Ministry:
RAMA - 2 hours monthly
Planning seminars and programs - S hours planning sessions of each
program; 4-6 hours generating publicity material for program; 6 hours
preparing "class" materials; 2-3 hours leading each session of each
program
Additional
Ministry Work
Pastoral: Waltonwood...Communion and
attention to individual concerns, weekly Educational: Book
Discussions, monthly
Coffee and Conversation meeting, monthly Campus Ministry/Social...
Monthly Theater Dinners Worship ... Meetings, planning and committee
work: (Ritual Planning & Art and Decor Ministries)
Presence/participation ... all Liturgies, General availability.
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