Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice

CLUE Sponsors Faith-Rooted Organizing Cohort

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 10, 2021

The application period is now open for the free Faith-Rooted Organizing Leadership Cohort sponsored by CLUE – Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice – from January through May 2022. Participants will meet once or twice a month over five months to connect their faith or spiritual values with economic, social, and racial justice advocacy work alongside communities in Los Angeles or Orange Counties. Participants are encouraged to bring their own religious or spiritual values and traditions into our interfaith discussions as we address how we can help effect real, life-changing justice in our communities. The sessions will be guided

Religion

Call 2 Worship – May 13

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorMay 12, 2021

Holman United Methodist Church present Golf with the Pastor on May 15, at 10 a.m., at Brookside Golf at the Rose Bowl, 1133 Rosemount Ave. in Pasadena. Pastor Ken Walden will participate in the fellowship. The donation is $70 for singles and $180 for a foursome. For information, contact Al Dixon at (213) 272-9271 or [email protected]. On May 22, at 9 a.m., Soulforce Nonviolence Worshops led by the Rev. James Lawson will take place via Zoom. Registration is required by visiting https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYof-GspjkuH9yj8O5H-iEtmGfbplM3zOup?utm_source=BenchmarkEmail&utm_campaign=Nonviolence_Workshop_Zoom_Registration_-_May_22nd&utm_medium=email Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church holds their 2021 Men’s Conference on May 15, at 10 a.m., via Zoom,

Religion

In Response to Kentucky and Pittsburgh Shootings, L.A. Clergy Preach Love and Reject Hate and Fear

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorOctober 31, 2018

Religious leaders of every faith united in extending prayers of sympathy along with condemning the shocking killings of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27. The murders occurred three days after a White man shot two African Americans in Jeffersontown, Kentucky on Oct. 24, after unsuccessfully attempting to enter a nearby Black church. The appalling hate crimes stirred memories of the mass murders of 26 people at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas in Nov. 2017, nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina in June 2015, and the four