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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's "I Have A Dream" speech: "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." The memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising, and construction. (Wikipedia)
A Message from Bishop Rickel

From Steve Garnaas-Holmes

Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.

         
              They have treated the wound of my people carelessly,
            saying, ?Peace, peace,? when there is no peace.

                                 ?Jeremiah 6.14

Martin reminds us in an unjust system
calling for ?peace? and ?unity?
simply protects the system,
justifies the injustice,
keeps the slaves enslaved.
Injustice will not let go till it is pushed;
the righteous choose to not go along with evil,
but to trouble it, to push back, to resist.
Liberation requires disruption:
a boycott, a freedom march, an Exodus.
It needn't be violent. But it will disrupt.
It will disrupt abuse of power,
exploitation of people and living things.
It will certainly disrupt expectations,
habits, propriety, business as usual.
(They said to Jesus, ?It is not lawful to heal...?)
It is not self-serving,
doesn't turn opponents into enemies.
But it doesn't make peace with cruelty.
It's uncomfortable.

God, give me the courage
to disrupt injustice with love.


Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net

St. Andrew?s Book Study
America?s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
by Jim Wallis, founder and leader of Sojourners


When: Wednesdays @5:30 pm 
 

Click Here for the zoom link. Or call in   +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 990 4896 9832 Passcode: 597533.
 
In preparation for this session, all participants should visit:  https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
You will need to register and answer some questions about yourself. Then you will be directed to a page where you can choose a test to take. About the 8th one down there is the button labeled ?Race IAT? to take the racial Implicit Association Test. This test will attempt to measure a person?s level of implicit (that is, unconscious) bias in regard to white people and black people. Please take this test before our next meeting.

Videos to watch before our next Session:
Follow up on Last Week:
Map of Hate Cells in US by The Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map
 
Living While Black:
https://youtu.be/xcJq_9THWrA
 
Why White Privilege Matters:
https://youtu.be/XGo3_fU1n6s

What Is White Privilege? Here?s What People on the Street Have to Say:
https://youtu.be/aQK8H0z-irM
 
James Corden Gets a Lesson on White Privilege:
https://youtu.be/BUB3MGWT3xo

American Denial?Implicit Bias Test:
https://youtu.be/ZWa09tUzqf4
Selections from the Book to Read before next week:
  • Chapter 3, pp. 33?35 (beginning of ?America?s Original Sin? section through the paragraph ending with ?what they want and fear for their children?)
  • Chapter 5, pp. 73?75 (beginning of ?Europeans Becoming ?White People?? section through the paragraph ending ?and ultimately their standing before God?)
Scripture Passages
? Exodus 1:8?22             Luke 4:14?21            Romans 3:9?26

Discussion Questions
  1. How did taking this test make you feel? Were you surprised by your results? Do your results help you make sense of any past or present situations or interactions in your life?
  2. For participants of color: Can you share with the group some examples of casual or subtle racism that you encounter in your everyday life? What about examples that are not so subtle? For white participants: Can you share with the group some specific examples of how you?ve benefited from white privilege in your life up to this point?
  3. Given that white people benefit from white privilege even if they?ve fought their whole lives against racism, what can white people who genuinely oppose racism and white privilege do to help dismantle these systems of oppression? What, if any, are some ways in which people of color can help them?
Prayer
In the midst of the ever present stream of injustices inflicted upon the weak, the poor, and the marginalized, we confess our complicity in nurturing the status quo through silence and inaction.
Unlike past and present day prophets,
we stood by while our sisters and brothers suffered
at the hands of the privileged and powerful.
So often, we turned a blind eye to the sufferings of those who were looked down upon
because of powerlessness, poverty, or the hue of their skin. We confess our commitment to being the church
where ?all are one? and ?all are welcome?
so we ask you to make us into the church that intercedes on behalf of those who are cast aside for the sake of the establishment.
In Jesus? name. Amen.
?Rev. Julius Jefferson, Senior Pastor, Heritage United Church of Christ, Baltimore, Maryland
Virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service
Thursday, Jan. 21, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. 7:00 a.m. PST

Then-President Joe Biden will join the virtual event hosted by the National Cathedral and the service will be livestreamed at 
bideninaugural.org/watch and cathedral.org with closed captioning and ASL interpretation provided.
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