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Racial Ethnic Diversity & Matthew 25 Invites you to join them!

Name: Racial Ethnic Diversity & Matthew 25 Invites you to join them!
Start: 2023-01-16T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-01-16T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Central Presbyterian Church

January 16 at 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join us as we pursue the love and shalom of Jesus, Denver Presbytery invites you to engage in racial justice on this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 16th.

JOIN

Walk with fellow Presbyterians in the Denver Martin Luther King Marade (march+parade), commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. King and the movement for civil rights. Meet at 10:15 at Thatcher Fountain near the MLK memorial, in the southwest corner of City Park.

ENGAGE

Whether you march in the Marade or not, all are welcome to join in a lunch and racial justice engagement event (Racial Wealth Gap Simulation) at Central Presbyterian Church at 12:30. This is a great opportunity for churches to engage their Matthew 25 values or explore and learn more about systemic racism.

RSVP to Molly Brown: molly@centraldenver.com

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Date:: January 16
Time:: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Event Categories:: Adult Ministries, Children & Youth Events, Family Ministries, Service & Volunteer Opportunies
Event Tags:: Faith Formation

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Central Presbyterian Church

1660 Sherman St
Denver, CO United States + Google Map

Louise Westfall, Pastor

Louise Westfall became Central’s senior pastor in 2011, following pastorates in Cleveland, Detroit, and Iowa. She received a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary. She has co-authored two Bible studies– The Face Is Familiar: Remembering Unnamed Women in Scripture, and Peacemaking in Mark: Restoring God’s Community of Men and Women. Her dissertation Listening Beyond Our Differences: Conversations about Abortion was honored with a faculty prize.

Louise believes the Church is a community of transformation and the congregations she’s served have resettled refugees, built homes with Habitat for Humanity, tutored urban school children, converted a closed church into a Boys and Girls Club, and helped enroll people in affordable health insurance. Her leadership has helped make connections between suburban and urban, Black and White congregations, and among Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Increasingly she considers the Communion cup a central symbol of faith representing God’s love poured out for all, and the Table a place where everyone is welcome.

Louise is the mother of a son, Paul, an attorney in Washington DC.

Racial Ethnic Diversity & Matthew 25 Invites you to join them!

January 16 at 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Glenn Ross, Concert Manager

Charis Smith, Music Director and Office Administrator

Molly Dowling Brown, Director of Mission & Faith Formation

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