March 2012

Follow the Dreamers!

March 27, 2012

After a busy weekend things have slowed down a little for us at the Chapel, but not for our friends who are walking across country in support of the Campaign for an American Dream.  In their first week they trudged mile after mile through heavy rains and finally arrived at the State Capitol where they [...]

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Vivienne Grantham’s baptism is this Sunday

March 20, 2012

This Sunday (March 25th) we will celebrate the Baptism of Vivienne Frieda Fernanda Grantham. In Vivienne’s honor, a special luncheon will be held following liturgy (at 11 am), sponsored by Vivienne’s grandparents, Jim and Rebecca Shields. We are very excited for Vivienne, her parents, and grandparents and are looking forward to celebrating with them this [...]

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Non-violence talk this Monday!

March 16, 2012

We are very excited to host Syrian nonviolence advocate and Muslim scholar Jawdat Said at the Chapel this coming Monday, March 19 at 12pm. Jawdat Said will be speaking on the crisis in Syria, reformist Islam, and nonviolent interpretations of the Koran. He holds degrees in Arabic Literature and educa- tion from universities in Cairo, Egypt where he witnessed the violent [...]

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Meeting the DREAMers

March 7, 2012

On Monday we had the opportunity to meet the walkers for the Campaign for an American Dream. After sharing a fabulous meal complete with homemade berry cobbler and stone-ground fair-trade chocolate, we gathered to listen to the stories of the four walkers. Lucas shared how he grew up in this country since he was 12 [...]

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Fair Trade Coffee

March 1, 2012

How much we really know about the coffee we drink? We consume over 2 billion pounds of coffee beans and every one of those beans is hand-picked. The link below shows the process of growing coffee from hand-picking the beans to roasting them. Here at the Chapel we use only Fair Trade coffee. From Crop [...]

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