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Keith Swartzendruber of the National Council of Churches has shared this call for participants from the Institute for Peace and Dialogue in Baar, Switzerland:
http://www.ipdinstitute.ch/Winter-Academy-3-Month-CAS-Research-Program-2017/ Faithfully, Richard Richard J. Mammana Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers | Secretary New Haven, Connecticut USA  FROM MONTANA SYNOD
Intermountain News! We have good news, friends - Intermountain recently received a $100,000 matching gift to be used to renovate a cottage into Van Orsdel Commons, a chapel on campus for our residential program! We have 120 days to raise the matching funds in order to receive the entire grant. If we succeed, we will have all the funding necessary to start the chapel project. Are you wondering how adversity in childhood has impacted the community, your church, or your faith community? Looking for practical ideas for building resilience through faith-based approaches? Please attend this first-of-its kind discussion at the Resilience Fall Summit. Rev. Chris Haughee, BA, MDiv., Intermountain Chaplain and Kimberly Konkel, Associate Director for Health, HHS Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships, Washington D.C., will present "Building Resilience through Addressing ACEs in Your Faith Community." Please join them in this session, which will be both informative and will provide you with the tools to make a difference for struggling youth and families in your community. For any ministry or faith-based group desiring to connect their ministry with the mission of building resilient communities, this event is a must. Click here to register today! The media kit and basic information for an important initiative sponsored by the World Council of Churches and UNICEF.
Olympics Team Refugees Week August 1-8, 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil http://teamrefugees.com This summer at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, for the first time ever in the history of the Olympics, a team will act as a symbol for all those displaced from their homes by crisis. The World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling upon its membership to cheer on the Refugee Olympic Team, a group of ten top-tier athletes representing refugees around the world. Before the Opening Ceremony on August 5th, we invite you to “join the team” and support these incredible athletes as they make their dreams come true. Faithfully, Richard Richard J. Mammana Episcopal Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers | Secretary New Haven, Connecticut USA |
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