{"id":11647,"date":"2018-10-31T12:16:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/from-the-campus-ministry-a-prayer-for-peace-and-other-resources\/"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:16:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:16:24","slug":"from-the-campus-ministry-a-prayer-for-peace-and-other-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/from-the-campus-ministry-a-prayer-for-peace-and-other-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Campus Ministry: A Prayer for Peace and other resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In light of the hate-fueled violence in\u00a0 both Pittsburgh and Kentucky this past weekend, the Campus Ministry offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A prayer for peace and understanding in the face of hatred<\/li>\n<li>Campus and online resources to support opportunities for peace and\u00a0\u00a0dialogue<\/li>\n<li>Action steps to take to embrace difference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Prayer for Peace <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source of all life, we come together in this time of great sadness.<\/p>\n<p>Hear your people as we lift up our hearts in bewilderment and anger.<\/p>\n<p>As a community, we join our prayers with others throughout our country and our world for love and peace to overcome hate.<\/p>\n<p>We are deeply disturbed by acts of bigotry and racism.<\/p>\n<p>We mourn the lives lost this weekend in Pittsburgh and Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Please comfort and console the family and friends of those lost.<\/p>\n<p>We know prejudice and hatred, just like love and understanding, are seeds that are planted, nourished and harvested.<\/p>\n<p>Holy Wisdom, guide us as we struggle for justice.<\/p>\n<p>Sustain us in our efforts to break down walls of oppression within ourselves, our relationships, and our world.<\/p>\n<p>Give us grace and strength to work for equality to bring about peace.<\/p>\n<p>Renew us as we grasp one another\u2019s hand to mend divisions and end oppressive systems.<\/p>\n<p>Heal us as we restore these broken relationships to wholeness.<\/p>\n<p>May we reach across cultural, ethnic and religious differences to affirm one another and deepen our common humanity, purpose and partnership.<\/p>\n<p>We find comfort and strength in knowing that while it is not our responsibility to finish the work, we are also not free to refrain from it. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campus Resources and Opportunities for Prayer, Reflection and Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Interfaith Prayer Room (CTR 221)<\/li>\n<li>Dandelion Stories: Sharing the Stories that Shape Us<br \/>\nMondays through Nov. 19, 2 to 3 p.m. (CTR 270)<\/li>\n<li>Mindfulness Meditation<br \/>\nThursdays 11 to 11:30 a.m. (CTR 270)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Online Interfaith Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.email.ifyc.org\/?qs=4958b19fbee1aa44e5614234dd1ab3f75d80ee7c2f8f4bda2d446bd15a4bd8b3bffd1c53a72e32e91678b76673cc72abbfad9741bac4c2d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texts on the Shared Value of Hospitality &#8212; a workshop guide\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.email.ifyc.org\/?qs=4958b19fbee1aa443870c0ae15dd871f3e0fcc4ec95f6e235703639beb07ef1e26705535fd35c9b391cd2df06c3a574b234fa1d79cd0d218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Identity: Moving Through the World in Challenging Times &#8212; from the\u00a0Common Knowledge\u00a0podcast\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifyc.org\/resources\/intersections-race-religion-and-conversation-after-charleston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intersections: Race, Religion, and the Conversation after Charleston &#8212; from the\u00a0Common Knowledge\u00a0podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.email.ifyc.org\/?qs=4958b19fbee1aa44915177765f81d8e1d0d8a8c949756ac2af00a6e0061db209d5d5bc04ae6372c13005990943d4cfb71f453b69bf3ef44e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interfaith Cooperation in Judaism &#8212; from the\u00a0Common Knowledge\u00a0podcast\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.email.ifyc.org\/?qs=4958b19fbee1aa44362a42b43e9aa69697f88c54361cfa5c000693b413644a30577708479cefe826d66985fc8d5a7e226b3f7276ec8a2ccd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Case for Pluralism in a Divided Democracy &#8212; from the\u00a0Common Knowledge\u00a0podcast\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.email.ifyc.org\/?qs=4958b19fbee1aa448bf689a7de72745db35e53a9f1f71c059de8d54565a866d2b033539a0bf17b88ea85b2ad82c62fa2bfa46f468e3d599d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillel International&#8217;s list of vigils and remembrances for Pittsburgh happening on campuses across the U.S.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.email.ifyc.org\/?qs=4958b19fbee1aa44870d6f45979b5ba07e17c474864f0cef323f5a814ef611cb1aa1dc68abd3e0f152cb5009219986871e4caf081eef812a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facing History and Ourselves offers excellent resources related to anti-Semitism, racism, and religious intolerance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.email.ifyc.org\/?qs=4958b19fbee1aa44efbaa3a526b8a3582db440e939174a1e09f05238949bb68df60c5f25f6b03aa4a7aae006ba65558c33d0a84a6b6c333f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has published resources to help educators and parents discuss the Pittsburgh attack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/click.email.ifyc.org\/?qs=4958b19fbee1aa44dd9e8b708fffa2807495253fe3232b4479347ba5e2ca8edfdf48831b881393dcdc762df3a6664c315581cb7fdd3d8deb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teaching Tolerance provides educators with powerful classroom resources focusing on religious and other forms of diversity in the U.S.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Small and mighty ways to embrace action, understanding and dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take the steps to see the other side of the story, conversation, point of view particularly when it impacts someone who is marginalized.<\/li>\n<li>Educate others and yourself about the inspiring aspects of different faiths and worldviews.<\/li>\n<li>Talk with someone new, unlike yourself and find shared values and common concerns as a basis for understanding.<\/li>\n<li>Build and strengthen relationships across the kinds of lines that others refuse to cross through dialogue, service, and, sometimes, by sharing in others&#8217; grief or fear.<\/li>\n<li>Bring peace, patience and silence where there is violence, anger and noise. Practice wherever you are, in all places &#8212; in line at the market, at the gym, in the parking lot, on the Northway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:16:24 +0000 by\u00a0m.thivierge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In light of the hate-fueled violence in\u00a0 both Pittsburgh and Kentucky this past weekend, the Campus Ministry offers: A&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}