Holding Up Your Corner Participant Book: Guided Conversations about Race - Softcover

Johnson, F. Willis

 
9781501837623: Holding Up Your Corner Participant Book: Guided Conversations about Race

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Holding Up Your Corner: Guided Conversations About Race is a unique, conversation-based experience that pastors facilitate for their communities. The resource includes everything pastors need to organize, host, and lead the events:- a one- or two-day Conversation, hosted by the church, including people from the congregation and the wider community- people from various backgrounds gather for large-group presentations and small-group discussions- includesmultiple video Conversation Starters from pastors and others across theUS who share their own experiences, fears, and realizations about race- face to face conversations lead to radically new understanding - eachcommunity determines the outcomes of their own Conversations, which mayinclude new relationships and ministries in the communityThe Promise for Participants:Ourlives change when we sit with one another and converse. When we shareour own stories and listen to another. Real, honest, vulnerableconversation leads to empathy. It fosters our understanding andsharpens our convictions. It breaks down barriers and builds surprisingnew relationships. Conversation leads to change. Gather withdiverse people from your community for a series of guided conversationsthat will empower you individually and together to embody God's promisesof hope and justice for all.

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A third-generation educator, Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson is a spiritual entrepreneur. An elder in the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church, Johnson is a respected scholar-practitioner, fellow and author of Holding Up Your Corner: Talking About Race in Your Community. Johnson holds fellowships at Bridge Alliance and Walker Leadership Institute-Eden Seminary. He is a former Vosburgh Visiting Professor of Ministry and Social Engagement at Drew University's Theological School. Currently, he is the leadership pastors Living Tree Church and adjunct faculty at Methodist Theological School of Ohio (MTSO).

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