KATALYST NEWSLETTER OF RECONCILING MINISTRIES NETWORK
VOL. 28 NO. 4
WWW.RMNETWORK.ORG
AUTUMN, 2011
Outside the Box
Preparing for Change
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Back to the Basics: Love Your Neighbor (GC 2012)
New Reconciling Communities
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AUSTIN, TX
SCOTTSDALE, AZ
SALT LAKE CITY, UT
TUCSON, AZ
LITTLE ROCK, AR
PALM SPRINGS, CA
NORTH BROOK, IL
FLORENCE, OR
Preparing for Change, cont’d
Who Will RMN’s 500th Community Be ?
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Learning to Love Our Neighbor New England RCs: 47
Pacific Northwest RCs: 25 Yellowstone RCs: 2
Dakotas RCs: 2
Wisconsin RCs: 15
California - Nevada RCs: 57 Rocky Mountain RCs: 15
CaliforniaPacific RCs: 20
Alaska Missionary RCs: 2
Desert Southwest RCs: 5
New Mexico
Southwest Texas RCs: 31
California-Pacific Hawaii District
LYN Training / Organizing
Upper New York RCs: 13
New York a RCs: 17 n n a h e u Susq :1 s C East Western R N. Illinois Iowa Ohio PA Eastern PA | RCs: 8 RCs: 26 RCs: 12 RCs: 2 RCs: 11 Nebraska Greater New Jersey West RCs: 5 RCs: 2 Ohio West Illinois Indiana Peninsula-Delaware Virginia RCs: 15 Great RCs: 9 RCs: 3 RCs: 1 Virginia Rivers RCs: 2 BaltimoreRCs: 2 Kentucky Washington Kansas Kansas RCs: 2 RCs: 18 Missouri West East North RCs: 5 RCs: 7 RCs: 3 Carolina RCs: 4 Western Memphis Tennessee North Carolina RCs: 1 RCs: 8 RCs: 4 South Oklahoma Red Bird Arkansas North Carolina RCs: 3 Missionary North Georgia RCs: 1 RCs: 2 Alabama RCs: 6 Holston RCs: 1 Northwest RCs: 1 Mississippi North Texas RCs: 1 Texas South RCs: 7 AlabamaGeorgia RCs: 1 West Florida RCs: 1 Central Texas Florida Texas Louisiana RCs: 3 RCs: 4 RCs: 1
Rio Grande
Marriage Initiative
Detroit RCs: 4
Opportunities for LYN Training/Organizing
st n Wehiga c :7 Mi RCs
Oregon - Idaho RCs: 20
Minnesota RCs: 19
Oklahoma Indian Missionary
Buddy Annual Conferences (Matching Textures Signify Linkage)
Jurisdiction Boundaries
Annual Conf. Boundaries
We do! Methodists Living Marriage Equality
Photo Courtesy of Dave Sanders
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Western PA
Calling Holston
Kentucky
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Learn how you can get involved by visiting these websites: Love Your Neighbor Campaign www.loveyourneighbor2012.org Volunteer at General Conference volunteer.gc12.org General Conference 2012 www.gc12.org An Alter for All altarforall.rmnetwork.org
Learning to Love Our Neighbor (Continued) Mississippi & Alabama West Florida
Minnesota Marriage
Testimony of a Delegate
Virginia
Sing a New Song Phone Bank
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Creating a Lasting Legacy of Inclusion & Justice
Gifts in Memory and Honor of...
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Reconciling Ministries Network 3801 North Keeler Avenue, Third Floor Chicago, IL 60641-3007
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Mission Trip Tampa: April 24th - May 4th, 2012
Volunteers needed! Legislative, Hospitality and Witness teams are forming now!
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