Shane Claiborne to will present on "Tearing Down the Walls" at the Congregational Church of South Hero on December 5th at 7 pm (light dinner at 5:30)
From picket fences and gated neighborhoods to office cubicles and prison cells, we live in a world of walls. We can end up lonely people...stuck in the ghettos of poverty and the ghettos of affluence. But God is all about tearing down walls. We are not alone. Stories of compassion and reconciliation invite us in. Poverty and injustice become personal, as we gain the eyes to see the suffering around us.
Shane graduated from Eastern University and did graduate work at Princeton Seminary. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctorate from Eastern. His adventures have taken him from the streets of Calcutta where he worked with Mother Teresa to the wealthy suburbs of Chicago where he served at the influential mega-church Willow Creek. As a peacemaker, his journeys have taken him to some of the most troubled regions of the world – from Rwanda to the West Bank – and he’s been on peace delegations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Shane is a founder and board member of The Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. He is married to Katie Jo, a North Carolina girl who also fell in love with the city (and with Shane).
Please call to the church (372-4962) if you plan to attend dinner. Free will offering will be taken.
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