Revo AU: Action

Action/Revo AU was busy at the end of the semester. The focus this year is Invisible Children (site is currently down). Here are a couple of their adverts:

What are other schools doing? What’s the word?

Monday Roundup

A few notable recent SDA posts:
1. Dr. Kesslyn A Brade Stennis’ first post for Adventist Today was excellent.  Here is an excerpt from Love is Listening (24 Nov. 2009):
Not only must I listen to God and to my self, I must also listen to those who report the events of the world.  If I am [...]

Advent

In addition to Advent Conspiracy mentioned previously, Christian Peace Witness lists a number of resources for the season, including:

Advent Coloring Book
NRCAT Resources
Advent Prayer
Daily Reflections from Pax Christi
Prayer for the UN
Christmas Eve Prayer
Human Rights Day (Dec. 10) resources from Presbyterian Church USA.

Keep checking the CPW site for info regarding regional events in 2010. Based on our [...]

Community Building for Idiots

Christine Emming is today’s guest contributor. Freelance columnist for Vibrant Life magazine and all-around blogger, Christine spends too much time with words instead of with people (or so the rumor goes). A recent country transplant, she’s attempting to build community amid the wheat fields of rural Kansas. Maybe you remember her from the earlier Kiva [...]

Advent Conspiracy

Is your church engaged with Advent Conspiracy? Tells us your story.

And to promote spending money even though this post is about not spending money, check out these alternative catalogs: ADRA, World Vision, Heifer.
Bonus: Geez Blog — Shop No More

Marriage, Homosexuality, and the Church Conference

Marriage, Homosexuality, and the Church Conference recently concluded at Andrews University. For those who could not attend, here are a number of posts by David Hamstra on Apokalupto:

Reflictions On The Homosexuality Conference
Interview: Nicholas Miller
Top Five: Things I Learned At The Homosexuality Conference
Blogging the Homosexuality Conference [this has extensive links to coverage on other blogs and [...]

Movember

In October we focused on fighting breast cancer and abuse of women. In November we shift to prostate and testicular cancer. That’s right–Movember.
Here’s an explanation from the LA Times for those not yet initiated in the ways of the ’stache (Adam Tschorn, 1 Nov 2009):
It’s been derided as a soup strainer, cookie duster, lip spinach [...]

Lakeview SDA Church Cheers for a Cure

October is not only National Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
it’s also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Pastor Jose Bourget was preaching at his new church in Chicago when he noticed a large event going on outside. Avon’s Walk for Breast Cancer route went directly in front of the church. The next year when he saw the 3,000 [...]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is an issue for the Adventist Church, not just the “other.”
Websites & Articles

Adventist church, ADRA launch campaign to stop violence against women (Adv News Network)
End It Now (ADRA site & campaign). This looks like brilliant work; so we hope to see it be amazingly successful. How can [...]

Partnership or Proselytizing in Benton Harbor: An Adventist Case Study

I sat in chapel, a senior at Andrews University, watching in horror as a friend of mine performed a skit advertising Campus Ministries’ Outreach in a struggling town 20 minutes from campus. He sat on a couch on Pioneer Memorial Church’s stage pretending to cry and, when a friend asked why he was upset, sobbed, “Because I’m from Benton Harbor!” His friend answered, “Well, Benton Harbor is the second most depressed city in the United States.” They then invited students to come to Benton Harbor Sabbath afternoon and make a difference in the lives of those in need.