SAC Announce
Bethany L
In this email, you'll find information about some exciting events sponsored, supported, or promoted First Parish in Concord's SAC.
The announcement contains information on (red bold indicates new news items):
- Concord Farm and Garden Fair Sat., Sept. 13 - Sun., Sept. 14th
- Refugees on Your Mind? Join Amnesty International Group 15 on Tuesday, September 16th at 7:30 PM
- Premier of “Divide in Concord” on Friday, September 19th at 7:30 PM
- People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday, September 21st
- Diversity Committee Meeting on Monday, September 22nd at 7 PM
- SAC Candle Writing Workshop on Sunday, September 28th from 11:30 AM – 1 PM
- Save the Date! Climate Solutions Speaker Series Presents Dr. John Carroll on Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 PM
- Volunteer Email Coordinator Sought for Advocacy Network to End Family Homelessness
Concord Farm and Garden Fair Sat., Sept. 13 - Sun., Sept. 14
Come out to the Concord Farm and Garden Fair! This food-filled weekend will include the Ag Day Farmer's Market on Saturday from 10am-2pm, Garden Tours on Saturday from 2-5pm and Farm Tours on Sunday from 1-4pm. Pre-register for Saturday tours at www.concordfood.ning.com. Both Saturday and Sunday, there will be bike tours of Concord's gardens and farms -- email ric...@playandlearntogether.com to join the bike tour. Finally, at the Stone Soup Dinner at Verrill Farm on Sunday at 4pm, diners will delve into local produce prepared by local chefs. Seating is limited for the Stone Soup Dinner, sign up beforehand at www.stonesoupconcord.com.
Below is the full schedule for the weekend:
Saturday, September 13th:
10 AM – 2 PM: Ag Day Farmers Market, Concord Center. Purchase local produce, meat, eggs, and flowers. Nearby restaurants will offer Ag Day specials. Available to see at the Farmers Market, the Lexicon of Sustainability Pop-Up Photo Exhibit illustrates the new language of sustainability, on loan from the Museum of Science.
2 – 5 PM: Food and Flower Garden Tours. Chart your own course between 6 tours designed to delight and inspire: chickens, bees, organic veggies, fruit trees, and flowers. Bio-diverse community and home gardens include an herb CSA, harvest treasure hunt and solar fencing! Pre-register for home garden tours at the Market or www.concordfood.ning.com.
Cycle Concord’s Foodscape. Get on your bike for a casual tour of Concord’s gardens and farms: ric...@playandlearntogether.com.
Sunday, September 14th
Noon – 4 PM: Lexicon of Sustainability Pop-Up Photo Exhibit continues the conversation at the Concord Art Association, 37 Lexington Rd.
1 – 4 PM: Farm Tours. Six farms take you behind the farmstands. Walk the fields and talk with farmers. Learn how small-scale farming and selling works today. See historic greenhouses and vintage tractors. Gather eggs and harvest veggies.
Cycle Concord’s Foodscape. Get on your bike for a casual tour of Concord’s gardens and farms: ric...@playandlearntogether.com.
4 PM: Stone Soup Dinner at Verrill Farm. Dine on produce donated by local farmers and prepared by local chefs for a sumptuous meal. Appetizers at 4 PM, dinner served at 5 PM. Limited seating. Purchase tickets in advance from Debra’s Natural Gourmet, Concord Cheese Shop, and Verrill Farm. Proceeds support Concord Agricultural projects. http://stonesoupconcord.com.
Refugees on Your Mind? Join Amnesty International Group 15 on Tuesday, September 16th at 7:30 PM
Save the date—Tuesday, September 16, 7:30 to 8:45 in the Ripley Room—and join Concord Area Group 15 of Amnesty International. Our guests are members of the Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights, a program of the Boston Medical Center. We will be learning about the personal situations and stories that lie behind refugee statistics, the services the Center provides, and volunteer opportunities. Group 15’s regular meetings are the third Tuesday of each month, 7 to 8:30, in the Ripley Room. In addition to signing letters in support of human rights activists and prisoners of conscience worldwide each month, we also focus on several other issues including solitary confinement, the death penalty, and torture. All are invited.
If you’d like more information about the program on the 16th or our monthly meetings, contact Kathy Taylor at Kly.t...@gmail.com or 781-718-7640.
Premier of “Divide in Concord” on Friday, September 19th at 7:30 PM
Come see fellow Concordians in “Divide in Concord,” an 84 minute documentary film about the 2012 water bottle bylaw campaign. It highlights Concord's democratic process from voter registration through gathering petition signatures to speaking to a Town Meeting warrant article. Divide in Concord screens on September 19th, at 7:30 PM at the CCHS auditorium. Q & A with the film maker follows. Co-sponsored by CCHS and Concord on Tap. $5 to $10 donation requested. Proceeds will fund scholarships for CCHS Earth Science trips and drinking fountains for the Town of Concord. Please reserve a seat at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/divide-in-concord-official-concord-premiere-tickets-12987007489.
People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday, September 21st
From the People’s Climate March organizers, “In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution. With our future on the line and the whole world watching, we will take a stand to bend the course of history. We’ll take to the streets to demand the world we know is within reach: a world with an economy that works for people and the planet; a world safe from the ravages of climate change; a world with good jobs, clean air and water, and healthy communities. To change everything, we need everyone on board. Join Sunday, September 21 in New York City. Join us.”
A few members of First Parish are attending. If you’d like to join them, contact Brad Hubbard Nelson, ELT Member: bra...@mindspring.com. There are very affordable options to take a bus down to the march and reduce your impact on the planet, while getting the chance to mingle with other climate activists.
Diversity Committee Meeting on Monday, September 22nd at 7 PM
The Diversity Committee will plan some programs for this coming year, and work on refining their Mission Statement. They invite anyone who is interested in advancing the understanding of LGBTQ, disability, and race/ethnicity issues and rights, and helping to make First Parish a welcoming place for all, to join them. They will meet in the Greeley Room. Contact Sara Ballard at <sa...@sb.org> with any questions.
SAC Candle Writing Workshop on Sunday, September 28th from 11:30 AM – 1 PM
Ever considered lighting the Social Action Community (SAC) Candle? Wondering what you might say? Think you don’t have a story to share? If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, consider attending a SAC Candle Writing Workshop during the 2014-15 church year. Bethany Lowe, Director of Social Action, will lead small groups through the process of writing compelling, inspiring SAC Candle testimonials. After you attend one of these workshops, you will have the opportunity to sign-up to light the SAC Candle during a Sunday worship. Workshops will be held on September 14th, December 14th and March 8th and run from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. Workshops are limited to 10 participants. Sign up with Bethany (Bl...@firstparish.org) if you’d like to attend.
Save the Date! Climate Solutions Speaker Series Presents Dr. John Carroll on Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 PM
What will it take to ensure food sufficiency and farm sustainability In New England as climate change advances? On October 24, John Carroll, UNH Professor of Natural Resources, will speak about the rising movement towards small scale, sustainable agriculture in New England and how this movement can soften the blows inflicted upon us by the anticipated failure of our current national and international food system.
In his book, “The Real Dirt,” Carroll tells us that New England – romantically imagined as a gentle landscape of rolling farmland dotted with lazily grazing livestock – produces less of its own food than any other region in the nation. Because we rely heavily on food imported using fossil fuels, New Englanders are highly vulnerable to food insecurity. Adapting to climate change as well as reducing the carbon footprints that fuel it require of us that we reinvest in locally grown food. John Carroll provides a road map for achieving regional food security.
Carroll is always mindful of the spiritual and moral implications of how we produce food as well as the more scientific facts and figures. He has written ten great books. For more information about him and his books, click here. Save that date and stay tuned for more information.
Volunteer Email Coordinator Sought for Advocacy Network to End Family Homelessness
The Advocacy Network to End Family Homelessness (ANEFH), a SAC Program, is seeking a volunteer to coordinate its email campaigns. The job description is below.
Auto Email Software ANEFH Coordinator Job Description
ANEFH is looking for someone with experience using MailChimp (or equivalent email campaign software tool) who is willing to work with the ANEFH coordinator/steering committee to (create and) send email communication campaigns to a mailing list of our members.
ANEFH mission statement and state homelessness budget issues fact sheet: see www.endfamilyhomelessness.net.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Initially software coordinator will have to take ANEFH member excel files and put them in MailChimp.
ANEFH wants emails to start with first name of ANEFH member
Also, software coordinator should develop template for emails, using family homelessness template of ANEFH or similar template.
Software coordinator will have to send ANEFH alerts to members once a month during spring Mass. budget season as well as early in February. ANEFH information emails go to members in early April, early May, and end of June. ANEFH coordinator will alert software coordinator of exact dates for email alerts to go out.
Software coordinator will also have to send out ANEFH alerts on other state budget issues, state bills, and federal budget issues from time to time.
ANEFH alerts will be written by ANEFH coordinator or steering committee member(s).
This is a volunteer position.
The software coordinator is welcome to join steering committee and attend meetings but meeting attendance is optional.
Bethany L
In this email, you'll find information about some exciting events sponsored, supported, or promoted First Parish in Concord's SAC.
The announcement contains information on (red bold indicates new news items):
- Premier of “Divide in Concord” on Friday, September 19th at 7:30 PM
- People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday, September 21st
- Diversity Committee Meeting on Monday, September 22nd at 7 PM
- SAC Candle Writing Workshop on Sunday, September 28th from 11:30 AM – 1 PM
- Concord Area Crop Walk for the Hundry on Sunday, October 19th
- Save the Date! Climate Solutions Speaker Series Presents Dr. John Carroll on Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 PM
- Volunteer Email Coordinator Sought for Advocacy Network to End Family Homelessness
Premier of “Divide in Concord” on Friday, September 19th at 7:30 PM
Come see fellow Concordians in “Divide in Concord,” an 84 minute documentary film about the 2012 water bottle bylaw campaign. It highlights Concord's democratic process from voter registration through gathering petition signatures to speaking to a Town Meeting warrant article. Divide in Concord screens on September 19th, at 7:30 PM at the CCHS auditorium. Q & A with the film maker follows. Co-sponsored by CCHS and Concord on Tap. $5 to $10 donation requested. Proceeds will fund scholarships for CCHS Earth Science trips and drinking fountains for the Town of Concord. Please reserve a seat at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/divide-in-concord-official-concord-premiere-tickets-12987007489.
People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday, September 21st
From the People’s Climate March organizers, “In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution. With our future on the line and the whole world watching, we will take a stand to bend the course of history. We’ll take to the streets to demand the world we know is within reach: a world with an economy that works for people and the planet; a world safe from the ravages of climate change; a world with good jobs, clean air and water, and healthy communities. To change everything, we need everyone on board. Join Sunday, September 21 in New York City. Join us.”
A few members of First Parish are attending. If you’d like to join them, contact Brad Hubbard Nelson, ELT Member: bra...@mindspring.com.
Diversity Committee Meeting on Monday, September 22nd at 7 PM
The Diversity Committee will plan some programs for this coming year, and work on refining their Mission Statement. They invite anyone who is interested in advancing the understanding of LGBTQ, disability, and race/ethnicity issues and rights, and helping to make First Parish a welcoming place for all, to join them. They will meet in the Greeley Room. Contact Sara Ballard at <sa...@sb.org> with any questions.
SAC Candle Writing Workshop on Sunday, September 28th from 11:30 AM – 1 PM
Ever considered lighting the Social Action Community (SAC) Candle? Wondering what you might say? Think you don’t have a story to share? If you answered “YES” to any of these questions, consider attending a SAC Candle Writing Workshop during the 2014-15 church year. Bethany Lowe, Director of Social Action, will lead small groups through the process of writing compelling, inspiring SAC Candle testimonials. After you attend one of these workshops, you will have the opportunity to sign-up to light the SAC Candle during a Sunday worship. Workshops will be held on September 14th, December 14th and March 8th and run from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. Workshops are limited to 10 participants. Sign up with Bethany (Bl...@firstparish.org) if you’d like to attend.
Concord Area Crop Walk for the Hundry on Sunday, October 19th
The
Concord Area Crop Walk for the Hungry will take place on Sunday, October 19, starting at First Parish; registration begins at 1:30 PM, step-off is at 2:15. Funds raised go to support several local hunger relief
organizations, and the global disaster relief and development projects of
Church World Service. Please put this date on your calendar and plan to walk or
sponsor a walker. See <www.concordcrop.org>
for more details, and look for the Crop table at coffee hours starting in mid-September. You
may register to walk, or make a donation online. This is a great
social action project for families to participate in together!
Bethany Lowe
In this email, you'll find information about some exciting events sponsored, supported, or promoted First Parish in Concord's SAC.
The announcement contains information on (red bold indicates new news items):
- Premier of “Divide in Concord” on Friday, September 19th at 7 PM
- People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday, September 21st
- Diversity Committee Meeting on Monday, September 22nd at 7 PM
- SAC Candle Writing Workshop on Sunday, September 28th from 11:30 AM – 1 PM
- Concord Area Crop Walk for the Hundry on Sunday, October 19th
- Save the Date! Climate Solutions Speaker Series Presents Dr. John Carroll on Friday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 PM
- Volunteer Email Coordinator Sought for Advocacy Network to End Family Homelessness
Premier of “Divide in Concord” on Friday, September 19th at 7 PM