Agape Community

Saturday, March 18th, 6pm

Potluck

4:30 PM. United Church of Ware will serve as the Climate Walk?s initial "welcome to Ware" and refreshment host.

At 5:30 PM, our evening and overnight host, Agape Community, will pick up lodging walkers at United Ware and shuttle them to Agape.

At approx. 6 PM we will have our meal and at approx. 7 pm the Agape Community will offer a workshop on "Green Living."

Agape Community 2062 Greenwich Rd. Ware,MA.01082

413-967-9369

The next morning, lodging walkers will have breakfast at Agape at approx. 7 am and then be shuttled back to United Church for registration and check-in which begins at 8 AM (New walkers will be informed that the 3/19 starting point is United Church). We will have the daily formal welcome with inspirational words (by local clergy perhaps) and a safety briefing at 8:30 AM. Walkers will depart for Spencer

We hope that you will all join us at Agape for this wonderful effort, which fits right into our plans for a Farmers’ Market, Zero Waste, Pay as You Throw and Conserving for Peace.

Details are below. Please spread the word about the walk and about the evening at AgapeHere is the updated flyer for the Interfaith Walk for Climate Rescue.

The website will give you and your volunteers the information they need to sign up and participate. If you aren?t able to walk, maybe you can help out at one of the stations or participate in the evening events. I think a lot of people will just walk one or two days, so it would be great if a team would relay and have some drivers to pick people up at the end of a day?s walk and bring the next team for the following day.

Volunteers will be asked to arrive at different times to help distribute information, water, food, and set up and clean up event sites.

You can register as an individual or a team at www.climatewalk.org.

The route will be:

Friday, March 16?walk from Northampton to Amherst (8 miles)

Saturday, March 17?walk from Amherst to Belchertown (10 miles)

Sunday, March 18?walk from Belchertown to Ware (10 miles)

Monday, March 19?walk from Ware to Spencer (16 miles)

Tuesday, March 20?walk from Spencer to Worcester (11 miles)

Wednesday, March 21?walk from Worcester to Grafton (8 miles)

Walkers continuing from Grafton will take commuter rail or bus to Wellesley

Thursday, March 22?walk from Wellesley to Newton (6 miles)

Friday, March 23?walk from Newton to Cambridge (8 miles)

Saturday, March 24?walk from Cambridge to Boston (3 miles)

Walk activities will end in Boston with an interfaith service and rally.

Please let me know if you?ll be participating, so I can have an idea of our numbers.

A Retreat On Nonviolence For College Students March 23-25, 2007

Escape for a retreat weekend from the stress of college life and build community with other students searching for peace. Come to a quiet place to think and reflect on the gospel message of nonviolence, share your gifts and enjoy nature amid the stillness of the New England woods. Experience a straw bale house, solar energy, vegetable-fueled car and a sustainable community dedicated to eco-spirituality.

The retreat will include?provocative discussions on nonviolence, liturgy, prayer; silence, and meditative walks in the woods–poetry, song, and celebration with an evening coffee house. Bring instruments and poetry.
The setting?We are a Catholic Christian community, ecumenical and interfaith in our embrace. All are welcome without reservation We are located on 32 acres of land in Central Massachusetts next to the natural beauty of the Quabbin Reservoir. Scholarships available upon inquiry.

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE RETREAT:

?More than transformative, it was for me a time of silence and hope that witnessed to the way things could be, the way things should be.? Geoff Gusoff, Brown University, 2007

?Agape affirmed my belief in a faith that does justice and challenged me to search within to follow Christ?s message of non-violence…In the beauty and peacefulness of the wilderness, it was a timely weekend away from the stresses, distractions and busyness of college life.? Peter Land, Boston College, 2008

“The retreat gave me a really hopeful feeling. It reminded me that there really are a lot of thoughtful, prayerful and wonderful people all around me. Building a more nonviolent and just future doesn’t seem so impossible to me anymore.” Simon Doolittle, UMASS-Amherst, 1999

Register now–$70 ($35 deposit)
Scholarships often available through Campus Ministry

Click here to download a printable registration form