http://www.agapecommunity.org Christian Nonviolence Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:35:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Maranatha: Come Lord Jesus! In The Midst of War - Come! In The Midst of Atrocity - Come! Come and give us Courage Join us for our Annual Advent evening of prayer, poetry & song! Saturday December 6th at the Agape Community, beginning at 5:30 with bonfire & lighting of Advent Wreath ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2008/11/16/annual-advent-evening-of-prayer-poetry-song/ Breaking the Silence: Multicultural Voices on the Election More Pictures to Come http://www.agapecommunity.org/2008/10/09/st-francis-day-at-agape-oct-4th-2008/ The Worcester Catholic Worker communities will host a Memorial Mass and celebration of Tom on May 4th, one month after his passing, at the Mustard Seed on Piedmont Street. We are still working out the details but want to do this one up real grand- lots of music, a ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2008/04/23/mourning-the-death-of-thomas-patrick-lewis/ Suzanne and Brayton will take all of the superabundant graces of the last 25 years and celebrate them by taking a Sabbatical. Agape will lie dormant, basking in the graces of God from January 1st 2008 until September 1, 2008. Please pray for us during this year of rest ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2008/01/14/sabbatical-2008/ Come to Agape?s 25th Anniversary featuring... Arun Gandhi, Grandson of The Mahatma (co-founder of the M.K. Gandhi Center for Nonviolence, Rochester, NY) October 6, 2007, beginning Promtpty at 10 am Bring a brown bag lunch and dish to share The day will include walks on Agape?s 34 acres of land in ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2007/05/17/st-francis-day-2007-at-agape/ LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!!!! SAT. JUNE 9TH & SAT. JUNE 16TH 10 am - 5pm --pot-luck. Bring instruments, poetry and friends. Join a Green Community, dedicated to nonviolence, with organic gardening, veggie car, straw bale house, compost toilet, solar energy. INTERNSHIPS OPEN. LAST YEAR, FOUR COLLEGE-AGE INTERNS ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2007/05/17/annual-agape-almost-summer-work-daywood-gathering-splitting-stacking-can-you-help/ Agape Community Hardwick, MA Saturday, May 26, 2007 An intimate evening in St. Francis House at Agape, celebrating the Divine Imagination with readings by Gilbertville poet Richard W. Bachtold from his latest collection, Poems of the Sacred Unknown. Also, other writers, musicians, and artists will share their inspirational creations. Please join us ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2007/05/17/annual-celebration-and-discussion-spirituality-and-the-arts/ By Brayton Shanley Most of us watch war from the sidelines. Of the billions of humans who have lived over hundreds of thousands of years, a vast majority has never been directly engaged in taking another's life. Some of these bystanders are serious observers, as warfare is, after all, ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2007/05/17/living-a-harmless-life/ by Suzanne Belote Shanley For years, I have grappled with a personal, overpowering sense of the presence of evil in George Bush, taking my cues, in part from Jesus? castigating of the devil as ?The Father of Lies. ?? and a ?murderer from the start.? I have come to ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2007/05/17/traversing-the-devils-terrain/ Will Peace Ever Come to Palestine? Interview with Skip Schiel, Photojournalist and Quaker On His Most Recent Trip to Palestine Agape: Skip, what have been your experiences in Palestine? Skip: Starting in 2003, I have made three trips on average three months apiece, the first with the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the others ... http://www.agapecommunity.org/2007/05/08/will-peace-ever-come-to-palestine/