Are you ready to discuss another hot topic?

Join us on Saturday (1/21) for this month’s Community Conversations meeting. The ‘hot topic’ for this month is Immigration Reform. Our guest speakers will be:

Joan M. Maruskin- Joan lives in York and is a United Methodist Minister with the Susquehanna Conference. She is the National Program Administrator for the Church World Service Religious Services Program which provides religious services to detainees of all faiths in Department of Homeland Security Immigration detention centers. She has authored the book Immigration and the Bible: A Guide to Radical Welcome which will be published in March both in English and Spanish and used in the 2012 United Methodist Women’s School of Missions study program.

Pastor Carlos Kelly- Pastor Kelly was a business man in the Dominican Republic before emigrating to North America. In the USA, Carlos has been a church planter since the fall of 2000, and a Pastor of St. Paul’s E.C. Church for the last five years. His work at St. Paul’s E.C. Church on W. Market Street has included ministering to many first generation immigrants in his congregation.  Pastor Carlos is involved in the community as Mediator for Conflict Resolutions, an ESL Teacher, and serves as a York City Police Chaplain. He also has served for many years on the Board of Directors for Logos Academy where his three girls have attended school.

This event will take place at Logos Academy from 8am-10am. While a RSVP is not required, it is appreciated. If you would like to be removed from future invitations please reply to this email and let us know. For more information, contact Chris Echterling at cechterling@comcast.net.

What is this all about?

‘Community Conversations’ is intended to be a forum for Christians to discuss, in a respectful way, the ‘hot topics’ of the day – local, national and international. Our Christian Faith will serve as the common ground for our meetings. It is not our goal to convince one another of our positions, but to be enriched by sharing in thoughtful conversation. As seekers of the truth, we invite you to come and allow yourself to be challenged, and in so doing, examine your own perspective in a deeper way.