Volume 2, Issue 10
August 5, 2003


Feature: How Faith Communities Are Helping to Save the Planet
Part 1: God Is Green: Finding Environmental Values in Religious Tradition
By Oliver D. Ferrari

In 1999, Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions concluded a series of conferences that provided theologians with the opportunity to research and present their own religions' teachings about ecology. The results may be summarized in one statement: Practitioners of all major religions, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i, Buddhism, and others, have a moral obligation to protect the earth.
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Feature: A Tribute to George Brumley and Family
By Jim Watkins

George was a proponent of asset-based community development long before the concept received wide acceptance. He looked for what was right in a community and helped the community to build on it, offering his own considerable talent and experience, as well as substantial financial resources.
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TV Forum Schedule for August

Faith And The City Forum: Interfaith Dialogue on Public Issues airs on Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters Inc. cable channels:
Comcast Cable, Ch. 5
BellSouth Americast, Ch.4
Charter Communications Smyrna Ch., 14
Charter Communications Roswell Ch., 22

August Programs

Tuesday, August 5, 7:30 AM & Wednesday, August 6, 7:30 PM "Ethics and Faith in Public Life"

Tuesday, August 12, 7:30 AM & Wednesday, August 13, 7:30 PM "The Mayor's Commission on Homelessness: A Blueprint to End Homelessness in Atlanta"

Tuesday, August 19, 7:30 AM & Wednesday, August 20, 7:30 PM "Homelessness: Faith Community Programs and Perspectives"

Tuesday, August 26, 7:30 AM & Wednesday, August 27, 7:30 PM "Moral Education: Where do our Children Get it?"
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Event: The Absence of Spirituality in Addiction: Spirituality as the Connection to Recovery
Sponsored by The Center for Health Ministries, Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services
September 17, 2003
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Event: Leadership Development Seminar
Sponsored by The Center for Health Ministries, Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services
October 13-14, 2003
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Event: "Nonviolent Communication Workshop with Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD,"
October 20-23, 2003
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