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November 2001
The Dawning of a New Day
There once was a Rabbi who was asked by his students, "Teacher, how should one determine the hour when night ends and day begins?"
One student suggested, "Is it when one can distinguish a sheep from a dog in the distance?"
"No," said the Rabbi, "it is not."
A second student ventured, "Is it when one can distinguish a date tree from a fig tree in the distance?"
"No," said the Rabbi.
"Please, tell us the answer," the students begged.
"It is when you can look into the face of a stranger and see your sister or brother," said the Rabbi. "Until then, night is still with us."
--from Timbrel (Nov-Dec 1998 issue) Contact: Mennonite Women's Office at 316-283-5100; mw@gcmc.org; P. O. Box 347, Newton, KS 67114
The Tolerance 101 brochure that was included with our September newsletter has generated some interests and requests for additional copies. St. Joseph's requested enough additional copies to send home with every student. We also had a request for copies to go to local area Girl Scout leaders.
If you desire additional copies, please feel free to contact us by sending an email to communityunity@communityunity.org or calling Kirby Bachman at 738-7225. We would be happy to provide you with as many as you need. If using the email contact, please allow at least a week for mail pick-up and referral. You may also want to visit the Tolerance.org web site.
My Friends' Beliefs: A Young Reader's Guide to World Religions by Hiley H. Ward
ISBN: 0802773761
Publisher: Walker & Company
Pub. Date: September 1994
This is a wonderful book that introduces young readers to the different religions of the world. The book deals with the major religious bodies, each with many other groups within them. Worshippers tread many paths in the search for peace, love and eternal happiness. This book tells about the more familiar paths of faith and about some of the lesser-known faiths, too. The author also takes the reader to visit various worshipping groups. At each stop, the reader meets a young person who shares the special ceremony that marks one's coming of age in her or his own faith and what their faith means to them personally.
Religious faiths covered are: Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i Faith, Unitarian Universalists and Christian. Within the Christian faith, many of the individual Protestant denominations are covered as well as Roman Catholic, Greek and Eastern Orthodox, Coptics, Mormons and others.
Young readers learn about the great leaders of the religions and the beliefs they inspire. It helps the reader to know and understand the deep-felt, holy practices of others. Understanding others' faiths can help readers to understand their own more fully as they see how they are different and also how much they have in common.
This book is available for purchase at Barnes & Noble and will soon be available for check-out at the Harrison County Public Library.
I do not believe that this country has ever been color blind, and frankly I do not believe that it ever will be, but I also do not despair about that because I do not see color blindness in and of itself as a goal. The question is not whether we see color or race or ethnicity. The question is, having seen it, how do we treat one another? This is not about blindness, it is about seeing and then doing justice.
--Theodore Shaw, Associate Director - Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Study Circles
Included with this November newsletter, all high school professional staff will receive a brochure about Study Circles. Study Circle programs have been successfully used in many high schools across the country. Study Circles help develop caring, civic-minded leadership skills in young people, and can be successfully built into existing curriculums.
Please do take time to read through the brochure. Implementing this program could have a very big positive effect on the individuals, adults and students, who take part in the program. This effect would be felt within your own school, in the greater community and in the students' future lives in an increasingly diverse society.
If you would like to start Study Circles groups in your school and would like to review the materials or would like some help in getting it organized, you can contact us at communityunity@communityunity.org or by calling Kirby Bachman at 738-7225 or by contacting Study Circles. Their contact information is listed in the brochure, or visit the Study Circles web site (see Links page).
The Dawning of a New Day
There once was a Rabbi who was asked by his students, "Teacher, how should one determine the hour when night ends and day begins?"
One student suggested, "Is it when one can distinguish a sheep from a dog in the distance?"
"No," said the Rabbi, "it is not."
A second student ventured, "Is it when one can distinguish a date tree from a fig tree in the distance?"
"No," said the Rabbi.
"Please, tell us the answer," the students begged.
"It is when you can look into the face of a stranger and see your sister or brother," said the Rabbi. "Until then, night is still with us."
--from Timbrel (Nov-Dec 1998 issue) Contact: Mennonite Women's Office at 316-283-5100; mw@gcmc.org; P. O. Box 347, Newton, KS 67114
The Tolerance 101 brochure that was included with our September newsletter has generated some interests and requests for additional copies. St. Joseph's requested enough additional copies to send home with every student. We also had a request for copies to go to local area Girl Scout leaders.
If you desire additional copies, please feel free to contact us by sending an email to communityunity@communityunity.org or calling Kirby Bachman at 738-7225. We would be happy to provide you with as many as you need. If using the email contact, please allow at least a week for mail pick-up and referral. You may also want to visit the Tolerance.org web site.
My Friends' Beliefs: A Young Reader's Guide to World Religions by Hiley H. Ward
ISBN: 0802773761
Publisher: Walker & Company
Pub. Date: September 1994
This is a wonderful book that introduces young readers to the different religions of the world. The book deals with the major religious bodies, each with many other groups within them. Worshippers tread many paths in the search for peace, love and eternal happiness. This book tells about the more familiar paths of faith and about some of the lesser-known faiths, too. The author also takes the reader to visit various worshipping groups. At each stop, the reader meets a young person who shares the special ceremony that marks one's coming of age in her or his own faith and what their faith means to them personally.
Religious faiths covered are: Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i Faith, Unitarian Universalists and Christian. Within the Christian faith, many of the individual Protestant denominations are covered as well as Roman Catholic, Greek and Eastern Orthodox, Coptics, Mormons and others.
Young readers learn about the great leaders of the religions and the beliefs they inspire. It helps the reader to know and understand the deep-felt, holy practices of others. Understanding others' faiths can help readers to understand their own more fully as they see how they are different and also how much they have in common.
This book is available for purchase at Barnes & Noble and will soon be available for check-out at the Harrison County Public Library.
I do not believe that this country has ever been color blind, and frankly I do not believe that it ever will be, but I also do not despair about that because I do not see color blindness in and of itself as a goal. The question is not whether we see color or race or ethnicity. The question is, having seen it, how do we treat one another? This is not about blindness, it is about seeing and then doing justice.
--Theodore Shaw, Associate Director - Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Included with this November newsletter, all high school professional staff will receive a brochure about Study Circles. Study Circle programs have been successfully used in many high schools across the country. Study Circles help develop caring, civic-minded leadership skills in young people, and can be successfully built into existing curriculums.
Please do take time to read through the brochure. Implementing this program could have a very big positive effect on the individuals, adults and students, who take part in the program. This effect would be felt within your own school, in the greater community and in the students' future lives in an increasingly diverse society.
If you would like to start Study Circles groups in your school and would like to review the materials or would like some help in getting it organized, you can contact us at communityunity@communityunity.org or by calling Kirby Bachman at 738-7225 or by contacting Study Circles. Their contact information is listed in the brochure, or visit the Study Circles web site (see Links page).