In This
Issue
Roley
Invites New Members
Vacation Bible School
Adult
Education
on Stage at Madison Square
MSQPC Book Group
Conference
on Restorative Justice
June
Birthdays
Important Dates
SUNDAY, June 3
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:50 a.m.
Deacons Meeting – after worship
Monday, June 4 thru Friday, June 8
Vacation Bible School
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Wednesday, June 6
5:30 p.m. Bible Study
6:00 Dinner
6:00 Bell Choir Party
7:00 MSPC Writers Group
SUNDAY, June 10
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:50 a.m.
Nominating Committee Meeting – after worship
Tuesday, June 12
Dorcas Sewing Circle 9 a.m.
Art Series 12:05 a.m.
Rebecca/Sarah Circle 1 p.m.
Wednesday, June 13
5:30 p.m. Bible Study
6:00 Dinner
6:30 Bell Choir Practice
SUNDAY, June 17
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:50 a.m.
Wednesday, June 20
5:30 p.m. Bible Study
6:00 Dinner
6:30 Bell Choir Practice
SUNDAY, June 24
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:50 a.m.
Wednesday, June 27
5:30 p.m. Bible Study
6:00 Dinner
6:30 Bell Choir Practice
the Messenger is the
monthly newsletter of Madison Square Presbyterian
Church. Please email your announcements to
be published, questions, and comments to: church@msqpc.org
Deadline for publication
in the newsletter is the 25th of each month.
|
ROLEY
COMMITTEE INVITES NEW MEMBERS
Have you been enthusiastic about the Roley Lectureships
and pleased about the opportunity to hear nationally
recognized speakers as well as providing this opportunity
to the greater San Antonio community? Would you
like to participate in the work of the Roley Committee?
The committee meets irregularly. Major tasks
include (1) decision making with regard to
use of funds
and to invitations to speakers, and (2)logistics
related to the actual events--registration, hospitality,
ushering, transportation for speaker.
Vacation
Bible School
“ God Loves Everybody” – Celebrating
Diversity
June 4th–8th, Monday – Friday
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. (before and after care
is available if needed)
Children 5 yrs – 5th grade
Cost: Free!
Join us for a great week as we learn songs, eat
foods, hear stories, play games, dance dances,
meet people and worship God in ways that will
open our eyes to the beauty of God’s diversity.
Contact us for more info or to sign up – 226.6254
or kennyd@msqpc.org
Adult
Education at Madison Square
DVD Series: Bill Moyers on
Faith and Reason
Are fear and violence the inevitable consequence
of clashing beliefs, or is a more tolerant world
possible? Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason explores
this question with leading thinkers on the relationships
between religious fundamentalism and democracy,
equality, and human rights. Bill Moyers talked
with
writers from around the world about Faith &
Reason. His guests include Salman Rushdie, Margaret
Atwood, Martin Amis, Colin McGinn, and more.
on stage
at Madison Square
EDWIN RIEKE, ORGANIST
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
12:05 p.m.
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
319 Camden, San Antonio TX 78215
(210) 226-6254 or www.msqpc.org
Lunch will be available after the
performance—$5
per person
Upcoming Events:
July 10: To Be Announced
ON STAGE AT MADISON SQUARE is supported in part
by a grant from the Music Performance Fund.
MSPC Book
Group Book Group Reading
List for 2007
June 1: Pretty Birds: A Novel, Scott Simon
Hosting: Jo McIver
Sept. 7: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of
Abraham Lincoln, D. K. Goodwin
Hosting: Richard McLean
Oct. 5: My Name Is Red, Orhan Pamuk
Hosting: Thelma Nungesser
Nov. 2: Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
Hosting: Katsy Murphy
Dec. 7: A Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon
Hosting: Betty Lynn Allen
National
Conference on Restorative Justice
Schreiner University, Kerrville,
Texas
June 24-27, 2007
http://www.restorativejusticenow.org/
You are invited to be part of a groundbreaking
national conference on restorative justice to convene
on Sunday June 24, 2007, and to conclude by noon
on Wednesday June 27, 2007.
The conference will feature workshops and
panel discussions led by social service providers,
researchers and educators, political leaders, judges,
faith community organizers, correctional system
officials, as well as first-person accounts from
the victims of crime and rehabilitated former offenders.
Each day major keynote addresses will provide energy
and vision to all participants.
Keynote speakers will include some of the foremost
names in the restorative justice community, people
with both national and international followings.
Howard Zehr, Elaine Enns, Ched Myers, Mark Umbreit,
Gordon Bazemore, Kay Pranis, Leigh Garrett, Mike
Dooley, Justice Janine Geske and other presenters
will join together to call for community action
and renewal.
The host site for the conference is Schreiner University
in Kerrville, Texas, about 80 minutes from the San
Antonio International Airport in the beautiful Texas
Hill Country, a location which provides for on-site
lodging, meals, convocation and meeting space, and
amenities for recreation and relaxation. A
free shuttle service to and from
the San Antonio International Airport will be provided;
simply notify us of your travel itinerary and we'll
get you to and from the conference.
Registration Options
Participants may register for single events,
day and half-day passes,
an all access pass designed for
commuting to and from the conference, or an all
conference pass which includes all meals
and housing on the Schreiner University campus.
On-site housing is limited to the first 150 registrants.
There are two beds to a room; a private bathroom
is shared between two rooms.
Early-bird conference rates may be obtained through
February 15, 2007.
June Birthdays
at Madison Square
1 – Mark Soucy
3 – Gail Barnhart
6 – Betty Kreutzer
8 – Dee Villarrubia
10 – Barbra Lynn Morales
12 – Kevin Elms
13 – Wanda Bruner & Deb Knickerbocker
15 – Gretchen Glasscock & Elizabeth Jordan
Contine
18 – Ken Kling
19 – Lisa Nolan & Bill Knippa
21 – Audrey Luken
25 – Ian Matson
26 – Sam Wagner & Maria Borrero
27 – Scott Verstuyft
28 – Katie Shaw-Meadow
29 – Thelma Nungesser, Lisa McIver & Jonathan
Morales
30 – Graham McCorcle
|
