Communities of Shalom

Designed to Help You "Step Up" to

asset-based economic community development

congregational-community partnerships

financial and administrative excellence

Featuring

Selected sites that have ‘stepped up’ from social services to community development.

Preview of the new ShalomZone Training®

National speakers who inspire and embody the ‘stepping up’ theme

Practical workshops to help you weave the various threads of Shalom

Music for the soul, laughter for the body, and worship for the spirit

Networking opportunities and site visits

Shalom products, resources and displays

Who Should Attend

Shalom Site Coordinators and Team Members, Training Facilitators, Conference Coordinators, Community Organizers, Community Developers, ShalomZone residents, Youth Leaders, Local Pastors, Seminarians, Funders of Community Development Initiatives, and Faith-based Organizational Staff and Volunteers

Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) available from Drew University

General Sessions

Greening Shalom

Vien Truong, Senior Policy Associate, Green For All

Developing a Web Presence

Ted Hart, CEO, Hart Philanthropic Services

Seeking Systemic Change

Bishop Joseph Sprague, Instigator of Shalom Initiative

Shaloming Across Borders

Rev. Kelvin Sauls, General Board of Global Ministries

Stepping Up Workshop Series

National Shalom Summit 2009 is sponsored by Drew Theological School with training sessions presented by Green For All, Partners in Urban Transformation, Wesley Theological Seminary, South Carolina Annual UMC Conference, General Board of Global Ministries, and selected Shalom sites.

(List of Workshops)

Threads of

SHALOM

S = systemic & sustainable

change

H = healing, health,

harmony &

wholeness

A = asset-based

community

development

L = love for God,

self, neighbor

O = organizing for

direct action

M = multicultural,

multifaith

collaboration

National Summit Leadership

Rev. Ellis White, Chair, Executive Committee of South Carolina Communities of Shalom, Host

Dean Maxine Beach, Dean of Drew Theological School, Convener

Dr. Michael J. Christensen, Ph.D., National Director, Shalom Initiative, Facilitator

YouTube Videos of Featured Sites

Ricmond Shalom Farms (VA)

Nine Strong Women (NJ)

Gallatin Shalom Zone (TN)

Pharr Literacy Project (TX)

HopeHomes (Malawi)

Tree of Life Mission (SD)

Deaf Shalom Zone (MD)

Bennettsville-Cheraw Shalom (SC)

Transform a Community, Transform the World

Support Shalom by giving to The Advance #742566 through The General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church at www.advancinghope.org

For more information…

Dr. Michael Christensen, National Director

Communities of Shalom Initiative

DREW UNIVERSITY THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL

36 Madison Ave. 12 Campus Drive Madison, NJ 07940

973-408-3848

shalom@drew.edu

Worship Leaders

Bishop Gregory Palmer, President, United Methodist Council of Bishops

Reverend Tanya Bennett, Director of the Chapel & Religious Life, Drew University

Bishop John Schol, Chair, Washington-Baltimore Conference and National Shalom Committee

JustUs Youth for Shalom

A two-day track on Friday/Saturday, facilitated by the JustUs Youth program of the General Board of Global Ministries with scholarships on a first-come, first served basis.

JustUs Youth Sessions

Organizing

My Profiles

Green

Contact: Tanika Harris,

Coordinator

tharris@GBGM-UMC.org