{"id":6519,"date":"2022-07-14T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/?p=6519"},"modified":"2022-10-11T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:25:14","slug":"advocacy-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/advocacy-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See one another and share stories on important themes in our lives as people of faith in our communities \u2013 both as church and citizens. Bring your experience, new or seasoned, and your questions. Our Christian faith compels us to attend to the world through the lens of our relationship to God and to one another. Sometimes, we may echo the sentiment: The world\u2019s so big and I\u2019m so small. Yet there is much we can do act for greater justice, and we are far from alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Register today \u2013 and invite others!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ELCA \u201cis called to be a part of the ecumenical Church of Jesus Christ in the context in which God has placed it\u2014a diverse, divided, and threatened global society on a beautiful, fragile planet\u201d <small>(from the ELCA social statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elca.org\/Faith\/Faith-and-Society\/Social-Statements\/Church-in-Society\"><em>Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective<\/em><\/a>)<\/small>. Together, there is much we can do.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6670\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/advocacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/07\/221025advcafetalkingpoliticssquare.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Tue. Oct. 25 \u2013 Can Talking Politics Be Healthy?<\/h3>\n<p><em>Anxiety and passions that run high in election season don\u2019t stop when we enter our church doors. Yet we can shift the tone, facing the heightened rhetoric with tools and faith-centered convictions that break through heightened rhetoric. We can and do foster civil relationships and dialogue that invites trust amid our differences and lead healthy community conversations on the common good.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Offered in conjunction with the <a href=\"https:\/\/elca.org\/votes\">ELCAvotes initiative<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Choose<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Day Session: 1 p.m. ET\n<ul>\n<li><strong>REGISTRATION &#8211;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ELCAadvocacycafe-day1025\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/ELCAadvocacycafe-day1025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Evening Session: 8 p.m. ET\n<ul>\n<li><strong>REGISTRATION &#8211;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/ELCAadvocacycafe-eve1025\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/ELCAadvocacycafe-eve1025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\">CONCLUDED: Tue. July 26 &#8211; August Recess<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080\">With the Tue. July 26 cafe exploring August Recess opportunities to start us out, drop by an Advocacy Cafe to hear from ELCA advocacy community leaders about timely topics on the last Tuesday of every month. Get to know staff, issues and one another!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\">CONCLUDED: Tue. Aug. 30 \u2013 Our Stories of Civic Engagement<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>There is no shortage of ways we and our congregations can and do get involved in civic engagement around the electoral process. As a church, we do not endorse a particular candidate, party or form of government or strive for a Christian one. Yet in Lutheran teaching, one way God works to preserve creation and build a more peaceful and just social order in a broken world is through government. Let\u2019s have a positive impact!<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>Offered in conjunction with the <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/elca.org\/votes\">ELCAvotes initiative<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080\">CONCLUDED: Tue. Sept. 27 \u2013 Bringing Down Barriers to Voting<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>Being alert to barriers to voting and acting to guarantee that all citizens be able to exercise the right to vote can demonstrate our Christian faith as Lutherans and have value for our communities and country. The right to vote on an equal basis is a fundamental requirement for a just society, affirmed in ELCA social teaching. Let\u2019s hear from one another about ways we remove barriers as individuals, congregations and in partnerships.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>Offered in conjunction with the <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/elca.org\/votes\">ELCAvotes initiative<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See one another and share stories on important themes in our lives as people of faith in our communities \u2013 both as church and citizens. Bring your experience, new or seasoned, and your questions. 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