Race, Class, and the Kingdom of God -- Arrabon Study Series

Starting the week after Easter, please join us for a 9-week study series offered by Arrabon, partners in reconciliation and healing!

Topics we will cover (sometimes over the course of multiple weeks) include:

• "A People, Place, and Just Society"
• "Becoming a Reconciling Community"
• "The Shalom Continuum"
• "Understanding Homogeneity"
• "Unity in Diversity"
• "Models of Cross-Cultural Engagement"
• "Reconciliation"
• "Shalom"

Groups of 12-16 will meet for 60-90 minutes each week for 9 weeks.

On the registration page, two different small group times are offered.  The Tuesday evening time is now full and only Friday morning at 9am is available.  

1. There is a Friday Morning Group meeting at 9 AM (ET).  Begins Friday April 9 and ends Friday 
2. ***FULL*** There is a Tuesday Evening Group which will meet at 6:30 PM (ET).  Begins Tuesday April 6.   ***FULL***

On the second page of registration (after you click "continue" from the first page) please only select the Friday morning option because the Tuesday evening section is full. 

As part of the registration process, there are a few additional questions we would like for you to answer in order to better understand the different levels of experience and perspectives represented by those interested in journeying through this material together. 

Following your registration, each participant will be given a login to Arrabon's website where you will be able to access the course materials.  On that site, each participant will be able to access a PDF file of the workbook to accompany our journey together.  You can print this out on your own or just use it as a guide, but you will need it for each meeting.  You will also be able to access the course videos there as well.

During the group meeting times we will watch a video, break into small groups, and also have time for discussion and prayer all together.  There will be two facilitators for each group. The Tuesday night course will be led by Karla Petty and Danny Nasry.  The Friday morning group will be led by Eric Newton (see bio below) and Liliana Nava. 

If you have any questions, please email Karla Petty.

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Facilitator Bios: 

Eric Newton is a Restorative Justice-certified facilitator with NVMS Conflict Resolution Center.
Eric serves as a volunteer facilitator/trainer for internationals with T.I.P.S. (Truro International Programs & Services) at Truro Anglican Church.
Since June 2020, Eric and his wife have actively pursued racial reconciliation through a weekly multi-racial study group. Eric was a panelist on a racial reconciliation seminar that reached close to 200 people in January 2021. His topic was applying mediation techniques to facilitate racial reconciliation dialogues. Eric has been a facilitative mediator since 2008.
Eric holds a master’s degree in intercultural relations with an emphasis in conflict resolution from University of the Pacific.