{"id":1132,"date":"2014-02-14T19:19:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T01:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2018-02-05T18:44:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T00:44:38","slug":"proyecto-cambio-and-maem-raising-awareness-around-issues-of-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2014\/02\/14\/proyecto-cambio-and-maem-raising-awareness-around-issues-of-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Proyecto Cambio and MAEM: raising awareness around issues of violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, a group of men and women from two churches in Oaxaca celebrated the completion of a 12 week course called Project Change on how to prevent violence in our families and society as well as how to offer help to victims of abuse. \u00a0We held a closing ceremony at Amparo y Fortaleza Covenant church where we invited a local psychologist from the DIF (a government agency that provides services to women and children) to share on the topic of domestic violence and bullying. \u00a0Nine people participated in the ceremony through testimonies and a drama that shows how the church can hurt or help victims of abuse. \u00a0Here is a picture of the group with their certificates of participation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/1798887_10151927721161732_1454396956_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1133\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/1798887_10151927721161732_1454396956_o-1024x448.jpg\" alt=\"1798887_10151927721161732_1454396956_o\" width=\"614\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/1798887_10151927721161732_1454396956_o-1024x448.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/1798887_10151927721161732_1454396956_o-300x131.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/1798887_10151927721161732_1454396956_o-250x109.jpg 250w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/1798887_10151927721161732_1454396956_o.jpg 1973w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pastor Julio shared in his testimony&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were times in the course when I felt relieved when we discussed certain topics because it reinforced my way of thinking, but in other discussions I felt confronted, either because I recognized that I had exercised a certain type of violence against another, or I had seen others being abused and had done nothing, or I myself had suffered violence. \u00a0I trust God that discussing these topics will help us to improve and begin a process of healing in our lives and our churches, because we have been abusing others and we have been hurt by others as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the brothers and sisters from different Covenant churches who attended the ceremony shared afterwards how this was the first time they had heard this topic addressed in church and how it helped them see the need for the church to be trained in better understanding the diverse and complex dynamics around abuse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/MAEM-logotipo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1134 alignright\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/MAEM-logotipo.png\" alt=\"MAEM logotipo\" width=\"235\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/MAEM-logotipo.png 651w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/MAEM-logotipo-300x284.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/MAEM-logotipo-250x237.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This course is part of a new ministry in the Covenant Church of Mexico called MAEM, Ministering to the Abused and Exploited in Mexico. \u00a0Covenant missionary Janice Kelly and a group of Covenanters in Mexico City have been praying for God&#8217;s guidance in how to begin this ministry, and God is answering their prayers, as he is bringing together people throughout Mexico to prayerfully consider how to address issues around violence within our churches.<\/p>\n<p>Today is Valentine&#8217;s Day, and I like the invitation that Jim Wallis of Sojourner&#8217;s makes of us:<\/p>\n<h1>V-Day: Speak Out on Violence Against<\/h1>\n<h1>Women \u2014\u00a0from the Pulpit<\/h1>\n<p>Read the article here:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Speak out on Violence Against Women\" href=\"http:\/\/sojo.net\/blogs\/2014\/02\/13\/v-day-speak-out-violence-against-women-%E2%80%94%C2%A0-pulpit\">http:\/\/sojo.net\/blogs\/2014\/02\/13\/v-day-speak-out-violence-against-women-%E2%80%94%C2%A0-pulpit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Domestic violence doesn&#8217;t just happen in Mexico, or among the poor; this happens to women (and men) from all economic, social, racial, ethnic, and religious groups. \u00a0I encourage you to read the article to gain some ideas of how you can begin to address this topic within your churches, if you aren&#8217;t doing so yet. \u00a0The Evangelical Covenant Church has made this issue a priority and seeks to train and inform local churches through the ministry of AVA (Advocacy for Victims of Abuse). \u00a0See this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/abuse\/\">link for more information<\/a>.<a title=\"AVA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/abuse\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also invite you to pray for us as we begin this new ministry in Mexico. \u00a0As Paul says,<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;For our struggle is not against\u00a0flesh\u00a0and\u00a0blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world\u00a0and\u00a0against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly 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