{"id":1049,"date":"2009-09-28T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2010-12-22T12:49:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T17:49:17","slug":"7320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2009\/09\/28\/7320\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Open for Chicago\u2019s First Journey to Mosaic"},"content":{"rendered":"
CHICAGO, IL (September 28, 2009) \u2013 Registrations are now being taken for the first Journey to Mosaic<\/a> in the Central Conference<\/a>, which will be held November 12-15 in Chicago.<\/p>\n The Journey to Mosaic focuses on making participants aware of present-day injustices related to the Asian American, Hispanic American, Native American, and African American communities.<\/p>\n The Pacific Southwest and North Pacific Conferences already have sponsored several trips in their conferences. The Chicago journey will stay within the city because of the diversity of experience that is available locally, says Debbie Griffith Samuels, director of mission and outreach for the Central Conference.<\/p>\n \u201cOur churches are so diverse and they really want us to know them,\u201d says Samuels.<\/p>\n Sites to be visited during the Chicago trip include:<\/p>\n Participants will stay at the America\u2019s Best Value Inn (Chicago, O\u2019Hare) and eat at multiethnic sites during the trip. Cost for the trip is $240, and registration is due October 31.<\/p>\n A trial run was held earlier this year, co-sponsored by North Park Theological Seminary. The Making Connections grant funded by the Lilly Endowment helped underwrite the trip. The grant provides the means for the seminary to collaborate widely with local Covenant churches and affiliated ministries.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> for a registration form.<\/p>\n For more information email<\/a> the Central Conference or call (773) 267-3060.<\/p>\n\n