Peace & Justice

Stone Soup Dinner

Jan 25th, 2012 by Leah | 0

Join the Modesto Church of the Brethren Youth Group and Project Hope from Modesto High School on Saturday, Feb. 4th from 5pm-7:30pm at the Modesto Church of the Brethren (2301 Woodland Avenue Modesto, CA) for a Stone Soup Dinner.  Veggie Minestrone soup will be served and all proceeds to benefit nonprofits.  The MCOB youth will send proceeds [...]

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Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration

Oct 28th, 2011 by Leah | Comments Off

Monday, November 21, 2011 7:30 p.m at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Maze Blvd.; Modesto, Ca. Childcare will be provided.  Stay after and enjoy refreshments immediately following.  There will also be a Free Will offering for Inter-Faith Ministries for those wishing to bring canned goods or nonperishables AND/OR cash/checks that can be made to IFM. This [...]

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Listening Session for the District Special Response Hearing

Dec 15th, 2010 by Leah | Comments Off

 As follow up to conversations held in the Fall of 2010 surrounding a query from Annual Conference regarding homosexuality, all participants in churches within the Pacific Southwest District of the Church of the Brethren are now invited to attend a District Listening Session at our church, The Modesto Church of the Brethren, to be held [...]

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Agape Satyagraha Coach Training

Jan 20th, 2010 by Leah | Comments Off

Interested in working with local youth and teaching them peace making skills?  The Agape Satyagraha program teaches children ages 10-18 conflict resolution, mediation, communication and anger management among other topics.  Coaches are expected to work in small groups of youth and help them move up throughout five levels at their own individual pace.  If you [...]

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John McCutcheon Concert

Jan 20th, 2010 by Leah | Comments Off

“The most impressive instrumentalist I’ve ever heard.” – Johnny Cash Come and enjoy the music of artist John McCutcheon and help raise funds for the Modesto Peace/Life Center.  The concert begins @ 7:00pm on Tuesday January 18th, 2011, at the Modesto Church of the Brethren (2301 Woodland Avenue). Tickets are $20 in advance, $23 at the [...]

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Graffiti Clean Up Day

Dec 6th, 2009 by Leah | Comments Off

As a community and as neighbors, we continue to work to be a part of the neighborhood in which our church home resides.  One way to do this is to help our neighbors and work along side of them to clean up the neighborhood, including graffiti.  We meet every second Saturday of the month in [...]

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Study Circles on Race & Diversity in Stanislaus County

Oct 7th, 2009 by Leah | Comments Off

Presented by the Modesto/Stanislaus NAACP and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship The Modesto/Stanislaus NAACP and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will sponsor a 6-month study circle on Race and Diversity in Stanislaus County.  Conversation circles will take place the second Thursday of every month beginning October 8, 2009 and ending March 11, 2010.The purpose of the conversation [...]

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Peace Camp: July 12-16

Jun 12th, 2009 by russ | Comments Off

 2009-peace-camp-registration-form.pdf2009-peace-camp-registration-form.pdf  Kids, don’t miss out on the fun! Come to Peace Camp – July 12-16, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Things that make for Peace is our theme for this first Peace Camp at the Modesto Church of the Brethren. We will explore words that mean peace in different languages, and explore what it takes [...]

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