Arriving Somewhere

Being located near the nation’s capitol provides the opportunity to participate in events that may not be available - or at least as noticeable - elsewhere. Sometimes something comes along that is so important that I feel obligated to participate, like it’s my responsible to get involved.

While there are other cities around the nation with a healthy activist scene (San Francisco, Seattle), DC is unique as this is the seat of government for our nation. I must admit, for the most part I ignore protests and demonstrations. It’s not uncommon to be downtown and see a small group of five or six or maybe ten people demonstrating for some outrageous and unrealistic goals. It is very rare that any protest is of significant size.

I digress.

A local Maryland church has organised a 5-week prayer/demonstration to call attention to the genocide crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Every Sunday beginning with June 12 we will meet at 1pm at a location downtown to worship and pray for a specific aspect of the crisis.

This Sunday we will be at the Lincoln memorial. The speakers include Tom Austin who will talk about the background of the situation, Cathy Norman who will share her experiences in Sudan and Brian McLaren who will deliver the sermon.

If you are in the area the next five Sundays I strongly urge you to consider joining us. It will not be exclusive to Christians or even religious types, we hope that anyone with an interest in seeing the media and our government take action concerning Darfur, will participate.

See http://www.worship4justice.org/ for more information.