Discovery: Welcoming the Stranger
Asylum, Migration, and Jesus as Refugee
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2024-09-29 10:00 AM
2024-09-29 11:00 AM America/New_York Discovery: Welcoming the Stranger
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In the first session of our fall season, clergy and scholars explore migration, asylum, the concept of land, and what it means from a Christian perspective to “welcome the stranger.”
- September 29: Jesus the Refugee author D. Glenn Butner, Jr., explores the holy family’s flight to Egypt through the lens of modern legal conventions impacting refugees across the globe.
- October 6: The Rev. David Ulloa Chavez, former Canon for Border Ministries at the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, on supporting asylum seekers in our communities and The Episcopal Church’s response to the crisis.
- October 13: The Rt. Rev. Andrew Asbil, Bishop of Toronto, on migration, asylum, and Indigenous Ministries of the Anglican Church of Canada.
- October 20: The Rev. Jorge Ortiz on welcoming the stranger in church, our spiritual home
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In the first session of our fall season, clergy and scholars explore migration, asylum, the concept of land, and what it means from a Christian perspective to “welcome the stranger.”
- September 29: Jesus the Refugee author D. Glenn Butner, Jr., explores the holy family’s flight to Egypt through the lens of modern legal conventions impacting refugees across the globe.
- October 6: The Rev. David Ulloa Chavez, former Canon for Border Ministries at the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, on supporting asylum seekers in our communities and The Episcopal Church’s response to the crisis.
- October 13: The Rt. Rev. Andrew Asbil, Bishop of Toronto, on migration, asylum, and Indigenous Ministries of the Anglican Church of Canada.
- October 20: The Rev. Jorge Ortiz on welcoming the stranger in church, our spiritual home