Summer mission trips: Serving near and far
This summer, churches across Northern Illinois lived out their faith through mission trips near and far—serving neighbors in local communities, repairing homes in Appalachia, and supp…
TASK LIST
- Ask your pastor, a family member, or friend to pray with you as God guides you in discernment.*
- Familiarize yourself with the Glossary of Terms from Allies for Change*
- Sign up for daily prayer emails on Anti-Racism from Discipleship Ministries*
- Review and participate in the UM Stand Against Racism Initiative
- Attended the NIC Martin Luther King, Jr. Day service (1/19/20)
- Attended 1st Quarter District Training which included Anti-racism Training
- Attended the NIC Laity Convocation 2020 “Unpacking Racism” (2/8/20)
- Watch NIC COVID-19 in Communities of Chicago (5/14/20)
- Watch NIC Reflections on Racism & Religion (6/4/20)
- Watch GCORR panel videos
- Watch this YouTube video, then take the Harvard Implicit Bias Test (Race, Skin Tone, Native, Asian). Note: understand that all human beings have bias and your results do not reflect on you as an individual.
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