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June 1 Summer community internship session begins. June 1 -22 (5:15 pm, Thurs) Koinonia Course Sustainable LivingMarch 28-April 7 Bren Dubay, Director of Koinonia, Speaking in Texas Bren will be traveling to the Hill Country of Texas: Austin, San Antonio, Kerrville, San Marcos, Giddings and nearby areas, speaking to groups and friends of Koinonia. Please call us at 229 924 0391 if you are in those areas and would like to set up an appointment to speak with Bren. March 31-April 2 The Communal Studies Association holds their annual board meeting at Koinonia April 13 Easter egg hunt for the children of Koinonia Village, Forest Park, and the Koinonia Community, their families and friends, followed by a picnic and fellowship. April 16 Easter Sunday sunrise service in the Koinonia orchards, followed by breakfast April 28 Spring community internship session ends. All through March 2006 Habitat for Humanity Collegiate Challenge groups visit Koinonia for a tour and lunch, then return to help on Heart to Heart Home Repair Ministry projects. If your group would like to help with Heart to Heart please call us at 229 924 0391! Weeks of March 6, 13, 20 Collegiate Challenge Works on Heart to Heart Home Repair Ministry We've been blessed to have visiting college students from around the country join us for lunch, a tour, and two days of service helping to repair our neighbors' houses this month. During their week of service, they also spend time working at the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Noon on Thursday, March 16 Koinonia at Chamber of Commerce LuncheonBren Dubay, our director, will be the special guest speaker at the quarterly membership luncheon for the Americus-Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. Location: Georgia Southwestern Golf & Conference Center.... and to think, the Chamber of Commerce used to visit Koinonia to ask us to leave the county! March 11-17 Warren Wilson College visits Koinonia March 12-14 March 17-22 Bren Dubay, Director of Koinonia, Speaking in New York Bren will be traveling to Buffalo, Rochester, Webster, East Aurora, Norwich and nearby areas, speaking to groups and friends of Koinonia. Please call us at 229 924 0391 if you are in those areas and would like to set up an appointment to speak with Bren. Thursday, March 25 Koinonia community member and former Koinonia volunteer. Congratulations!! March 18-21 March 27-28 Christus Victor Lutheran Church visits Koinonia March 9-12 , 2006 February 25, 2006 February 16, 2006 February 16, 2006 February 1, 2006 Spring community internship session begins. January 11-13, 2006 Students from Manchester College in IN visit Koinonia as part of their Civil Rights Tour of the south January 16, 2006 Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Day Koinonia community members and neighbor children enter a float in the MLK Day Parade in Americus, GA Every Tuesday in January, 2006 Study of Clarence Jordan’s Cotton Patch Versions, with community member Sanders Thornburgh in the Koinonia Museum December 21, 2005 Koinonia Christmas celebration Noon in the Koinonia dining hall December 1, 2005. Koinonia proudly participates in World AIDS Day Americus Clarence Jordan Center, 121 Habitat St., Americus, GA: An event for all ages/races/religions/genders with dynamic speakers, music, info and free condoms! Schedule: 3pm: Free rapid HIV testing continues through 7pm. 5pm: Doors open, BBQ plates on sale for only $5! All proceeds go to The Bridge of Southwest Georgia.
October 28-29 Homecoming and Fall Festival Includes dedication of historical marker, Saturday 9 AM October 27-28 Koinonia Board Meeting October 15, 2005 On stage reading of THE GLORY PLACE ART STATION THEATRE At Stone Mountain (East of Atlanta) 10am – 12:30, with audience forum following This is a new play based on the story of Clarence Jordan and Koinonia farm. Written by Dennis Hassell and sponsored by Art Within (Atlanta) and Brookstone Theatre (Toronto). email artwthin@artwithin.org or call 229-924-0391 to RSVP. Cotton Patch Gospel Sep 27 ~ Oct 23 Music and Lyrics by Harry Chapin “Jubilation!” It’s back and better than ever on the Balzer Theater stage. For two decades, Cotton Patch Gospel has been delighting audiences across the country. The story of the gospel is relocated to rural Georgia and presented with an original score by the late, great Harry Chapin. Called “the best music Harry Chapin ever wrote” (David Marsh, Rolling Stone Magazine), the show combines gospel singers and a bluegrass band with Tom Key’s flawless storytelling magic. Theatrical Outfit September 2, 2005 Koinonia's fall Community Internship program begins. October 29-30, 2005 Koinonia's annual Homecoming Celebration. We will combine the celebration with a "Fall Festival." The highlight this year will be the unveiling and dedication of our new Georgia Historic Site marker from the Georgia Historical Society, commemorating Koinonia Farm for its contributions to Georgia history. September 2005 Annual Freedom Walk Since 1996, the Prison & Jail Project has led a sojourn through Southwest Georgia. The Freedomwalk is not a trip on a tour bus; it's not a visit to honorable, historic sites. Instead, it is a humble 85-mile journey that calls attention to abuses in the Southwest Georgia criminal justice system. The stops include prisons built to house 1500 "criminal aliens;" courthouses where harsh sentences are passed; small, suffocating jails, which meet no standard of building, health, plumbing, or fire code, and yet imprison human beings mainly young, African American men as they await their trial and sentencing. More August 6, 2005 A team of Koinonians will prepare and serve 45-50 lunches to families of prisoners as a partnership with the Prison & Jail Project. These families catch a bus from Atlanta all the way to Montezuma, Georgia to visit their loved ones incarcerated in the nearby penitentiary, and we "adopt" a weekend each year to break bread and fellowship with them. June 6 – July 1, 2005 KCOC Summer Camp For children completing grades k – 6. May 6-7 2005 Koinonia Spring Board meeting Beginning at noon on Friday and finishing with lunch noon Saturday. Friday night a meal will be served in Koinonia's dining hall, all are welcome to share with Koinonia's board members. Please RSVP for the dinner.
April 24, 2005 Koinonia Dining Hall Potluck & Presentation On Life In Columbia This Saturday April 23 at 6pm, we will have a special potluck and presentation. A family from Colombia, Jose and Olga-Nancy Salazar and their kids, will be visiting us this Saturday. After dinner, they will share with us about life in Colombia, the life of the church there, and the interrelatedness of Colombia and the United States. There will be time for questions. So bring a dish, come to eat and fellowship with the Salazar family and the Koinonia community, and learn something new after dinner! Call 229 924 0391 for directions and information, but no RSVP is necessary. Our regular Sunday 6pm potluck will be cancelled this week, but will resume the Sunday after. April 15, 10 a.m. Fireplace Lounge, Agnes Scott College Koinonia Farms student presentation - FaithWorks Spring Break presentation Please join us as three ASC students present their exciting and life-changing experiences on the recent FaithWorks Spring Break trip to Koinonia Farms in South Georgia, the birthplace of Habitat for Humanity. The group looked at the role faith played in the civil rights struggle, Jimmy Carter's museum, and Habitat for Humanity. They learned more than anyone expected about the role of faith in the civil rights struggle, living in a Christian community, racism, and daily life in rural America. Agnes Scott College | 141 E. College Ave., Decatur, GA 30030 | (404) 471-6000 Easter 2005 Sunrise service Koinonia Chapel 6:30 am December 5, 2004 Interfaith Seminar on Palestine/Israel This seminar will explore the issues that tend to generate hostility between people of differing religions and seek to understand how to build bridges of healing and tolerance between people of diverse Faiths. We will give special attention to the on-going Palestinian-Israeli conflict. More Info December 9, 2004 Open house to celebrate our new and beautiful store!
November 12-13 Georgia Peace and Justice Gathering: Koinonia will be hosting a gathering of southern peace and justice organizations facilitated by the American Friends Service Committee. If you are interested in attending, contact Sanders Thornburgh at 229-924-0391 (ext.#14) or email him at ksetyes@yahoo.com. November 18 7:00pm The Chiapas Case Study: Globalization, Militarization and Human Rights Tour and Activist Claire Hanrahan November 19-21 Converge on Ft. Benning, GA Annual gathering at the gates of Ft. Benning to speak out against the School of the Americas. See soaw.org or our activist pages for more information. Nov. 18-21 FOR National Youth Coalition Gathering: In conjunction with the annual “School of the Americas” demonstration, the Fellowship of Reconciliation will gather at Koinonia to strategize, socialize and conduct workshops on peace-keeping themes. For additional information, Click here Dec. 1 Join with concerned citizens around the globe in observing World AIDS Day (Wednesday, December 1) in Americus,GA. Through dedicated speakers and presentations from local groups you will be able to learn more about the disease which has not only affected developing countries around the world, but also our own community here in southwest Georgia. The event, which will also include free, confidential HIV testing and immediate results, will take place in the CJC Auditorium on West Church Street from 5:30pm to 8:30pm with presentations each half hour. Fall 2004 Class "On Becoming a Mischievous Christian" Learn what it means to be a mischievous Christian...more Oct 29-31 Koinonia Homecoming: A reunion for past and present Koinonia residents, partners, volunteers, associates and friends. Everyone Welcome, please contact Koinonia for housing availability. For additional details about events as they progress, contact Kathleen Monts. November 5-7 Peace Colloquy Koinonia will be presenting two workshops at this event How can we heal the divisions and conflicts that come from ethnicity, religion, power and privilege? How do we face the problems of racism and exclusion in our faith communities as well as in the wider society? August 6-8 Hiroshima Day Action 2004 In commemoration of the destruction of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) by an atomic bomb. The atomic material for the bomb that destroyed was produced at the Y12 Plant in Oak Ridge. Y12 continues today to make components for nuclear weapons of mass destruction. For more information vist stopthebombs.org or visit our activist pages. August 10th “Witness for Peace” Presents US / Cuban Relations - An Evening with Hope Bastian May 4- June 22 (every Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm) Clarence Jordan’s Cotton Patch Parables: An eight-week Bible study for thinking Christians. This course will utilize quality recordings of the voice of Clarence Jordan and his unique version of the New Testament known as the Cotton Patch Gospels. Here is an opportunity to spend some time with the founder of Koinonia (Clarence, the farmer-theologian) as he digs deep into the rich soil of Jesus’ parables and wrestles with the thought-provoking and life changing teachings of Jesus. “I don’t think we have a right to bear witness to that which we do not experience. The incarnation is the announcement of the good news as fact.” -Clarence Jordan June 6-8
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author of the Cotton Patch Gospels. Birthplace of Habitat for Humanity
