We Belong to One Another: Stories of Courage, Community, and Justice

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Our guest speaker Luis Velasquez will share reflections on immigrant and worker dignity and solidarity in a time of fear and uncertainty.

Luis Velasquez serves as the Statewide Organizing Director at Voces de la Frontera, Wisconsin’s largest grassroots Latine membership organization. Luis leads a dynamic, statewide coalition of immigrant communities, university students, and allies across chapters in urban and rural areas to win bold, progressive policy changes. He has been a grassroots organizer since his high school days where he led ESL & GED classes at Mi Familia Center INC and led voter education and engagement with Georgia’s GALEO and Georgia Latino Alliance For Humans Rights. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Reinhardt University and a master’s in divinity from Emory.

Worship Associate: Kirsten Johnson, Special Music: David Henry, Denise Jacobs, Melinda Morang

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  • The Share the Plate recipient for Sunday March 29th and Sunday April 5th is Voces de La Frontera. Voces de La Frontera is Wisconsin’s leading immigrant rights organization and has been empowering and organizing immigrant workers and families for over 20 years. Led by low-wage workers, immigrants and youth, its mission is to protect and expand civil rights and workers’ rights through leadership development, community organizing and empowerment. They were nominated by Kirsten Johnson.

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After the Service: Coffee and Conversation, Nonviolent Action Teams Info Session

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Order of Service

  • Gathering Song  “Come, Come, Whoever You Are” #188
  • Welcome
  • Prelude  Bigaglia’s Sonata in A Minor, First Movement
  • Call to Worship
  • Lighting the Chalice and Musical Response
  • Centering in Beauty
  • Shared Music  “Open the Window” #1022 (teal hymnal)
  • Time for All Ages  “Areli Is a Dreamer” by Areli Morales
  • Shared Music  “This Is My Song” #159 (gray hymnal)
  • Wisdom from the World’s Traditions “Defeat” by Kahlil Gibran
  • Reflection 
  • Offering  Bigaglia’s Sonata in A Minor, Second and Third Movements
  • Joys and Sorrows
  • Shared Music  “Cuando el Pobre” v. 4 #1027 (teal hymnal) 
  • Extinguishing the Chalice and Benediction

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