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Photo of the new ACSWP resource entitled "Connecting Diversity in Community: Race, Class, Gender, Religion"
The new ACSWP video encourages congregations to become involved connecting diversity and seeking justice in their communities. Photo courtesy of ACSWP.

  Connecting Diversity in Community: Race, Class, Gender, Religion

American society has never been more culturally diverse and rich, yet our communities are sadly fragmented. People with unique heritages and perspectives live side by side, but seldom interact with each other in any meaningful way. In many communities, our churches physically occupy the center of a town or neighborhood, but they are not necessarily central to the lives of the people who reside there. As Christians, many of us are painfully aware of these divisions but have reluctantly accepted them as inevitable. But are they?

 
             
  In this video, you will see congregations and ministries who made a commitment to the challenging task of breaking down barriers and unhealthy divisions in their communities. In their own style, each of these groups focused their attention outward to the people and groups around them, contemplated prayerfully what they heard and saw, and used their faith to make meaningful connections.

By the time you and your group have completed the five sessions of the video, you will have covered a vast array of issues and topics, and explored your own congregation and community thoroughly! And, if you and your group accept the challenge, you will develop your own plan of action to connect diversity in community and begin to break down the barriers of race, class, gender and religion.

The video is available from Presbyterian Distribution Service for $9.95, plus shipping. The VHS version is item #68-600-03-002; the DVD is item #68-600-03-001. Order by phone at (800) 524-2612 or by fax at (502) 569-8030, or click the order buttons below.

View the trailer for "Connecting Diversity"

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En Español
Please contact us at (888) 728-7228, x5823 for the spanish version.

 
             
 
 

- You will need Windows Media Player version 7.1 to view the video clips within this Web site. You can download a FREE version by clicking the icon below.

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