{"id":22606,"date":"2022-03-16T15:18:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T22:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=22606"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T22:20:33","slug":"how-to-be-an-anti-racist-church-two-part-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/how-to-be-an-anti-racist-church-two-part-series\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHow to Be an Anti-Racist Church\u201d\u00a0two-part series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>March&nbsp;&nbsp;22<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;and April 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>5:00 pm PT\/ 6:00 pm MT\/ 7:00 pm CT\/ 8:00 pm ET&nbsp;<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/89818954461\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/89818954461<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Atlanta, Georgia, March 10, 2021<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The Asian American Language Ministry Plan, the New Federation of Asian American United Methodists and the Baltimore Washington Annual Conference have been hosting monthly webinars on anti-racism called \u201c<em>Raise Your Voice Against Racism<\/em>\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;The next two webinars will be focused on \u201c<em>How to Be an Anti-Racist Church<\/em>\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The webinars will take place on March 22 and April 19<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;at 5:00 pm PT \/8:00 pm ET.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We will look at real-life examples of how churches &#8220;do&#8221; anti-racism work and strive to become anti-racist churches.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is not enough that our churches simply say that we are \u201cnot racist\u201d.&nbsp; As Ibram X. 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Tyler Sit has had the&nbsp;<em>immense&nbsp;<\/em>pleasure of being the church planter of New City Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota.&nbsp;&nbsp;New City is located only a short walk away from where George Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;After George Floyd\u2019s death, New City\u2019s congregation responded immediately. They took part in prayer vigils, created neighborhood safety networks, joined emergency assistance efforts and identified lesser-known community groups to support financially.&nbsp;&nbsp;The church\u2019s commitment to social and environmental justice, anti-racism training and centering marginalized voices of those who are Black, Indigenous, people of color and LGBTQ+ had readied them for the season that followed Floyd\u2019s murder.&nbsp;&nbsp;New City Church and Pastor Tyler have been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Minnesota Public Radio, and more.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is a lover of Minnesota and the son of a Chinese immigrant. Tyler earned a BS in Communication Studies from Boston University and a Masters of Divinity from Candler School of Theology, and he has lived in four continents.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>April 19<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022:&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Christ Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Annual Conference&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Rev. Brett Opalinski&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Lead Pastor, Christ Church&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Brett is the lead pastor at Christ Church United Methodist in Fort Lauderdale, a position he has held for the last eight years.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was raised in Lakeland, Florida and has served United Methodist Churches across the state.&nbsp;&nbsp;Brett also has a Ph.D. in Religious and Theological Studies from the University of Denver and has taught adjunct at Barry University.&nbsp;&nbsp;Brett has been a long-time social-justice and civil rights advocate working in issues related to anti-racism, LGBTQ rights, poverty, and criminal justice reform.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Susan Spragg&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>Co-Chair of Christ Church United Methodist\u2019s Anti-Racism Task Force&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><br>Susan is a retired Finance Director\/Controller and native of Fort Lauderdale.&nbsp;She returned to Christ and found her home at Christ Church at age 50.&nbsp;She is a Certified Lay Servant,&nbsp;has served on Church Council and, as she points out, just about everything else that involved a dollar sign.&nbsp;&nbsp;She now focuses her service in the justice arena, working on programming, community outreach and collaborations to promote education, conversation and advocacy for anti-racism, equity and social justice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Marcus Webster \u2013 Member of Christ Church United Methodist\u2019s Anti-Racism Task Force&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The link for both webinars is:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/89818954461\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/89818954461<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asian American Language Ministry Plan, the New Federation of Asian American United Methodists and the Baltimore Washington Annual Conference have been hosting monthly webinars on anti-racism called \u201cRaise Your Voice Against Racism\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The next two webinars, on Mar. 22 and Apr. 19, will be focused on \u201cHow to Be an Anti-Racist Church\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,97,65],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-press-release","8":"category-racism","9":"category-resources"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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