March 12 Tip: Attend Next Tuesday's Story Commons Lunch at Kentucky Refugee Ministries

Attend Next Tuesday's Story Commons Lunch at Kentucky Refugee Ministries

(The March 12 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

KRM's  Story Commons "Keeping Louisville Global One Story At A Time"

Kentucky Refugee Ministries cordially invites you to attend... Story Commons Lunch    - AND -   Conversation on Caring For The Soul: Religious Faith & Refugee Resettlement   ______________________________  Story Commons Lunch is scheduled for  Tuesday, March 18th @ 12:30 PM Join fellow community members, staff, volunteers and some of our newest neighbors for lunch and story telling.  Each month we gather as a larger community for the a simple practice that transcends time, location and culture... the practice of gathering around table and sharing our stories.  This month's story telling theme:  "Stories of Faith:   Refugees and The Faith That Sustains Them" (Our stories will inform the conversation to follow.) _________________ Lunch will be followed by a panel discussion and open conversation on Caring For The Soul: Religious Faith & Refugee Resettlement    scheduled for 1:30 PM (immediately following the lunch) Being a refugee - the suffering in wartime; loss of home, culture, identity; and the challenges (and sometimes failures) of life in the new country - is for many, a spiritual crisis. Most or all the basic spiritual needs (hope, meaning, relatedness, forgiveness or acceptance, and transcendence) are threatened and often unsupported in the refugee process. Although meeting spiritual needs is not the focus of resettlement efforts, we do believe that unmet spiritual needs are a threat to the overall health and integration of our clients. Welcoming and supporting diverse religious and faith traditions is important in improving the refugee's overall health and empowering them to become integrated members of our community.  Kentucky Refugee Ministries seeks to support the diverse faith traditions of our clients and has a non-proselytizing policy.   Join us for one or both! ___________________ Please RSVP to Jud Hendrix (jhendrix@kyrm.org) by noon Monday, March 14th.  ___________________ Hope to see you there! Donations will be accepted to offset the cost of lunch.

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