[amc] Re: FW: September 15th solidarity
- From: Werner S <wjs3108@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Steve Friesen <Friesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Austin Mennonite Church <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:20:05 -0700 (PDT)
Steve,
It sounds like a good idea to me.
However, I'm sorry I won't be able to be there.
Werner
--- Steve Friesen <Friesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Garland sent this note out a couple weeks ago and
> I'm thinking about putting
> up an information table about AMC at the rally.
> Before I do that, however,
> I want to find out if that would be okay with you
> folks, or if there are
> serious objections. You may respond on the list or
> privately to me,
> whichever seems more appropriate to you.
>
> The rally is in support of peace and also
> impeachment. If I put up a table,
> I will cast it as an information table from a church
> that supports peace. I
> won't claim that we as a church are for or against
> impeachment, although our
> presence will probably imply sympathy.
>
> Share your wisdom on this issue, and I'll go from
> there. The rally is
> Saturday afternoon.
>
> Steve
>
> Ps. In the event that I do put up a table, other
> volunteers are welcome :-)
>
>
>
> On 9/8/07 9:34 AM, "garland robertson"
> <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> held forth:
>
> > Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church
> >
> >
> >
> > I am sending the information below for yoiur
> awareness.
> >
> > May it go well with you. Sincerely,
> >
> > Garland Robertson
> >
> >
> >
> > ...always hold firmly to the thought that each one
> of us can do something to
> > bring some portion of misery to an end
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PeaceTax Texas
> [mailto:peacetax_tx@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 12:20 PM
> > To: Hart Viges; Thad Crouch; Rev. Garland
> Robertson; Shirley Smith; Susan
> > Van Haitsma
> > Subject: Fwd: September 15th solidarity
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Lessye DeMoss <lessye@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: "Lessye DeMoss" <lessye@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <peacetax_tx@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: September 15th solidarity
> > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:01:26 -0500
> >
> > Dear Friends
> >
> >
> >
> > I am writing to invite you and your membership to
> join the Austin Impeach
> > and Peace Mega-March and Rally on September 15th,
> in solidarity with the
> > March on Washington that day. The march will
> focus on coalescing local
> > impeachment and peace groups, bringing in new
> membership into these
> > organizations, while also showing absolute support
> for our city council
> > resolution calling for impeachment, area
> representatives to sign on to HB333
> > for impeachment, and immediate withdrawal from
> Iraq and Afghanistan while
> > rallying opposition to the latest failure in
> progress of this administration
> > -- an invasion of Iran.
> >
> >
> >
> > We will be starting at City Hall, and marching at
> 3:00 to the Capitol steps,
> > where there will be several speakers, and it is at
> that site we are inviting
> > groups such as your own to have a table for the
> purpose of sharing
> > information and increasing membership.
> >
> >
> >
> > Please let me know if you would like a table, so
> we will have an idea what
> > to expect. There will not be assigned spaces, just
> first come, first serve.
> > We are also now taking suggestions for speakers,
> so if there is someone
> > affiliated with your organization that you think
> should be heard, please put
> > their name forward as soon as possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Lessye Joy DeMoss,
> >
> > Austin Impeach committee
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
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