{"id":22660,"date":"2025-11-20T15:45:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=22660"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:45:39","slug":"organizing-call-a-lent-for-action-nc-council-of-churches","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/event\/organizing-call-a-lent-for-action-nc-council-of-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing Call: A Lent for Action (NC Council of Churches)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\tDecember 11, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t11:00 am\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t – \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t12:30 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dear clergy colleagues and faith leaders,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building on the organizing work against federal attacks on our communities through organizations like the North Carolina Council of Churches and Siembra NC, and congregations like yours, we are inviting you to a meeting on December 11 from 11-12:30pm on Zoom to plan for Lent of Action <\/strong>in your congregations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As rising authoritarianism takes hold in our national and state politics, we see the same patterns repeated: the targeting of immigrants and poor families, the dismantling of the public good through cuts to schools, healthcare, SNAP, and more, and the sowing of division through fear and cruelty. As pastors, ministers, and lay leaders, we know this moment calls for more than thoughts and prayers. It calls for faithful courage \u2014 for us to stand together and guide our communities through uncertainty toward hope and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why we are convening a virtual clergy action call to prepare our congregations to resist these threats and embody a different way \u2014 one rooted in compassion, justice, and collective care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this call, we will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n