Connecting@Cumberland...Eastside Peace & Justice Forum
A project of the First Baptist Church of Cumberland

Friday, April 11: Sicko
"Off the Beaten Path" Coffee House & the Eastside Peace and Justice Forum present a "Spirit in Cinema" event
5:30pm - Movie start time
7:00pm - Movie discussion

Our Mission: To inform and promote awareness of issues that affect the common good and to present opportunities for involvement in causes that encourage peace and justice in our community and around the world. Some of our interests:

  • The United States’ response to poverty
    The ESPJF sponsors the annual Bread For the World (BFW) Offering of Letters

  • The Environment
    The ESPJF sponsors a paper recycling bin at the NW corner of the church parking lot.  With a goal of
    2 tons of paper per month, we are asking members, friends and neighbors to help us reduce landfill waste by recycling the following paper products: 

     

    • Newspapers --- All Magazines -- Junk Mail -- Catalogs -- Fax & Copy Paper -- All Envelopes -- Paperback Books  -- Hardback Books with the covers removed.

     

    We CANNOT ACCEPT...Cardboard -- Phone Books -- Brown Paper Bags

  • Welcoming and Affirming
    The ESPJF believes that all are welcome and to be affirmed in the fellowship of Christ. M
    ore information on the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists.

  • Peacemaking
    The ESPJF affirms that it is the role of every follower of Christ to be a peacemaker. M
    ore information on the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America.

  • The ESPJF encourages interfaith dialog

  • The ESPJF believes that discrimination is a violation of our faith.
    M
    ore information on the Interfaith Coalition on Nondiscrimination.

The ESPJF meets in members homes on the third Friday of each odd numbered month.        Next Meeting:  Friday, April 18 - location to be announced

All are welcome! 


He has showed you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly
with your God?
-- Micah 6:8