Current Focus: Today, St. Andrews has continued to learn and evolve as a congregation devoted to radical love and justice for all. To paraphrase Fannie Lou Hamer, we understand that we are not truly free until everyone is free, and the reborn Field of Hope will be a visible representation of how our fights for racial, environmental, gender and other justice movements are not only bound together, but hold our hope in these dark times. By coming together in solidarity, celebrating our differences, and building community, we embody the just and loving world we envision for all people and the planet.
Goals:
● To meet this moment by inspiring courage in the face of fear and silence, standing up and standing together, embodying the world we wish to create, and letting communities under attack know they are not alone.
● To offer those who want to “do something” opportunities to learn about and practice solidarity in action, and get involved in concrete ways.
● To continue building and strengthening our community by sharing our grief, but also our creativity, our resources, our strength, and the hope we find when we walk the many paths of justice together.
● To name what is happening and who is being harmed, and to keep the people and histories oppressive powers would rather deny and erase visible, affirmed, and supported.
● To celebrate St. Andrew’s legacy of doing this kind of work, and to invite more open minds, open hearts, and open hands to join our congregation and grow it for the next generation.
