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SUMMARY:August 2026 Monthly Morning Prayer: NPA
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a wonderful gathering of Peacemakers for our August Monthly Morning Prayer. \nMark your calendar for the Peacemaker Summit – Oct 2026 – https://redletterchristians.org/event/3rd-annual-peacemaker-summit-philadelphia-pa/
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/august-2026-monthly-morning-prayer-npa/
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SUMMARY:Stop the Execution of Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez in Oklahoma
DESCRIPTION:Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez is scheduled for execution in Oklahoma on August 13\, 2026\, for the 2003 murder of Olimpia Fisher. \n\nCarlos accepts his guilt and has shown great remorse for his crime. Mr. Cuesta-Rodriguez’s adolescence was very traumatic. It included growing up in an impoverished and polluted environment in Cuba\, suffering from physical abuse in the home\, being left severely injured and psychologically changed by a bus crash\, and being treated with electroshock “therapy.”\nMr. Cuesta-Rodriguez has suffered from many injuries and traumas that have left him impaired and mentally ill in various ways. He is currently in poor health and suffers from dementia. Despite these alignments\, he is well-behaved\, with group yard privileges. He is over 70 years old and poses no threat while in prison.\nCarlos has reconnected with his Catholic faith. He also maintains relationships with friends and family members\, sending them his cross-stitch artwork. His priest\, friends\, and family members all ask that the board grant clemency.\n\nOklahoma’s aggressive execution schedule marks it as an outlier in its use of the death penalty\, while the majority of other states are on a downward trend of executions. In the last few years\, Oklahoma has been one of only a handful of states that have carried out death sentences\, and it continues to do so\, targeting the poor\, the mentally ill\, and people of color. \nThis particular execution is just one in a series of 25 executions scheduled by Oklahoma in the coming months\, despite serious concerns around the state’s lethal injection protocols and drugs.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/stop-the-execution-of-carlos-cuesta-rodriguez-in-oklahoma/
CATEGORIES:Execution Alert
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SUMMARY:Stop the Execution of Darrell Hines in Tennessee
DESCRIPTION:Tennessee has scheduled Darrell Hines for execution on August 13\, 2026 for the 1986 murder of Katherine Jenkins. \nWe are concerned that while the vast majority of states with capital punishment continue on a downward trend of executions\, Tennessee continues to go against trend by carrying on an aggressive execution schedule. We are asking the governor to stop this execution by issuing a stay\, and seeking a path to clemency in the case. \nREGISTER FOR THE 8/13 VIRTUAL VIGIL BEGINNING AT 9AM CT
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/stop-the-execution-of-darrell-hines-in-tennessee/
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SUMMARY:Stop the Execution of Jeremy Williams in Alabama
DESCRIPTION:Jeremy Williams is scheduled for execution in Alabama on August 13\, 2026 for the 2021 murder of Kamarie Holland. Please sign the petition below to tell the Governor that the death penalty is wrong. \n\nAdditional Information and Action Opportunities Regarding Alabama Executions\n\nClick here for information about Gas Suffocation Executions\n\nClick here for The Pull Back The Curtains Campaign to Demand Full Transparency in Alabama Executions\n\nSign the Petition here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-jeremy-williams-in-alabama
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/stop-the-execution-of-jeremy-williams-in-alabama/
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SUMMARY:Second Peace Communion Practicum
DESCRIPTION:Gather with us for our second virtual practicum\, a time of learning and honest conversation with voices shaping how the church prays\, worships\, and works for justice. Four practitioners bring their scholarship\, their pastoral work\, and their lived experience to the question of what faithful worship asks of us when our neighbors are suffering. \nFares Abraham is a Palestinian-American pastor born in Bethlehem and the founder of Levant Ministries\, which equips and mobilizes young leaders across the Middle East and North Africa. His writing has appeared in Sojourners\, Christianity Today\, and Religion News Service. You can explore his work at faresabraham.com\, follow him on the YouVersion Bible App\, or listen to The Fares Abraham Podcast on Apple Podcasts\, Spotify\, or YouTube. \nJoash Thomas is a priest and public theologian based in the Toronto area. Born and raised in India\, he served in advocacy leadership with International Justice Mission for a decade before entering the priesthood\, and he draws on his St. Thomas Indian Christian roots to call the church toward a contemplative\, courageous activism. Get your copy of The Justice of Jesus\, visit his website\, or read his writing on Substack. \nLamma Mansour is a Palestinian Christian writer\, speaker\, and sociologist from Nazareth. Her work reflects on what it means to follow Christ in contexts marked by violence\, with particular attention to how hope\, beauty\, and faith take form amid struggle. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Oxford and researches the political\, spatial\, emotional\, and gendered dimensions of Palestinian life. Read her Substack\, Dispatches from Nazareth. \nRev. Sandra María Van Opstal is a second-generation Latina pastor\, liturgist\, and activist\, and co-founder of Chasing Justice\, a movement led by people of color mobilizing a lifestyle of faith and justice. She is the author of The Next Worship and Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice\, and a contributor to A Rhythm of Prayer. Learn more about Sandra’s work. \nWatch the full conversation here: \n \nQuestions for meditation\, offered by Lamma Mansour and Rev. Sandra María Van Opstal. Sit with these on your own\, or bring them to your community: \n\nWhat bodies have we learned not to see?\nWhat wounds have become invisible?\nWhose suffering have we accepted as normal?\n\nRev. Sandra María Van Opstal led us in two songs together. Listen to “Enduring God” at Common Hymnal\, written by Sandra Van Opstal\, Phillip Joubert\, James Paek\, Nikki Holguin\, and Common Hymnal. Our benediction was “Light of the World\,” also at Common Hymnal\, written by Amanda Opelt\, Andre Henry\, and Common Hymnal. \nIf this conversation stirs something in you\, here are a few ways to take a next step. You can get the Peace Communion Set and other Gaza items from the RLC store\, and visit the God Loves Gaza website to learn about the campaign and how to get involved. \nOur guests also gather with others in person. Christ at the Checkpoint convenes Palestinian Christians and global partners in Bethlehem\, Palestine\, December 27–31\, 2026. Church at the Crossroads holds gatherings in cities around the world\, including Atlanta\, Belfast\, Sydney\, Auckland\, and San Salvador — check their site for the next one near you. \nThis program is made possible through a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship\, Grand Rapids\, Michigan\, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. \n* * * \nThank you to all who joined us today! We’d be grateful if folks are able to take 5 minutes to complete this short survey about today’s practicum: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUEgf-cW51F9G86oAxuk9URKuhLw9ImxOeXyuIRcdhn3C1-g/viewform \n\n\n* * * \nHere’s a full list of all the links mentioned in today’s event: \n\nPeace Communion Set and other Gaza items: https://store.redletterchristians.org/collections/gaza-collection\nVisit the God Loves Gaza website: https://www.godlovesgaza.org/\nGet Joash Thomas’s book “The Justice of Jesus”: https://booklink.fyi/book/the-justice-of-jesus-joash-p-thomas\nChrist at the Checkpoint\, December 27-31\, 2026\, in Bethlehem\, Palestine: https://christatthecheckpoint.com/\nChurch at the Crossroads gatherings around the world: https://www.churchatthecrossroads.com/\nFollow Fares Abraham on the YouVersion Bible App: https://bit.ly/levant-youversion\nFares Abraham’s website: https://faresabraham.com\nThe Fares Abraham Podcast on Apple\, Spotify\, YouTube\nLevant Ministries: https://levantministries.org\nJoash Thomas’s website: https://www.joashpthomas.com\nJoash Thomas’s writing on Substack: https://joashpthomas.substack.com\nLamma Mansour’s Substack\, Dispatches from Nazareth: https://dispatchesfromnazareth.substack.com/\nSandra Van Opstal and Chasing Justice: https://chasingjustice.com/sandra-van-opstal/\nSong: Enduring God by Common Hymnal\nSong: Light of the World by Common Hymnal\nRed Letter Christians upcoming events: https://www.redletterchristians.org/events\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:RLC August Book Club: "Church Tomorrow?" with Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for RLC Book Club as we sit with Church Tomorrow?: What the ‘Nones’ and ‘Dones’ Teach Us About the Future of Faith by the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers — a conversation about why younger generations are passing on church\, what they’re building instead\, and what that means for the future of faith. \nThe Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers is one of the Episcopal Church’s leading thinkers around 21st-century ministry and mission. The author of several books — including The Church Cracked Open\, Radical Welcome\, and her latest\, Church Tomorrow? (with a foreword by Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry) — she recently wrapped nearly a decade as canon to the Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop Michael Curry\, with responsibility for guiding the entire denomination’s work on evangelism\, racial justice\, new ministry development\, and environmental stewardship. An honorary canon in the Diocese of New York\, she currently serves as Canon in Residence at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. \nGet the book\n\nOrder Church Tomorrow? direct from the RLC Store\nEvery other way to get Church Tomorrow? (Bookshop.org\, libraries\, audio\, and more)\nRequest the free Church Tomorrow? discussion guide: spellers.church.tomorrow@gmail.com\n\nConnect with Stephanie\n\nExplore Stephanie’s website and books\nFollow Stephanie on Facebook\nFollow Stephanie on Instagram\nWatch Stephanie on YouTube\n\n \nResources from the conversation\n\nMichael Curry is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and is passionate about the church rediscovering itself as a movement of Jesus: “Jesus did not establish an institution\, though institutions can serve his cause. He did not organize a political party\, though his teachings have a profound impact on politics. Jesus did not even found a religion. No\, Jesus began a movement\, fueled by his Spirit\, a movement whose purpose was and is to change the face of the earth from the nightmare it often is into the dream that God intends. . .” \n\n\nThe Church Tomorrow? page on Stephanie’s site — book info and how to request the free resource guide\nCheck out the Peace Communion Set\nSupport what we’re doing at RLC\n\n \nGather with us\n\nMonthly Morning Prayer with The Simple Way — Tuesday\, Sept 1\, 2026\n3rd Annual Peacemaker Summit — Philadelphia\, PA\, Oct 22–24\, 2026\n\nSee all of our upcoming events.
URL:https://redletterchristians.org/event/rlc-august-book-club-church-tomorrow-with-rev-canon-stephanie-spellers/
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