Vineyard Justice Network Meet-Up: Dinner @2021 VUSA NLC #thewayon

6250 West Peoria Avenue,Glendale AZ 85302

19 October, 2021

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Do you already work to fight human trafficking, to end poverty, or engage with creation care? Network with like-minded pastors and leaders Do you already work to fight human trafficking, to end poverty, or engage with creation care? Join us for lunch and network with like-minded Vineyard planters and leaders, as well as learn about the mission and goals of Vineyard Justice Network (VJN). VJN serves as a resource for Vineyard churches who wish to start or grow their Biblical Justice Ministries in order to further God’s righteousness in their communities and around the world. We want to bring together our Vineyard church pastors and leaders who are tackling key issues of injustice such as racial conciliation, human trafficking, poverty, the environment, immigration, , and prison ministry.   Come ask questions, meet other interested church leaders, and hear what we have to offer. So, what is the Vineyard Justice Network (VJN)? Vineyard Justice Network is a Vineyard USA ministry that aims to equip pastors and leaders to connect the work of head, heart, and hands to key issues of structual injustice and leadership. VJN offers a new space to have conversations that either aren't happening, are happening in isolation, or are sporadic. Within our movement in particular, we so rarely even celebrate or highlight the significant justice work that is going on in our Vineyard churches.  We recognize that it is essential for existing Vineyard pastors and leaders to shape the conversation in an "inside-out"/ incarnational approach, rather than a "top-down"/"authoritarian expert" approach.  VJN invites churches and people into understanding the interconnectivity of injustice and God’s heart for holistic, long-term justice.  Just as these issues of injustice are interconnected; thus our joining in God’s justice response must be equally integrated. VJN brings together the wisdom of our shared experience in serving and standing in solidarity with the poor and the least-of-these, and offer that wisdom – along with many easily-accessed resources for getting started and growing in this missional approach - to all of our churches.  In particular, part of the leading edge of VJN points to the question: what does it look like and mean for the poor to lead the way in ending poverty? This can be reframed to: what does it look like and mean for the exploited to lead the way in ending exploitation, the trafficked to lead the way in ending trafficking, the homeless to lead the way to ending homelessness, the undocumented immigrant to lead the way in immigration reform, for consumers to lead the way in becoming stewards of creation. We're looking forward to meeting you. www.vineyardjusticenetwork.org    THE VINEYARD JUSTICE NETWORK EXISTS TO EMPOWER VINEYARD PASTORS AND LEADERS TO PURSUE AND ENACT THE JUSTICE OF GOD’S KINGDOM.VJN WILL EQUIP YOU BY CONNECTING THE WORK OF HEART, HEAD, AND HANDS WITH KEY ISSUES OF STRUCTURAL INJUSTICE AND LEADERSHIP. VJN IS DEDICATED TO SHOWCASING THE WORK OF VINEYARD CHURCHES AS THEY CONFRONT INJUSTICE, CREATE SOLUTIONS, AND SHARE THEIR STRUGGLES.    VJN PROFILES VOICES FROM THE FRONT LINES, WRITES BOOK REVIEWS, AND OFFERS TRAININGS TO KEEP THE VJN COMMUNITY ON TOP OF CURRENT RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.   We offer holistic wisdom to all our churches, along with many easily-accessed resources for getting started and growing with a missional, kingdom-centered approach. OUR NETWORK ALREADY SPANS VINEYARD CHURCHES ACROSS 32 STATES, IN EVERY REGION. WE’RE ALSO ENGAGED WITH SISTER NETWORKS IN VINEYARD CANADA, UK&IRELAND, AND VINEYARD NORDIC. The VJN Steering Committee is currently led by Dave Hanson, Kathy Maskell, and Cheryl Pittluck.  www.vineyardjusticenetwork.org