The 2022 Cecil and Ruth Boddie Farmer Chapel Guest Speaker

415 North College Avenue,Clarksville AR 72830

08 March, 2022

Description

Unmasking the Powers Behind Gun Violence - The Rev. Deanna Hollas Unmasking the Powers Behind Gun ViolenceTheologian Walter Wink understood that there are invisible forces that shape and determine human existence. When we unmask these powers, they lose their influence and create the space for us to make conscious decisions about how we want to live. In this lecture, Rev. Deanna Hollas will lead us in an exploration of the hidden forces behind our gun violence epidemic and how we can respond and live into one of the Greats Ends of the Church - Exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world. About Our Guest Speaker The Rev. Deanna Hollas is the Gun Violence Prevention Ministry Coordinator with the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and a founding member of the Everytown for Gun Safety Interfaith Advisory Council. In her role with the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, Rev. Hollas empowers and equips individuals and congregations across the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination to embody Jesus’s call to love God and love neighbor by being informed and active in ending gun violence. Rev. Hollas is also a spiritual director and co-founder of Retreat House Spirituality Center in Richardson, TX. She holds a Master of Divinity from Perkins School of Theology as well as a Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction from San Francisco Theological Seminary.