Hope Summit with author Leroy Barber in New Albany

Hope Summit with author Leroy Barber

On Sunday October 7, 2012 at 1:30 PM Clean Socks Hope and Hope Southern Indiana are partnering in an incredible multi-organizational event called the

Hope Summit.

We'll be joined by dozens of like-minded organizations, individuals and nonprofits to learn, to share and to develop a new way of building community!

Our guest speaker will be Leroy Barber of (FCS Urban Ministries, Mission Year, Toxic Charity) fame. Toxic Charity is the New York Times runaway best seller by Bob Lupton that brought a new way of thinking to the forefront of how America does Charity! Special guest Singer/Songwriter Karen Spurlock.

Leroy Barber has dedicated more than 20    years to eradicating poverty, confronting homelessness, restoring local neighborhoods, healing racism and living what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called “the beloved community.”

Leroy is currently the President of Mission Year, a national urban initiative introducing 18-29 year olds to missional and communal living in city centers for one year of their lives, and Executive Director of FCS Urban Ministries in Atlanta.

Leroy is also the author of New Neighbor: An Invitation to Join Beloved Community, and Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World and was also chosen as a contributor to the groundbreaking book UnChristian: What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity and Why It Matters.

"Our churches and charities have fallen into the bad habit of creating programs to help the poor when in reality the only people they are helping are themselves, creating a toxic charity that needs to be reexamined and fixed." ~Bob Lupton

Registration is free and you will need it to enter the Hope Summit! We encourage you to join us on Sunday October 7, 2012 at 1:30 PM at the Grand Theater in New Albany and if not, I hope you'll get involved with us in the new year, and we look forward to hearing your feedback.

REGISTER TODAY!

Thanks for a great year.

Sincerely,

Christine Harbeson              Jeff Minton
Hope Southern Indiana        Clean Socks Hope

"Inspiring hope one life at a time."

Categories: Religion & Spirituality