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What One Can Do...

Raise Your Voice for Those Who Are Voiceless

Political advocacy is a critical piece of God's mission of global reconciliation and making the Millennium Development Goals a reality. Jesus continually spoke truth to power and used his own power to help those on society's margins. As Christians, we are called to follow in that example -- to raise our voices for those whom the powers of the world would push to the side

The Episcopal Public Policy Network

Every Episcopalian should be a part of EPPN. When you join, you will get periodic email alerts when MDG issues (or other major issues on which the Episcopal Church has policy) enabling you quickly to contact your senators and representatives telling them how you feel they should vote. Responding to most alerts takes less than 2 minutes. Sign up by clicking here -- and then tell all your friends to sign up, too. Also email EPPN director Mary Getz to get an EPPN poster with signup cards to hang in your parish hall or narthex.

EPPN links to resources:

ONE Sabbath Toolkit for Church Leaders - this has sermon ideas as well as worship resources
ONE Episcopalian Declaration Card - these are a great tool to get people involved in the ONE Episcopalian Campaign. Consider inserting them in your Sunday bulletin and having people placed filled out cards in the offertory plate.


Prayers:
A Bidding Prayer For An End To Global Poverty And Instability - This is a litany prepared by the Office of Government Relations. It is based on the MDG's and can be used in place of the Prayers of the People.

Book of Common Prayer - the BCP also has many prayers that relate to topics of the MDG that you can use including prayers:

For Social Justice, p. 823
For the Poor and the Neglected, p. 826
For the Right Use of God's Gifts, p. 827
For the Conservation of Natural Resources, p. 827

MDG Sermons and Theological Reflections:

* Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori Investiture Sermon
* When the Spirit of the Lord is Upon Us: The Church and the MDGs - a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade
* Theological Reflection by Alex Baumgarten: Advocating to Build the New Creation

Additional Resources:

* Watch Episcopal Life Online for the ONE Sunday Bulletin Insert - Coming Soon at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/78650_8852_ENG_HTM.htm
* For additional sermon ideas check out "Sermons that Work" - http://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermons_that_work.htm

ONE Episcopalian

ONE Episcopalian is the Episcopal Church's partnership with The ONE Campaign, a broad-based nationwide grassroots movement to rally all Americans ... One-by-One ... to push our government toward aid and trade policies that will eradicate global poverty and achieve the MDGs. Becoming a part of the movement is easy:

1. Become a ONE Episcopalian - Click here to join 2.4 million Americans in signing the ONE Campaign pledge.

2. Wear the White Band -- The white band is the symbol of the ONE Campaign. Wear it to show your support of our government taking a leading role in making the MDGs a reality. You'll be surprised how many times people ask you about it and give you a chance to educate them about What One Can Do to end extreme poverty. You can order a white band from the ONE Store here for $1 or, you can download a form to order 100 at a special price of $33 through ONE Episcopalian.

3. Become a ONE Congregation - Join the more than 100 congregations across the church who are raising their collective voice to make the MDGs a reality. Find out what being a ONE congregation entails and take the ONE Congregation Committment Form to your vestry/bishop's commmittee/college chaplaincy leadership team today.

Campus ministries: Read this release about the ONE Campus Challenge! Click here to unpack the ONE Campaign Campus Toolbox. 

Read "The Power of ONE" all about the ONE Campaign

ONE Vote '08

ONE Vote '08 is an unprecedented bipartisan campaign to make global health and extreme poverty foreign policy priorities in the 2008 presidential election. ONE Vote '08 is asking every candidate to sign on to five achievable goals drawn from the MDGs as well as a presidential platform of achievable solutions that -- if championed by the next U.S. president -- would have a profound impact on the poorest people in the world. By becoming a part of ONE Vote '08, we speak as ONE voice to candidates of both parties saying that unless they address the concerns of the extreme poor around the world, they will not get ONE vote from us.

The ONE Vote '08 website has lots of cool stuff, including a candidate tracker, which lets you know where every candidate is so you can go see them in your area and urge them to support the MDGs in person!

Click here for a video of presidential candidates from both parties talking about the ONE Campaign and making poverty history.

Bread for the World's 2008 Offering of Letters is pushing for more and better poverty-focused development assistance. These include long-term investments in things like education, agriculture, nutrition, health and clean water--life-giving, empowering programs that make a significant difference in people's lives.

We would love for you to be a part of this important day. You are also invited to join our Monday evening worship program on June 16 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, June 17, we will gather at Church of the Reformation, 212 E Capitol St NE, for the morning worship and Lobby Day briefing. This briefing will give you the opportunity to:

* Reflect on God's call to justice for hungry people;
* Hear the status of legislation related to Bread for the World's 2008 Offering of Letters;
* Hear insights from Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE); and,
* Learn effective ways to communicate our message to Congress.

Then, in the afternoon, you will have the opportunity to join others from your region and speak to your members of Congress and their staff on current legislation for hungry and poor people around the world. We will close the day with a reception and evening worship. Visit bread.org/lobbyday for the full day's schedule, transportation guide, background information, and registration.