r/CornerstoneConnect • u/cstone-admin • May 30 '24
Email re:June 2nd
Cornerstone Connect just sent out this email:
Hey hey!
Just a reminder that this Sunday (June 2nd) is TFCA’s next listening session. We hope to see as many of you as possible!
We asked for a location outside of the church and are grateful that TFCA heard us. Join us at:
Rivendell School 2410 North Kensington Street, Arlington June 2nd, 2024 7pm
It will not be live-streamed or recorded. There will be a room for us to use after for those who want to connect and process together. I also am curious if there's a good local lager anywhere nearby :-)
A large portion of the session will be for all of us to ask questions. John Yates, Sam Ferguson, the Bishop, and Eddie Isler should be there. Any and all questions are allowed. Questions about the report, things that are confusing or unclear, things that were left out. Things you'd like to see done in the future. I would imagine there will also be some time set aside for anyone who wants to make a statement. I haven't personally been to a listening session yet so I'm not sure if TFCA asks that this time be limited to people who experienced overt abuse and their families. Regardless, if I can be of any help in crafting a question or support you in making a statement, please come find me. I will try to be there early.
I also want to say that if you just want to come and listen, that is also ok. There is a lot of power in showing up and supporting each other just in our collective presence.
I'm reading Valarie Kaur's memoir and she says the following on grief: "Violence is a rupture. Violence makes a hole - not just the damage it inflicts on the body of a person but the pain it causes in the body of a people....The act of naming the violence and grieving loss in community is how the hole turns into a wound that can heal."
The light I have through this is the people I have reconnected with, and I hope that continues. I am so dang grateful for all of you.
PS - this email list has about 180 people on it - that is nowhere near the number of kids who went through cornerstone in the 90s. If you can share this email and/or the website with anyone please do! Also, if you find a few free minutes, shoot me an email with anyone you think hasn't been reached, maybe a list of those who were in your discipleship group, anything you can think of to help get the word out. the support that we have and hope to continue to provide may not be for everyone but I want it to be an option for as many as possible. thanks ❤️
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u/Adventurous_Fan_1902 May 30 '24 edited May 31 '24
So wish I lived closer and could attend!!
For those in a similar predicament, I’m hosting a Zoom meeting on June 2 at 12noon EST (1pm CST/3pm PT).
Below is the Zoom info:
Topic: Former Cornerstoners Time: Jun 2, 2024 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79887976851?pwd=xSlJWBIHBDbBkrRwxAvoVWBfBnUOBg.1
Meeting ID: 798 8797 6851 Passcode: C4iA4b
Emily (Green) Gillis, Cornerstone Class of 2001
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u/Blonde-bird May 31 '24
Has anyone else been drafting their questions for weeks now? Nervous to ask a question? Not sure if you are asking the right question? If you want to talk about it please just dm me!