Pat Barnes and Carolyn Forche
By Dick Mann
KANSAS CITY, Missouri--WCG members and guests participated in a racial reconciliation workshop June 27 and 28.
The workshop was sponsored jointly by the WCG and the Center for the Healing of Racism, headquartered in Houston, Texas. The workshop demonstrated how to recognize racism and how to deal with it.
Workshops were conducted both days, with a praise and worship service Saturday afternoon.
Workshop speakers Carolyn Forche and Patricia Barnes of the center presented sessions on the overt and unaware causes of racism and their results. They also discussed how racism is internalized by the victims of racism.
Split sermons were given by Curtis May, regional pastor in Pasadena and a member of the International Reconciliation Coalition founded by John Dawson; and Mr. Albrecht.
Ms. Forche and Ms. Barnes told participants that they are carriers of seeds that will be sown among those around them. This will bring about the only remedy for the elimination of racism--a Christ-centered education of the cause and effect of racism, repentance and forgiveness.
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