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(Left) The Rev. Sharon Moe, Pastor of Seattle: First UMC<\/a> and former student of Dr. Cornel West has her copy of “Black Prophetic Fire” signed. (Right) The Rev. Monica Corsaro of Seattle: Rainier Beach UMC<\/a> chats with Dr. West before his lecture at The Well @ Seattle’s Queen Anne UMC<\/a>.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n Global Mission Fellows meet Dr. Cornel West<\/strong> West revisits a Seattle church to speak about \u201cBlack Prophetic Fire\u201d during a lunch event with 120 attendees including the local community and Methodist clergy. Global Mission Fellows<\/a> helped support this event and share their perspective on how West\u2019s talk has an impact on their work in the Tacoma community.<\/em><\/p>\n On October 9, 2014, folks gathered at Queen Anne United Methodist Church in Seattle to hear the incomparable, truth-telling activist and educator, Dr. Cornel West. West visited Seattle to promote his book, \u201cBlack Prophetic Fire\u201d. This was his third visit to Queen Anne UMC as a guest speaker of The Well<\/a> \u2013 the Church\u2019s guest speaker series.<\/p>\n The Rev. Katie Ladd sees The Well<\/a> as a way to continue ongoing dialog for action in the community, \u201cI consider what we are doing as church. There is a liturgy at play, here. We are doing the work of the people to move ourselves to a new and better place.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dr. West poetically spoke on a wide-range of topics. Here are some ideas from his lecture (paraphrased):<\/p>\n On music and the arts:<\/strong><\/p>\n On Black Prophetic Fire:<\/strong><\/p>\n On our \u201cSpiritual Blackout\u201d:<\/strong><\/p>\n On Love:<\/strong><\/p>\n In attendance were Global Mission Fellows<\/a>, Sarah Roemer and Janjay Innis \u2013 both who are assigned to Tacoma Community House<\/a>. Each shared how this event will help them in their work in their community. <\/p>\n \u201cIts important that people like Dr. West are spreading the news and bringing the media light, especially to people like me who can never fully understand or relate to something this complicated. We seek to be an ally for that voice. Anytime I can go outside the walls, to hear voices of young people and the oppressed, it\u2019s an opportunity to bring it back to Tacoma Community House <\/a>to do what we can do to intentionally serve the community.\u201d<\/p>\n Janjay Innis\u2019 favorite moments from the event included music from The Total Experience Gospel Choir. Innis points out how West sees music as transcending all of our cultures. In a time where we live in a multicultural world, music is what connects us.<\/p>\n \u201cWest was telling the story of Black prophets who felt deep wounds of racism and did something about it,\u201d shares Innis. \u201cWhile listening to West, I felt as if he was telling a story. In my work as a social justice advocate, I am listening to their stories, empathizing with them so we are able to walk alongside them. Sometimes we are to be angry, but not vengeful, we have to be gentle, we have to love. Love sets us on a path to achieve the goal of bringing God\u2019s kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n Gretchen Brown, the Rev. Katie Ladd, Dr. Cornel West, Sarah Roemer and Janjay Innis gather after West\u2019s visit to The Well at Queen Anne UMC. West spoke on various topics, promoting his new book \u201cBlack Prohetic Fire\u201d. (Left) The Rev. 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\u201cI thought it was very important to hear from Dr. West about the Black collective and voice. We need to be intentional about hearing people, so we\u2019re not ignoring, placating, or sort of creating a \u2018lesser-known\u2019 emphasis on their issues,\u201d shares Roemer. <\/p>\n
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including a schedule of upcoming guest speakers, visit qaumc.org<\/a>.
Sarah Roemer as a community organizer and Janjay Innis is a social justice advocate,
both as Global Mission Fellows<\/a> assigned to Tacoma Community House<\/a>.
Jesse N. Love serves as the graphic designer & print manager for the PNWUMC.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"