This Week @ ECM:
Sunday 7
5 - 9pm (Main Floor/Upstairs)
· River City Church
Monday 8
10 - 11:30am (Basement)
· Tai Chi
6 - 8pm (Basement)
· Tai Chi - General Public
Tuesday 9
12 - 1pm (Upstairs)
· Episcopal Service
8 - 9:30pm (Upstairs)
· Alanon - Addiction support network of family and friends
Wednesday 10
10 - 11:30am (Basement)
· Tai Chi
5:30 - 8pm (Upstairs)
· Gopi Sandal Yoga
7:30 - 9pm (Basement)
· New Way - General Public Support Group
Thursday 11
11:30am - 1pm (Main Floor/Kitchen)
· Veggie Lunch - Open to Public (donation for meal!)
7 - 9pm (Thad’s office)
· Lawrence Men’s Group
7:30 - 9pm (Main Floor)
· New Way - General Public Support Group
Friday 12
10 - 11:30pm (Basement)
· Tai Chi - General Public
8 - 10pm (Basement)
· Friday of the Hill - Student Support Group
Saturday 13
5 - 9pm (Main Floor/Kitchen)
· Lawrence Sustainability Network
7 - 8pm (Thad’s office)
· SLUG
12am - 12pm (Office)
· ECM office is closed today

Please contact the ECM office at (785) 843-4933 if your event doesn't appear here or if you would like to schedule an event at the ECM

Statements from the ECM Executive Board:

The ECM board has agreed to publicly affirm and/or support the following:

  • Took a stand against the proposed coal power plants being built by Sunflower Electric Power Corporation in Holcomb, Kansas. Believes that these plants will poison Kansas' air and water to create energy of which 85% will be exported to other states. Advocates energy projects that fulfill Kansas energy needs, hold the health and well being of our citizens above all other considerations, and reflect Kansas' position as 3rd in the nation for potential wind energy.
  • Statements supportive of the teaching of evolution (PDF)
  • Joined the Kansas Equality Coalition which seeks to end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity- also supported Simply Equal Campaign which addressed same issue and advocated an ordinance amendment for Lawrence- passed Lawrence City Commission
  • Endorsed resolution on Death Penalty Moratorium
  • Joined Coalition for Prosperous Kansas, in opposition to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)
  • Supported a proposal to Lawrence City Commission calling for Repeal of the USA Patriot, Patriot II and Homeland Security Acts and Directing the Police Department to Separate itself from Federal Implementation of the Patriot ACTS- passed Lawrence City Commission
  • Endorsed the "March for Sacred Site and Immigrant Rights" in Arizona
  • Immigrants Right resolution: We on the board of Ecumencial Christian Ministries at the University of Kansas call for fair immigration policies - not unfair targeting of immigrants as economic and security threats, an approach that the Minutemen actively pursue. We want our wider community to be known for peace and justice, not as a safe haven for violent tactics and racist ideology. Immigration issues should be handled through the established policy channels of a civil democracy, not by marginal vigilante groups that target a vulnerable population.

ECM Board Members 2008-2009:

  • President: Bob Minor
  • Vice President: Dini Richards
  • Treasurer: Doug Crawford-Parker
  • Secretary: Jenny Faber
  • First Presbyterian Church: David Kyner, Regan Postma, Lisa Ball
  • Lone Star Church of the Brethren: Open
  • Plymouth Congregational Church (UCC): Lucia Orth, John Wilson, Sara Roads Cauthon
  • Religious Society of Friends (Quaker): Doug Crawford-Parker, Chuck Epps
  • St. Paul's United Church of Christ: Open
  • KU Faculty and Staff Representatives: Bob Minor
  • Members-At-Large: Maril Hazlett, Skeeter Link, Nancy O'Connor, Bob Thompson, Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, Nancy Thellman, Hal Lemert, Phil Schrodt
  • Students: Jenny Faber, Jenn Gapetz, Reanna Putnam, Jason Hering
  • KS-OK Conference United Church of Christ representative: David Ambler
  • Synod of Mid-America (MO-KS) of the Presbyterian Church, USA: George Wilson
  • Campus Minister (ex-officio): Thad Holcombe
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