A MESSAGE FROM AREA MINISTRY LEADERS The beginning of a new year is often a time when people make resolutions -choices to better their lives and their lifestyles. Whatever your experience in the past has been with making and following through on personal resolutions, we are urging everyone in our Community- make an important resolution for this year! and beyond - to Let us, together, resolve to speak to and listen to one another with respect and patience, with the goal of creating and restoring greater civility in our Nation and in our Communities. Our inspiration is drawn from the words of St. Paul: "Get rid of all such things - anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language. .." and "clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony." (Colossians 3:2-14). We truly believe that living into and out of this "resolution is particularly critical in this election year. We all have heard and felt the hatred and demonizing of opponents that has sadly grown over the past few years. In this toxic atmosphere, nothing good can grow. It is important for each of us, and for all of us together, to practice that humility, patience, and striving for peace which allows us to address the critical issues of our day with respect and civility, and to move beyond stalemate and isolation. As fellow citizens in this great Nation, we have too much in common and too much to lose to remain silent in the face of the growing divisiveness and violence. As pastors, religious leaders, and collaborators in mission in this Community for over ten years, we have experienced firsthand the blessings which come to those who join hearts and hands and voices. even across significant divides in doctrine, polity and practices. We have experienced many blessings as we have united for events such as the Community Easter Sunrise and Thanksgiving Services, Hymn Festivals, Ministry Fairs, Walks for Life, Hunger and Martin Luther King Jr Day, Youth events, and monthly meals, among other events and activities. We believe that our own experience of commitment to open discussion and seeking common ground for service to the wider Community is an effective example of this resolution which we are inviting you to also make. We encourage all people of good will - regardless of religious affiliation or non-affiliation- to join with us in our commitment to work together to find more effective and positive ways to discuss, deliberate, decide, and to act upon the issues of the day which can often be difficult to resolve but are too important to the common good to withdraw from one another. We believe that it is critically important at this time in our Nation's history to build bridges of understanding, based on mutual respect and civility, and not to erect more walls, based on fear and anger. We are your servants because we are His: Fr. Greg Adolf - Pastor, St. Andrew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church Matt Ashley - Pastor, Sierra Vista United Methodist Church Paul Benz - Intern Pastor, Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church Ray Bingham - Chaplain, Canyon Vista Medical Center Fr. Mike Bucciarelli - Pastor, Our Lady of the Mountains Church Shawn Buckhanan - Pastor, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Allan Bushnell - Pastor of Missions and Outreach, Move City Church Chuck Carlson - Pastor, Sierra Vista Community Church (UC) Jesse Colburn - Pastor of Leadership and Teaching. Move City Church The Rev. Allison Cornell - Rector, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Terry Cotton - Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. Evangelist Al Garza - OCS Ministry, The Traveling Church Fr. Del McCune, Pastor, Saint John the Divine, Hereford, AZ Fr. Rob Neske - Pastor, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Tombstone Mark Pery - Pastor, Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church Mark Pitts - Pastor, Village Meadows Baptist Church Dr. Atticus Register, Pastor of Outreach LOVING and Missions, Shiloh Christian Ministries Renée Rico - Transitional Pastor, Faith Presbyterian Church Lynel Scott - Chaplain Andre Sexton - Pastor, Calvary's Rock Church KINDNESS Virginia Studer - Retired Pastor, Faith Presbyterian Church A MESSAGE FROM AREA MINISTRY LEADERS The beginning of a new year is often a time when people make resolutions -choices to better their lives and their lifestyles. Whatever your experience in the past has been with making and following through on personal resolutions, we are urging everyone in our Community- make an important resolution for this year! and beyond - to Let us, together, resolve to speak to and listen to one another with respect and patience, with the goal of creating and restoring greater civility in our Nation and in our Communities. Our inspiration is drawn from the words of St. Paul: "Get rid of all such things - anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language. .." and "clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony." (Colossians 3:2-14). We truly believe that living into and out of this "resolution is particularly critical in this election year. We all have heard and felt the hatred and demonizing of opponents that has sadly grown over the past few years. In this toxic atmosphere, nothing good can grow. It is important for each of us, and for all of us together, to practice that humility, patience, and striving for peace which allows us to address the critical issues of our day with respect and civility, and to move beyond stalemate and isolation. As fellow citizens in this great Nation, we have too much in common and too much to lose to remain silent in the face of the growing divisiveness and violence. As pastors, religious leaders, and collaborators in mission in this Community for over ten years, we have experienced firsthand the blessings which come to those who join hearts and hands and voices. even across significant divides in doctrine, polity and practices. We have experienced many blessings as we have united for events such as the Community Easter Sunrise and Thanksgiving Services, Hymn Festivals, Ministry Fairs, Walks for Life, Hunger and Martin Luther King Jr Day, Youth events, and monthly meals, among other events and activities. We believe that our own experience of commitment to open discussion and seeking common ground for service to the wider Community is an effective example of this resolution which we are inviting you to also make. We encourage all people of good will - regardless of religious affiliation or non-affiliation- to join with us in our commitment to work together to find more effective and positive ways to discuss, deliberate, decide, and to act upon the issues of the day which can often be difficult to resolve but are too important to the common good to withdraw from one another. We believe that it is critically important at this time in our Nation's history to build bridges of understanding, based on mutual respect and civility, and not to erect more walls, based on fear and anger. We are your servants because we are His: Fr. Greg Adolf - Pastor, St. Andrew the Apostle Roman Catholic Church Matt Ashley - Pastor, Sierra Vista United Methodist Church Paul Benz - Intern Pastor, Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church Ray Bingham - Chaplain, Canyon Vista Medical Center Fr. Mike Bucciarelli - Pastor, Our Lady of the Mountains Church Shawn Buckhanan - Pastor, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Allan Bushnell - Pastor of Missions and Outreach, Move City Church Chuck Carlson - Pastor, Sierra Vista Community Church (UC) Jesse Colburn - Pastor of Leadership and Teaching. Move City Church The Rev. Allison Cornell - Rector, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Terry Cotton - Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International. Evangelist Al Garza - OCS Ministry, The Traveling Church Fr. Del McCune, Pastor, Saint John the Divine, Hereford, AZ Fr. Rob Neske - Pastor, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Tombstone Mark Pery - Pastor, Sierra Evangelical Lutheran Church Mark Pitts - Pastor, Village Meadows Baptist Church Dr. Atticus Register, Pastor of Outreach LOVING and Missions, Shiloh Christian Ministries Renée Rico - Transitional Pastor, Faith Presbyterian Church Lynel Scott - Chaplain Andre Sexton - Pastor, Calvary's Rock Church KINDNESS Virginia Studer - Retired Pastor, Faith Presbyterian Church