Saturday, March 28

12:30-3:30pm   

Preparing for Holy Week: A Seminar for Clergy and Lay Leaders

Ched Myers opens the texts for the Passion and Holy Week while looking at the Saints Breck and MLK of the Lesser Feasts and Fasts

Gethsemane Episcopal Church  http://downtownepiscopal.org/

904 4^th Avenue South View Larger Map

Open to All, Lunch available (RSVP to Rex McKee rex.mckee@gmail.com)

7:00pm

Sabbath Economics' Role in Hip-hop Culture

Preaching @ Urban Jerusalem  http://urbanjerusalem.com/

1823 Emerson Ave. North, Minneapolis View Larger Map

612-998-2223

Sunday, March 29

10:00am

Challenging the Culture of the Global Mall: Practicing Prophetic Church-based Discipleship and Economics

Preaching @ Calvary Baptist Church http://www.calvarychurchmpls.org/ 

2608 Blaisdell Ave. S, Minneapolis  View Larger Map

612-872-7855

Monday, March 30

10:20-11:00am

What the Bible Says About Money

Bethel University Chapel  http://www.bethel.edu/

3900 Bethel Drive, St. Paul View Larger Map 

651-638-6372

11:30am-1:00pm

Lunch Dialogue with Ched Myers

Eastlund Room - Bethel University

Complimentary Box Lunch available (RSVP by Wednesday, March 25 at 651-638-6372)

7:30pm

The Emperor Has No Clothes: Sabbath Economics in a Time of Economic Collapse

Calvary Baptist Church  http://www.calvarychurchmpls.org/

2608 Blaisdell Ave. S, Minneapolis  View Larger Map

612-872-7855

All Events are Free and Open to the Public. 

Contact C. John Hildebrand for more information: 612-270-2224 cjohnhildebrand@yahoo.com

Sponsored by: Calvary Baptist Church, Bethel University Campus Ministries, Episcopal Diocese of MN and All Saints Indian Mission, Urban Homeworks, Urban Jerusalem, Twin Cities Bartimaeus Sabbath Economics Group

What is “Sabbath Economics?”

Sabbath Economics is a Biblical economic model championed by Christian author and teacher Ched Myers.  The model is an application of the economic aspects of the Biblical Sabbath to modern socioeconomics.  In the introduction of his book, The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics, Myers states, "God's people are instructed to dismantle, on a regular basis, the fundamental patterns and structures of stratified wealth and power, so that there is 'enough for everyone.' " This statement contains two of the core principles of Myer's socioeconomic vision:

1) The focus on voluntary redistribution of wealth and community sharing

2) A foundation based on God's abundance as opposed to scarcity in other modern economic models. 

The Biblical concepts from which Sabbath economics draws are:

• The Sabbath day, particularly during the journey through the wilderness as described in Exodus 15-17
• The Sabbath year, described in Exodus 23, where the land was not cultivated, and slaves were released every seventh year
• The Year of Jubilee, every 50th year - the "Sabbath of Sabbaths" - when all debts were cancelled, and all property returned to the original owners 

An interview with Ched Myers about Sabbath Economics:

http://www.sfaraleigh.org/SFA/TodaysSpiritualBread/srarchives/SabbathEconomics.pdf

About Ched Myers

Ched, a fifth generation Californian, lives in a small intentional community in Oak View, CA, an hour and a half north of Los Angeles. Over the past three decades he has worked with many faith-based peace and justice organizations and movements. Today with Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries he focuses on building capacity for biblical literacy, church renewal and faith-based witness for justice.

Ched holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley (1978) and an M.A. in New Testament Studies from the Graduate Theological Union (1984). He has served as adjunct faculty at Memphis Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary and Claremont School of Theology (where he was the 1998-99 Fellow in Urban Theology).

Ched’s most recent book, co-authored with Elaine Enns, is entitled Ambassadors of Reconciliation: New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking (Vol I) and Divers Christian Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking (Vol II), to be published by Orbis Books in 2009. His landmark Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus (1988) was reissued in a 20th anniversary edition in 2008 by Orbis. His other books include The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics (Tell the Word Press, 2001); Who Will Roll Away the Stone: Discipleship Queries for First World Christians (Orbis, 1994); and Say to This Mountain: Mark’s Story of Discipleship (Orbis, 1996, co-authored).

Ched travels throughout North America and abroad giving seminars and retreats, teaching, preaching and facilitating gatherings. He works with local churches, diocesan/denominational offices, and faith-based organizations. He is particularly committed to faith-based peace and justice efforts such as Christian Peacemaker Teams, Borderlinks, the Catholic Worker movement, Witness for Peace, and the Servant Leadership Schools.