[Worship] Fwd: Re: NNov. 13th updates

[Annie Warmke]

Whoopee!  He's agreed if he has a ride from Athens.  I need you to 
confirm if you want him to speak asap.

He is quite personable and I can work with him to obtain a title and 
description but I don't have time to be involved in other way.  My goal 
will be to obtain the info asap so there is plenty of time in case he 
has a power point or other visual material. Annie



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Subject: 	Re: updates
Date: 	Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:23:56 +0000 (UTC)
From: 	Darlington Mafa <darlingtonmafa at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: 	Darlington Mafa <darlingtonmafa at yahoo.com>
To: 	annie at bluerockstation.com



That would be okay with me.

    On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 10:17 AM, Annie Warmke
    <annie at bluerockstation.com> wrote:

    I sent an email yesterday asking if you might consider speaking on
    Nov. 13th at 11 pm because someone at the church offered to pick you
    up.  Annie

    On 10/17/2022 9:20 PM, Darlington Mafa wrote:
    Hi Anne,

    I would love to have a conversation with you guys and would like to
    put it across that I celebrate diversity. I grew up Catholic with a
    small dose of African Tradition and my wife is Protestant. I am not
    opposed to your beliefs and I found the ideas of compassion, love
    and making each other better in the 7 pillars. I believe in that too.

    So the reason we work with women in the Eastern Highlands of
    Zimbabwe is because we want to gently deconstruct some tenants of an
    indigenous Christian religious sect in that area that believes in
    polygamy, hardline patriarchy and marginalized women to the status
    of child bearers and farm labor.

    We try to be subtle about it and lift the women's voices by
    connecting them to more resources and tools better their incomes and
    understanding of how the world works. Look up the " Apostolic Sect
    of Zimbabwe " for reference.

    I would gladly share that story with you guys and the jokes that
    come with it. I don't know if you are comfortable to then pick me up
    on the 4th because I might have to crunch up on all my work before
    the visit since I won't have parts of Sunday.





        On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 3:24 PM, Annie Warmke
        <annie at bluerockstation.com> <mailto:annie at bluerockstation.com>
        wrote:

        I belong to a Unitarian Universalist Society in Marietta Ohio
        and I mentioned you would be visiting us.  They're wondering if
        you would be interested in giving a 30 minute talk (you can also
        use powerpoint) on your work on Nov. 6th at 11am.  You could
        stay with me until then, and after the service I could take you
        back to Athens.

        They are particularly interested if you are connected with a
        religion and how your work (and that religion) might compare in
        their ideology with the Unitarian 7 principles
        https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/principles
        <https://www.uua.org/beliefs/what-we-believe/principles>.

        I am not a religious person but I belong to this group because
        they offer support for my progressive views and support my
        work.  The 7 principles are definitely the core of my belief
        system.


        On 10/17/2022 9:04 AM, Darlington Mafa wrote:
        Hi Annie,

        It's okay. I will still be looking foward to it then.

        Thanks for the heads up



            On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 7:44 AM, Annie Warmke
            <annie at bluerockstation.com>
            <mailto:annie at bluerockstation.com> wrote:
            Darlington;

            I made a mistake in my schedule and have a meeting on
            Saturday so  I
            will need to reschedule.

            I can re-schedule to pick you up on Nov. 3rd and return you
            on the 5th.


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