Text Box: News for the Common Good From the Minnesota Council of Churches June 26, 2008   Welcome to News for the Common Good, your weekly connection to opportunities, news, events, and reflections for people of faith to strengthen communities.  Highlights in this issue:  Order Resource Manuals for Children’s Sabbath Through the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition “When Will We Hear?  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call to Justice and Peace,” is the theme for the 2008 National Observance of Children’s Sabbath, scheduled for October 17-19.  The 2008 event will address the triple threats about which Dr. King warned our nation:  materialism (and poverty), militarism (and violence), and continuing racism.  Request your free resource manuals by contacting iCAN (Interfaith Children’s Advocacy Network) at 612-230-3234 or info@icanmn.org   Volunteer with Refugees Looking for a meaningful way to get involved with refugee resettlement?  Able to commit to at least one three-hour timeslot a week?  Consider serving as a Refugee Resettlement Volunteer!  Volunteers will help transport refugee clients in the metro area to and from important appointments, and help provide a friendly welcome to Minnesota.  Volunteers must have their own vehicle and pass a background and driving records check.  Interested?  Contact Caitlin Shaw at caitlin.shaw@mnchurches.org or (612) 230-3219.   Prayer at the Fair Sunday, August 24, 2008, 9:15 – 9:45 AM, State Fair Bandshell Celebrate the abundance of life in Minnesota and all of God’s creation at a special worship service sponsored by the Minnesota Council of Churches.  The casual service contains both the familiar forms of church including hymns, prayers and a sermon and also gets into the fun spirit of the Fair with our “bulletins on a stick."   Celebrants represent the many denominations that make up the Minnesota Council of Churches, making the service a celebration of Christian Unity.       The Minnesota Council of Churches manifests the unity of the body of Christ and builds the common good in the world in partnership with 24 member Protestant, Historic Black, and Orthodox judicatories representing more than 2,000 congregations and their 1 million members.