This Is a Time that Tries Our Souls….
In the light of concerns about the climate of religious and racial prejudice and harrassment growing out of the Presidential election, the ESTHER Leadershp Board has decided to adopt and publicize a statement of witness focusing on community, justice, and hope.
The statement lifts up ESTHER’s hallmark values of inclusiveness, neighborliness, compassion, fair treatment, commitment to community, and the practice of hope. ESTHER intends to publish the statement in an ad to be placed in the Appleton Post-Crescent on December 4.
Titled “This Is a Time that Tries Our Souls,” the statement received sustained applause when it was presented at the ESTHER banquet on November 13. Not only that, almost all the attendees co-signed the statement (175 people so far) and together contributed over $330 towards the $650 cost of running the ad. We would love to have many more signers and to raise enough in contributions to cover the publication costs completely.
To read the ESTHER “Statement of Witness,” click here.
Do you share the values and commitments reflected in the statement?
We invite you to add your name (or sign anonymously) by clicking below. And we invite you to contribute to the cost of publishing it on December 4.
Sign the Statement Help with Ad Cost
Due to publishing deadlines, signatures must be recorded by noon on Thursday, December 1.
