Hagerstown Area Religious Council
The Hagerstown Area Religious Council (HARC) is a coalition of churches and houses of faith in the Hagerstown area of Washington County.
All members and affiliates are encouraged to attend our annual meeting! Yes, we’ll conduct some business – voting on the 2023 budget and electing new board members and officers – but we’ll also enjoy a special time of review and looking forward programmatically. We will share how “seeds” sown in the last year are beginning to sprout and grow, and how through continued cultivation hearty plants of our work together will continue to grow and bear fruit. Join us also in thanking and honoring outgoing board members Brenda Horsch and Rev. Valerie Wills, who have helped to shape this work.
Thank you to Otterbein United Methodist Church for hosting and providing the meal. Join us for lunch and fellowship, sharing of our host’s faith tradition, followed by the program. RSVP requested by Friday, January 6 at noon so we can get a count for lunch.
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HARC meetings are typically held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month for lunch, except July and August, with an occasional evening meeting. When meeting in-person, the location typically rotates among different houses of faith, giving different congregations and organizations an opportunity to host. If in-person meetings are decided to be unsafe for our members, they will be held on Zoom.
The official Season for Nonviolence begins by marking the anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30 and ends on the April 4 anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Between are 64 days of practice of the principles of Gandhi, King, and others to bring about peace and nonviolence in our world today.
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