Beyond Gun Violence: A Conference for People of Faith and Conscience About Ending America’s Deadly Epidemic

Join us one month from today for a weekend of preaching and teaching about the cost of gun violence to our nation and how we can bring about change.

Speakers will include:

·         Matthew Crebbin, Senior Minister of Newtown Congregational Church (UCC)

·         Mark Carman, American Coalition for Responsible Gun Ownership

·         James Atwood, theologian and author of “America and Its Guns: A Theological Expose”

Events begin Friday, January 27 at St. Paul AME Church, 101 North Merritt Mill Road, Chapel Hill where Atwood will speak at 7 p.m.

A conference takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard featuring workshops and speakers.

And on Sunday, Crebbin will preach at United Church of Chapel Hill and Atwood will speak at University Presbyterian Church, 209 East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill.

A full schedule of events for the weekend is available here. Registration is available here.

Sponsors along with the Council are: St. Paul’s AME Church, University Presbyterian Church, United Church of Chapel Hill, North Carolinians Against Gun Violence, the NC Justice Center, NC MomsRising, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America NC, League of Women Voters Orange/Durham/Chatham Counties, Wilmington Faiths Against Gun Violence, and the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham.