Watermark Justice

• Why are a bunch of Dallas lawyers hung up on the Congo? Here are at least 150 horrific reasons: http://nyti.ms/9G5btX #

• Jeff Ward's 8/15 sermon:http://bit.ly/b7a6a5. Great Matthew 13 message; subtle biographical sublayer re his journey as a Christian lawyer. #

• Read about Watermark Justice lawyer Chad Pinson, his sweet daughter, Annalise, & how God opens doors for service: http://bit.ly/cl0T6b #

• Jeff Ward–External Focus leader, faithful WJ servant & lawyer–will give Sunday's sermon. Join us @ Watermark this Sunday! 9am;11am;5:30pm. #

• Big end to workweek: Final day of bar exam for new WJ lawyers and Dallas justice group heading to India to train & disciple. Pray for both! #

• Please pray for our new lawyers taking the bar exam this week, as well as lawyer teams currently in Uganda and soon to leave to India. #

As you head into the weekend, please take a moment to watch the attached video regarding God’s work in West Dallas through the inner-city justice ministry, Advocates for Community Transformation (ACT).  You’ll learn of another success story for the residents of West Dallas; however, you’ll also hear of how God’s grace transformed an initially adversarial situation into an opportunity for community collaboration between the derelict property owner and the surrounding neighbors.

ACT’s vision is for Dallas citizens to experience the transforming presence of Jesus Christ through collaborative efforts to establish stable, safe environments, free from injustice and oppression.  If you would like get involved, assist with much needed funding, or simply learn more, please contact Watermark Justice or ACT (www.actdallas.org).

I encourage you to read and consider the latest work from IJM’s Gary Haugen.

“And Justice For All: Enforcing Human Rights for the World’s Poor”

You can link to the article here

http://www.ijm.org/foreignaffairs-article-01

I hope everyone is having a great summer

Van

Tags: IJM

As a reminder, we will host our next Watermark Justice/Dallas justice group lunch meeting on Thursday, May 27.

We will be joined by two special guests — our close partner and friend, Dr Celestin Musekura from ALARM — the African Leadership and Reconciliation Mission — and Dr. David Kasali from The Congo Initiative in Beni, Congo.  You have heard before from Celestin about our partnership with the lawyers and judges in the Congo and Burundi. 

This Thursday, you will hear from Dr Kasali about the university he chairs in Beni, Congo and the partnerships that university has established with lawyers in the US.  He will be joined by Arizona Court of Appeals Judge John Gemmill (I’m told we are only allowed to call him John) and Dallas lawyer Ben Chappell.  Ben and John are headed to Beni in July to teach at the University there.

Here are the details you need to know:

START TIME — 11:40am Sharp

Lunch from Potbelly’s.  You need to bring $6.00 each.  Cold hard cash only please. 

END TIME — 1:15pm at the latest

MEETING ROOM — the Assembly Room on the 3rd Floor of the Watermark 8 story tower.  Just walk into the tower and take the elevator to the 3rd floor.

PARKING: THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT — park ONLY in the West Lot facing LBJ Freeway.  That’s the one close to the soccer fields

Directions: Watermark is at 7540 LBJ Freeway.  Exit Hillcrest and you can’t miss Watermark on your right heading eastbound. 

Look forward to seeing everyone Thursday!

Please save the date and do all within your power to make the next meeting of the Dallas justice group. This has all of the makings of an important meeting. I’d encourage you to move other commitments to be with us.

Anyone and everyone can join us.  Feel free to bring a friend.

We will be joined by David Kasali of Beni, Congo and two of his US friends, one of whom is a justice on the Arizona Court of Appeals. Kasali leads the Congo Initiative.   http://www.congoinitiative.org/view.cfm?page_id=48

I’m hopeful that our great friend, Celestin Musekura, will also be in attendance. You know of Celestin’s faithfulness at ALARM but here is a link to his latest website.    http://alarm-inc.org/   We have some exciting trips and training opportunities planned with Celestin and ALARM.

Together, they will share news from Beni, Congo and Dr. Kasali’s Christian University there. We will hear about opportunities to partner with all of them towards justice in the Congo.

May 27, 2010
1140am–1:15pm
Watermark’s offices — specific room assignment to follow

Lunch with be provided for a nominal cost

Please RSVP to me (no rsvp, no lunch)

Finally, if you have a desire to travel with us to Africa in the coming 24 months, plan on staying afterwards for a short meeting to discuss our next travel plans and the steps you can be taking in the next 1 to 24 months to prepare yourself to go and serve there.

Tags: Africa, Congo, Connect