Church of
the Holy Apostles
welcomes
COURTNEY COWART
church historian and
author
speaking on service
activism and her new
book,
An American
Awakening:
From Ground Zero to
Katrina
The People We Are Free to
Be
a memoir of dramatic
experiences
linked to social
commentary
Tuesday, October 7
7:00 pm
An adult education series
on service activism and
book discussion continue
Tuesday, October 14 and
21 at 7pm
Presented in “Mission
House 1”
following the 6:15pm Holy
Eucharist
Church of the Holy
Apostles
296 9th Ave. @ 28th St.
www.holyapostlesnyc.org
Cowart was on the staff
of Trinity Wall Street on
September 11, 2001, and
helped organize the 24/7
volunteer ministry to
recovery workers at St.
Paul’s Chapel. In 2005,
she was called to
Louisiana to organize the
post-Hurricane Katrina
disaster response for the
Episcopal Church. Cowart
describes as service
activism the efforts of
growing numbers of people
of faith “to expand
generosity’s reach and
power to meet need in
forgotten, forbidding
places, or in response to
brutally violent
situations.” An
American Awakening is
summarized by her
publishers at Seabury
Books in this way:
Cowart’s new book is a
memoir of dramatic
experiences linked to
social commentary. She
thinks and writes her way
into a new understanding
of what religious faith
requires not just when
disaster strikes but in
relation to the
structural inequities
that limit the
opportunities for
millions of Americans.
There is an army of
volunteers ready to help,
and they are becoming
more visible, more
organized, and reaching,
in her words, “critical
mass.” They are linked by
websites, e-mail, and by
similar views,
aspirations, and
volunteer experiences. In
the shadow of a
presidential election,
she ponders the ways that
the disparate army can be
made even more visible
and united.
Please join us to hear
this compelling guest and
her timely presentation
on October 7 and then for
two follow-up discussions
of service activism on
subsequent Tuesdays,
October 14 and October
21, at 7:00pm. Those
who wish to purchase a
copy of An American
Awakening at the
discounted price of
$21.50, should speak to
Father John Denaro or
email him at jdenaro@holyapostlesnyc.org.
