Saturday, April 20 | 4 - 6:30pm

Precious Blood Renewal Center

Clay Countians for Inclusion presents Story Table featuring First Nations People. As we share a meal, we create a safe space for unheard stories. The audience becomes silent but invested Witnesses of the Storytellers. On this day the Storytellers are Native Americans. We listen, learn, and discover new perspectives as we see through the eyes of others. 

Saturday, April 27 | 10am - 2pm

The Oasis Church International

The Trauma Informed Care Model has (ACE’s) Adverse Childhood Experiences as one component, and there are others such as Adverse Community Experiences, Adverse Cultural Experiences, now we consider Adverse Church Experiences.  A churches silence on racism and sometimes complicity has an impact. Understanding how racism in America has been traumatizing and continues through past and current experiences, is an important aspect of helping others heal inside the church as well as in the community.

Wednesday, May 15 | 6 - 8pm

St. Luke's United Methodist Church

Guests will experience writing laments about areas of justice that grieve them and then share with a partner. We will discuss the lament experience as a large group and spend time in corporate prayer on specific justice areas and in general areas as we seek God’s heart for direction on how and where to take actions of justice.

Saturday, May 18 | 6 - 8:30pm

Crosspoint Community Church

The New Song Café is a time for multiethnic Believers to worship God in unity, in their own individual expressions to bring Him glory. The celebration of Believers of all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities coming together to worship our Lord is a prelude to what we read about in Revelations, a time when people of all tribes and tongues and nations will celebrate together the awesomeness of our God. The New Song Café will feature 3-4 musicians, singers, spoken word artists, and praise dancers as the café is hosted in different churches across the metro area.

Wednesday, June 26 | 6 - 8pm

Focus group with Black teens to hear their thoughts, concerns, and ideas about racial justice in the Church. Participants and audience members will be comprised of POC (People of Color) only to create a safe space for authentic expression. 

Saturday, September 14 | 4 - 6:30pm

Precious Blood Renewal Center

The Story Table, sponsored by the Clay Countians for Inclusion, gives a voice to those who have been marginalized and oppressed. It provides a platform for people to shape the narrative of their own history. This is especially important in a world where voices and stories of people of color have historically been excluded and unheard. Black and Biracial women will be bearing witness through personal testimony of the barriers they have broken through and how they conquered hidden agendas that were designed to keep them from thriving. “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” Audre Lorde, professor, author and poet.

Saturday, September 21 | 6 - 7:30pm

Casa de Albanza

The New Song Café is a time for multiethnic Believers to worship God in unity, in their own individual expressions to bring Him glory. The celebration of Believers of all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities coming together to worship our Lord is a prelude to what we read about in Revelations, a time when people of all tribes and tongues and nations will celebrate together the awesomeness of our God. The New Song Café will feature 3-4 musicians, singers, spoken word artists, and praise dancers as the café is hosted in different churches across the metro area.

Wednesday, April 30 | 6:30-8:30pm

William Jewell College: Yates-Gill Student Union

Clay Countians for Inclusion presents Story Table: Building Bridges, from Campus 2 Community. Share with us in a night to witness the lives experiences of multicultural students from William Jewell College. This event is a celebration of our shared humanity and an opportunity to build bridges across generations and cultures. We learn as we listen.