About SCORR 2009
From the Director
Welcome to the Annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR)! It is a blessing to have you join us for this unique conference, which focuses on the needs of students from culturally diverse backgrounds on the Christian College campus.
At this conference you will have the opportunity to meet one another, fellowship, dialogue and pray together for a weekend. Our diverse cultures, customs, styles of worship, and the different perspectives that we bring all add to the richness that makes up the vitality in the Body of Christ. It is essential for us to interact with one another. As we grow in Christ, we also grow to know and better serve one another.
This year’s theme, “Repairers of the Breach” takes us to the passage in Isaiah 58. His Kingdom is diverse, where justice is a central and where all God’s children thrive.
Through our sessions and interactions with one another we seek to grow in our vision for social justice and compassion for all peoples. We all play a crucial role in the building of the Kingdom of God on earth.
Because inner transformation leads to faithful action, it is vital that we learn, dialogue, pray, and grow...together. It is our hope and prayer that through this conference, we may stimulate and encourage one another to embrace the challenges of interacting in a more meaningful way.
I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible. Let’s get ready for a time of discovery, fellowship and FUN!
For His Kingdom on earth,
Glen Kinoshita,
Director,
Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation
Purpose Statement
The purpose of the Annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation is to glorify God by empowering students to better face the challenges existing on their campuses, in their communities, and in society at large through multi-ethnic awareness and engaging in the active process of racial reconciliation. We believe that celebration of cultural differences and educating one another through multicultural dialogue is essential to the lifelong process of racial reconciliation.
The Annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation is a unique conference which focuses on the needs of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds who currently attend Christian colleges and universities. Students have the opportunity to meet one another, fellowship, dialogue and pray together for a weekend.
2009 Conference Theme
"Repairers of the Breach" (Isaiah 58:12)
Justice and Righteousness are themes that run throughout the book of Isaiah. In Chapter 58, themes of fasting, the Sabbath and true worship are the focus, as these practices, when void of a heart that honors God, become empty.
But true worship from the heart manifests itself in caring for the marginalized on the earth. “If you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul... then the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your soul in drought and strengthen your bones. You shall be like a watered garden like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.” What is the result of our lives as we “satisfy the afflicted soul”? “You shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; You shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets to dwell in.” (Is. 58:12).
As we serve the marginalized of our society, the Lord’s blessings will be manifest in us and through us. As we embark on the 13th annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation, let us focus our hearts and minds on honoring God who cares for the afflicted soul, and we will find our souls will be as a watered garden... we will be called the Repairers of the Breach in our broken world.
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