Prayer For Social, Personal Change

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Sep 08, 2006 12:00 am

LITCHFIELD â âAfrican-American Prayer for Social and Personal Change,â conducted by the Reverend Shelley D.B. Copeland, will be presented at Wisdom House on Saturday, September 23, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Using the Bible story of Zelophehadâs daughters, participants will experience African-American spirituality and see how praying passionately can change things personally as well as socially and globally.

A graduate of Yale University Divinity School, Rev Copeland is the executive director of Capital Region Conference of Churches. She is also a member of the ministry staff of Metropolitan AME Zion church in Hartford.

Fee for the program is $15, which includes lunch. This retreat is made possible through a grant from the Daughters of Wisdom.

For further information and to register call Wisdom House at 860-567-3163, send email to programs@WisdomHouse.org, or visit WisdomHouse.org.

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center is an interfaith center presenting programs in spirituality, education, and the arts. It offers hospitality for group meetings and specializes in service to the not-for-profit community. The center is a ministry of the Daughters of Wisdom.

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