Jan. 2 at MSH – Holy Cooperation! Conversation with Andrew McLeod

 

Holy Cooperation Book


Tonight the Mustard Seed House will be hosting activits and author Andrew McLeod in a reading and conversation of his book Holy Coopertation: Building Graceful Economies. The Event is free bu registration is required.  Register online

 

 

Andrew McLeod will present his debut book – Holy Cooperation: Building Graceful Economies, Wipf & Stock Publishers- exploring the intersection between Christian teachings and cooperative economics: The first followers of Jesus created a social structure based on democratic control of their collective resources, which were shared freely and voluntarily.

 

This style of organizing can also be found in the modern cooperative movement, which is made up of thousands of democratically controlled businesses serving millions of members worldwide. This movement touches the lives of nearly half of Americans, and has grown into a comprehensive economic system in other parts of the world.

This presentation will include concrete examples of how we can get beyond addressing symptoms of injustice and build a new economy with justice and liberty at its core.


Andrew works all over the West Coast through a couple of nonprofit agencies, the California Center for Cooperative Development and Northwest Cooperative Development Center.

Time Banking – Creating Social Change by Weaving Community

Time Banking – Creating Social Change by Weaving Community

At its most basic level, Time banking is simply about spending an hour doing something for somebody in your community. That hour goes into the Time Bank as a Time Dollar. Then you have a Time dollar to spend on having someone doing something for you. It’s a simple idea, but it has powerful ripple effects in building community connections.

Each Time Bank has a website where you list what you would like to do for other members. You look up Time Bank services online or call a community coordinator to do it for you. You earn Time Dollars after each service you perform and then you get to spend it on whatever you want from the listings.

With Time Banking, you will be working with a small group of committed individuals who are joined together for a common good. It connects you to the best in people because it creates a system that connects unmet needs with untapped resources. To see what happens each week when you are part of Time Bank is deeply fulfilling, especially if you are helping to make it run.