Dear Friends,

Starting Sunday, February 22, our Trinity Response Team will have a table set up at the back of the sanctuary. On March 11, a Trinity team plans to travel to Columbus to meet with our state representatives, including Josh Williams. District 44 Rep. Williams is well known in his district and throughout Ohio for the House Bills that are oppressive to our neighbors. At the TRT table, we will have prewritten letters addressing Rep. Williams asking him to withdraw support from the following bills:

House Bill 26, Enact Protecting Ohio Communities Act (anti-immigrant)
House Bill 155, Prohibit Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Schools
House Bill 190, Enact the Given Name Act (anti-LGBTQIA+)
House Bill 200, Enact the America First Act (anti-immigrant)
House Bill 281, Regards Hospitals and Enforcement of Federal Immigration law (anti-immigrant)
House Bil 544, Expand the Offense of Obstructing Justice (anti-immigrant)
House Bill 693, Enact the Affirming Families First Act (anti-LGBTQIA+)

Our plan is to hand-deliver these letters signed by you on March 11. If this type of activism is something you are drawn to, please consider saving the date and joining us for our Community Engagement Lunch and Learn next week after service (March 1).

Grace and peace,

George Benson
Director of Community Engagement