And What Does God Require? - Day on the Hill 2012

Tuesday March 20, 2012 — Register Now!

JRLC's Day on the Hill is our annual policy briefing and lobby day. Participants are briefed on portions of the JRLC agenda that are being debated and voted on at our State Capitol. Clergy and lay people from across the state attend Day on the Hill to show our interfaith commitment to social justice and to participate in the lawmaking process. Registration is required. Participants gather in the morning at RiverCentre in downtown St. Paul for inspiration and issue briefings. Buses then transport us to the Capitol for a short rally. Meetings are held with legislators in the afternoon. Buses shuttle between RiverCentre and the Capitol until 4 p.m.

Rev. Alika Galloway, Kwaanza Community Church, will be our keynote speaker. This year's theme, And What Does God Require?, comes from Deuteronomy 10: 12-13, 17-18:

So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord your God and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being... For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them with food and clothing.

Tentative Schedule

RiverCentre, 7th St. and Kellogg Ave, downtown St. Paul

8:30 Gathering, Registration, Breakfast

8:55 Welcome, Opening Prayer, About the Day

9:30 Keynote Speaker, Rev. Alika P. Galloway, Kwanzaa Community Church, Minneapolis

10:00 Issue Briefings Brian Rusche, JRLC and Marie Reigstad, Catholic Charities Office for Social Justice

10:30 District Table Discussion, Alison Killeen, JRLC, and District Leaders

11:15 Bus to the Capitol

Rotunda and State Capital Complex

11:45 2011 Interfaith Social Justice Awards

• iCAN Key Advocate of 2012 Award 
• 2012 Interfaith Social Justice Community Award 
• 2012 Lawrence D. Gibson Interfaith Social Justice Award

12:15 A Prayer for Justice

Afternoon Meetings with your legislators in Capitol or State Office Building

2:00 iCAN Key Advocate Caucus

3:15 Closing Action and Prayer

Drop off debriefing sheets and evaluation form and recycle name tags at front door of Capitol

4:00 Last shuttle back to RiverCentre

Shuttle Service: 17 school buses will begin departing RiverCentre at 11:15 to get all of us to the Capitol by 11:45. Look for the JRLC sign in the bus window. Two school buses will regularly shuttle between the front entrance of the Capitol and RiverCentre starting at 1:00 pm and the last shuttle departs from the Capitol at 4:00 pm.

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Last Year Day on the Hill was held Feb 17, 2011 — A Stronghold in These Times

850 participants joined us on February 17th, 2011 for our annual Day on the Hill. 

Our theme, "A Stronghold in These Times...," came from Psalm 9:9. This text gives us hope that in these troubled times, our work and the community we build as faithful citizens will help carry us through.  

Our 2011 Keynote Speaker was Father David McCauley, Interim Executive Director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference.  You can watch video of Father David McCauley here. You can also click here to hear Governor Dayton address our 2011 Day on the Hill attendees.