Goals

− Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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- Dr. Seuss

Participants will:

Value each individual's perspective as an interpreter of our world and as a teller of our stories
Build and foster the ability to understand multiple perspectives
Develop the ethics of care and responsibility through the intimate and ethical process of representing others
Engage in the shared ministry of focusing—literally and figuratively—on the faces and narratives of congregation members
Grow and deepen their naturally compassionate souls
Engage joyfully in the creation of art
Learn more fully that there is no "objective" point of view
Learn how the fundamentals of photography translate to our way of living and interpreting the world more generally
Engage as leaders of a project that serves the greater congregation and affirms more deeply their place in interdependent, multigenerational, congregational life
Collaborate with peers
Experience the roles of photographer/artist and storyteller—visual and/or text—within a faith community

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Last updated on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.