Benediction

A Liturgy of Loss and Hope

Kathleen Heideman, poet
Michael Waite, songwriter, musician
Rochelle Dale, Jan Zender, Cynthia Pryor – Yellow Dog Watershed residents
Nancy Railey, classical pianist
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community – invited guests
Tesshin Paul Lehmberg, Soto Zen Buddhist priest
Jon Magnuson, Lutheran ELCA pastor,
and leaders from our region’s faith communities

Saturday October 18th

12pm – 1pm: Triple AAA Rd., adjacent to Eagle Mine
Meet at 11am at Big Bay Outfitters in Big Bay
For directions: savethewildup.org

7pm – 8pm: A candlelight service at Messiah Lutheran Church
305 W. Magnetic St., Marquette, MI

Since 2004, Marquette County has been dramatically transformed by the international mining industry’s introduction of a sulfide (nickel) mine in Powell Township. Jobs have been created but habitat altered, wetlands and forests destroyed. Family homes, once remote, are now shadowed by trucks, bulldozers, noise, and lights.

Benediction will be a quiet, reverent time for community members who wish to mourn. And recommit to preserve what is left of our beloved land and her peoples.

Sponsored by: Concerned Clergy of Marquette

For information: plehmber@nmu.edu / 906-226-6407 or
jonwmagnuson@gmail.com / 906-360-5072