This is a Resource Group I led/facilitated at the 2009 General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indianapolis, Indiana entitled, "The future is 'at the hyphen.'" The Resource Group revolved around the Hispanic/Latino(a) experience in the United States, and how the Church is and/or is not responding to it. This was a great time of sharing, learning, and healing. Here is a description of the Resource Group: In English & en Español Coined by Justo Gonzalez, “at the hyphen” helps express the current state and future of Hispanic/Latino(a) people in the United States. Many Hispanic/Latino(a) children, youth, and adults born in the United States are struggling with their identity and language. Engage in a dialogue about this difficult, yet important topic. (“El dicho de Justo González “el futuro está en el guión” ayuda a expresar la condición presente y futura de la gente hispana/latina en los Estados Unidos. Muchos niños hispanos, jóvenes y adultos nacidos en los Estados Unidos están luchando con su identidad y lenguaje. Mantener un diálogo sobre este asunto difícil es un tópico importante.)

1. The future is “at the hyphen” El futuro est á “en el guión” Sponsor: Central Pastoral Office for Hispanic Ministries Rev. Samuel Robles Jr. Pastor & co-planter of Arise Christian Church

8. “ The Latino/a population is a polyculture combining a heterogeneous and multicolored group of people who have diverse ethnicities, languages, religions, and socioeconomic and educational status yet maintain distinctive features and principles that make them ‘one’ particular people.” (6) - Pastoral Care and Counseling with Latino/as by R. Esteban Montilla and Ferney Medina

15. Exodus 3:10-12 ( NIV) 10 “So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” 11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 12 And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain."

22. Let’s have some tiempo de dialogo .

23. Thank you! ¡Gracias! Dios les bendiga .