A stylized stack of stones forms the background for the text "Sacred Memory: Truth-Telling in an Age of Erasure," with event details for New Orleans, LA, October 15-17, 2026, below.

Alliance Of Baptists Inc

LXCL:Thanks to a generous grant from the Baugh Foundation, this is the cost for attendees.

General Admission

In Joshua 4, God commands the Israelites to gather stones from the Jordan River and build a memorial. Not for themselves, but for the generations to come. &quot;When your children ask, &#39;What do these stones mean?&#39;&quot; they are to tell the story. Sacred memory is the spiritual practice of truth-telling. In an age of book bans and unprecedented historical revisionism, people of faith are called to erect stones, to witness the stones of generations past, to hear the stories and tell the stories, to tell the truth and be shaped by it. And not to just rest there&ndash;but we practice in this way so that we may be moved to be a people of liberation and freedom.&nbsp;<img alt="" width="15" height="1" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NavPxMA-Vc5Qq0PS3tppGoMZ-h_AD0g1b4PbHTpuqo6KhrxZIdX_APHkQBQSYxIGuowjBL5-9gre4Cw3aSmap_I6edD6PGmNtB60a1SJ4Z33Q=s0-d-e1-ft#https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;">We&#39;ll be guided by <a fr-original-style="" href="https://xfotkipab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00156HPJ6HT3WENEBuZS8u5dqD1ag8W6XTou2rnsrAWV0PdTRbTNUqXKzSLFtpAAo5D7Gz5G-mPozZbek0677EkHrk_c1G4B7ylBAtxEgdS1GKuDh3y7uMVQsj2U_oTb1OYMrlakLlGFqMSQgt-41fbPURQVbTQXBFe&c=ZU-ZIvpInrnVlH9f9t_svcGFrcTaLnYZi0o8B-fDvwQ4iiSLECx61w==&ch=b56z6MpN8m-J3-RwCcsiYgRcNUrV2_eQFPV6RnsSSCMBQgwSMdsTAw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">2nd Line Tours</a>. The weekend will include a day trip to the &nbsp;Whitney Plantation, a nonprofit museum dedicated to telling the history of slavery on a former sugar, indigo, and rice plantation (1752&ndash;1975). Notably, Whitney is one of the only plantation museums in the South to center the lives and experiences of enslaved people. We encourage you to bring comfortable walking shoes, snacks, and water for the hour-long trip to the plantation.&nbsp; <a fr-original-style="" href="https://xfotkipab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00156HPJ6HT3WENEBuZS8u5dqD1ag8W6XTou2rnsrAWV0PdTRbTNUqXKzSLFtpAAo5D7Gz5G-mPozZbek0677EkHrk_c1G4B7ylBAtxEgdS1GKuDh3y7uMVQsj2U_oTb1OYMrlakLlGFqM0dy3BZ9eyHPhjm2fNBspO&c=ZU-ZIvpInrnVlH9f9t_svcGFrcTaLnYZi0o8B-fDvwQ4iiSLECx61w==&ch=b56z6MpN8m-J3-RwCcsiYgRcNUrV2_eQFPV6RnsSSCMBQgwSMdsTAw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">2nd Line Tours</a> will then guide us through the city of New Orleans and the invaluable contributions made by enslaved individuals to the city&rsquo;s economy, from enslaved labor to skilled artistry, and how free people of color played an essential role in shaping New Orleans&rsquo; identity. We will travel to and from each location via bus, but we encourage you to bring comfortable walking shoes. We will gather together at congregational partner St. Charles Ave. Baptist Church to debrief our time together. Thanks to a generous grant received from the Baugh Foundation, registration for this event is only $25 and includes the tours. Registration opens on August 3rd and closes on September 28th.

In Joshua 4, God commands the Israelites to gather stones from the Jordan River and build a memorial. Not for themselves, but for the generations to come. "When your children ask, 'What do these stones mean?'" they are to tell the story. Sacred memory is the spiritual practice of truth-telling. In an age of book bans and unprecedented historical revisionism, people of faith are called to erect stones, to witness the stones of generations past, to hear the stories and tell the stories, to tell the truth and be shaped by it. And not to just rest there–but we practice in this way so that we may be moved to be a people of liberation and freedom. <img alt="" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NavPxMA-Vc5Qq0PS3tppGoMZ-h_AD0g1b4PbHTpuqo6KhrxZIdX_APHkQBQSYxIGuowjBL5-9gre4Cw3aSmap_I6edD6PGmNtB60a1SJ4Z33Q=s0-d-e1-ft#https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" style="cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />We'll be guided by <a href="https://xfotkipab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00156HPJ6HT3WENEBuZS8u5dqD1ag8W6XTou2rnsrAWV0PdTRbTNUqXKzSLFtpAAo5D7Gz5G-mPozZbek0677EkHrk_c1G4B7ylBAtxEgdS1GKuDh3y7uMVQsj2U_oTb1OYMrlakLlGFqMSQgt-41fbPURQVbTQXBFe&amp;c=ZU-ZIvpInrnVlH9f9t_svcGFrcTaLnYZi0o8B-fDvwQ4iiSLECx61w==&amp;ch=b56z6MpN8m-J3-RwCcsiYgRcNUrV2_eQFPV6RnsSSCMBQgwSMdsTAw==" target="_blank">2nd Line Tours</a>. The weekend will include a day trip to the  Whitney Plantation, a nonprofit museum dedicated to telling the history of slavery on a former sugar, indigo, and rice plantation (1752–1975). Notably, Whitney is one of the only plantation museums in the South to center the lives and experiences of enslaved people. We encourage you to bring comfortable walking shoes, snacks, and water for the hour-long trip to the plantation.  <a href="https://xfotkipab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00156HPJ6HT3WENEBuZS8u5dqD1ag8W6XTou2rnsrAWV0PdTRbTNUqXKzSLFtpAAo5D7Gz5G-mPozZbek0677EkHrk_c1G4B7ylBAtxEgdS1GKuDh3y7uMVQsj2U_oTb1OYMrlakLlGFqM0dy3BZ9eyHPhjm2fNBspO&amp;c=ZU-ZIvpInrnVlH9f9t_svcGFrcTaLnYZi0o8B-fDvwQ4iiSLECx61w==&amp;ch=b56z6MpN8m-J3-RwCcsiYgRcNUrV2_eQFPV6RnsSSCMBQgwSMdsTAw==" target="_blank">2nd Line Tours</a> will then guide us through the city of New Orleans and the invaluable contributions made by enslaved individuals to the city’s economy, from enslaved labor to skilled artistry, and how free people of color played an essential role in shaping New Orleans’ identity. We will travel to and from each location via bus, but we encourage you to bring comfortable walking shoes. We will gather together at congregational partner St. Charles Ave. Baptist Church to debrief our time together. Thanks to a generous grant received from the Baugh Foundation, registration for this event is only $25 and includes the tours. Registration opens on August 3rd and closes on September 28th.

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Sacred Memory: Truth-Telling in an Age of Erasure

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$25