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Peacemaking Conference 2004 |
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Peacemaking Conference expands to embrace
justice concerns
Hunger, environment, economic justice added
to slate
by Jerry L. Van Marter,
Presbyterian
News Service
LOUISVILLE -- January 16, 2004 -- [posted
here 1-23-04] Alleviation of hunger,
environmental concerns and economic justice issues will be added to the mix
of issues to be explored at this year's erstwhile
Presbyterian
Peacemaking Conference.
The 2004
Presbyterian Peace and Justice Conference will take place Aug. 3-7 on the
campus of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA.
The
intergenerational conference is co-sponsored by the Presbyterian Peacemaking
Program, the Presbyterian Hunger Program, the Environmental Justice Program
and the Self-Development of People Program.
Questions posed in
advance publicity for the conference include:
 | What are our roles
as Christ's disciples in a time of global poverty, environmental
degradation, and warfare? |
| Are there enough
resources to fill every person's basic needs on a thriving earth?
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| Is it possible to seek justice and peace for all people
in our global economy? |
| How does our faith impact our choices as consumers and
residents of this earth? |
Stated goals of the
conference are to help "inform and inspire reverence for
God's sacred creation, passion for environmental and economic justice,
commitment to sustainable communities and lifestyles and peacemaking in
human communities and throughout God's world."
For more information
and registration materials, call 888-728-7228, ext. 5785, or visit the Web
site
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking/conferences/2004.htm.
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