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Presbyterian Peacemaking
Program Update
April 2, 2008
FROM THE
PEACEMAKING PROGRAM
ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE
2008
PEACEMAKING CONFERENCE
Sowing Mustard Seeds:
Working for God's Justice — Confronting Poverty
July 15-19, 2008
Chapman University - Orange, CA
This conference is intended to
deconstruct the multiple issues that connect and entwine to
sustain poverty in our communities and the world. It is designed
for participants who want an introduction and participants who
seek in-depth understanding and skill building. Peacemakers of
all ages will join in fellowship, learn, play and worship
together during this time for re-energizing and re-connecting
under the warm California sun!
http://www.pcusa.org/peacemaking/conferences/2008.htm
DIALOGUE ON ISSUES RELATED TO RACE
Many groups are
engaging in dialogues on issues related to race and racism, in
the aftermath of Barack Obama's speech.
Read the speech >>
EARTH DAY RESOURCES
The theme for
2008 is the interconnectedness of poverty and climate change.
HUNGER PROGRAM COORDINATOR SOUGHT
Applicants are
sought for the position of Coordinator of the Presbyterian
Hunger Program. This position requires exceptionally strong
staff management experience, teambuilding expertise and
strategic visioning. This coordinator will be responsible for a
budget of around $3.4 million, 5 full-time staff, and several
other staff members. For more information Contact
James.Thornton@pcusa.org.
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MODERN-DAY SLAVERY AND SWEATSHOPS IN THE FIELDS
The Coalition
of Immokalee Workers has launched a Petition Drive to End
Modern-Day Slavery and Sweatshops in the Fields.
Sign
the petition >>
Learn more about the
PC(USA) Campaign for Fair Food >>
GUN VIOLENCE
Join or start a
National Lie-in on April 16 with concerned citizens who believe
it is too easy to purchase guns in America. This initiative was
started by 32 women in Alexandria, Virginia who held a civil
protest to express outrage over the shootings that took place at
Virginia Tech. The group is not against hunters, guns for
private Protection or collectors of guns. They support
background checks for gun purchases and keeping guns out of the
hands of criminals.
More >>
More on the
need for gun control >>
MIDDLE EAST
Aid groups
report that the situation for Palestinians living in Gaza is the
worst it has been since 1967.
More >>
Stated Clerk
Clifton Kirkpatrick is among 28 Christian, Muslim and Jewish
leaders who sent a letter on March 20, 2008, to U.S. Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice, commending her "active support for
current diplomatic efforts led by Egypt to turn what was for
several days an informal, temporary and fragile cessation of
hostilities between Palestinian forces in Gaza and the Israeli
Defense Force into a formal, permanent and comprehensive
ceasefire covering Israel, Gaza and the West Bank."
More >>
Churches for
Middle East Peace will hold their
annual conference on April 20-22.
STOPPING
TORTURE
The National
Religious Coalition against Torture invites congregations to
join in a public witness against torture by
displaying a banner outside their place of worship during
Torture Awareness Month—June 2008.
More on torture >>
UPCOMING EVENTS
July 28–August
3
Peace and Justice Week at Ghost Ranch
August 4-10
Multicultural Institute at Ghost Ranch
The Rev. W.
Mark Koenig
Coordinator, Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
(502) 569-5936
(888) 728-7228 ext. 5936 (toll-free)
mark.koenig@pcusa.org
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REGISTER NOW for the
2008 Presbyterian Peacemaking
Conference
Sowing Mustard
Seeds: Working for God's Justice - Confronting Poverty
July 15-19, 2008
Orange, California
[3-12-08]
For complete information >>
Download a conference brochure >> (Adobe Acrobat Required)
Download a registration form >> (Adobe Acrobat
Required)
This conference was created to
deconstruct the multiple issues that connect and entwine in
sustaining poverty in our communities and the world.
It is designed for participants
who want an introduction to participants who are looking for
more in-depth understanding and skill building in confronting
poverty.
The Joining Hands Against
Hunger (JHAH) program, integral to the conference, builds
bridges of solidarity between presbyteries and churches in the
U.S. and networks of overseas churches, grassroots groups, and
nongovernmental organizations. During the morning segment called
"Living the Story," some JHAH partners will tell stories of what
and where change is happening and how conference participants
can engage to make a difference.
The Peacemaking conference is
an intentional intergenerational community of people who work
toward and hope for justice. People of all ages will fellowship,
learn, play, and worship together during this time for
re-energizing and re-connecting under the warm California sun!
The conference was created
through the collaborative efforts of the Presbyterian
Peacemaking and Hunger Programs, the Presbyterian Washington and
United Nations Offices, Mission Responsibility through
Investment, the Child Advocacy Office, and the Office on Small
Church and Community Ministry,
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Anuradha Mittal, executive
director of The Oakland Institute and a native of India, is an
internationally renowned expert on trade, development, human
rights and agriculture.
Roberto Jordan, president of
the Reformed Church in Argentina, is a member of the executive
committee of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and one of
the drafters of the Accra Confession.
Lisa Schirch is professor of
peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and program
director of the 3D Security Initiative, which promotes conflict
prevention and peacebuilding in U.S. security policymaking.
THEOLOGICAL REFLECTOR/ PREACHER
Mark Lomax chartered the First African Presbyterian Church,
the first unapologetically African-centered Christian witness in
the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He is interim dean at Johnson
C. Smith Theological Seminary and chair of the homiletics
department at the Interdenominational Theological Seminary.
MUSIC
Patrick Evans is an associate professor of the practice of
sacred music in the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale Divinity
School. A recent trip to Africa provided an exchange of learning
with church musicians and pastors from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda,
Burundi, and Sudan.
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Cindy Edwards is the radio host for a folk music show, a
guide for mountain biking and hiking tours and an avid
backpacker. Cindy calls the planet Earth home, but her photo
albums and journals live on Baranof Island in Sitka, Alaska.
CONCERT ARTISTS
Creative Planet School of the Arts is a charter school for
children in kindergarten through 8th grade. This group will
"amaze and inspire." They are based in Baldwin Park in Pasadena,
California.
WORKSHOPS
Topics will include Fair Food, Trafficking, Peacemaking,
Water Privatization, Child Soldiers, Living Wage and Minimum
Wage, Fair Trade, Immigration, Racism, Caring for Creation,
Sudan, Enough for Everyone, HIV/AIDS, Iraq, Nonviolent Social
Change, Extractives Industry, and Investments
THEOLOGICAL STUDENT WORKERS
Theological Student Workers (TSWs) are current theological
students who work behind the scenes to assist with worship
leadership, office tasks, and other duties. In exchange, TSWs
gather for theological reflection with the conference speakers,
General Assembly Staff, and other leaders. Application
deadline-April 11, 2008.
Click here for application form. (Adobe Acrobat
Required)
SCHOLARSHIPS
Limited funds are available for scholarships towards
registration costs for racial-ethnic persons, first-time
participants in a Peacemaking Program event, and young adult
participants. Application deadline-April 23, 2008.
Click here for application form. (Adobe Acrobat Required)
For complete information >>
From the Rev. W. Mark Koenig, Coordinator
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
(502) 569-5936
(888) 728-7228, ext. 5936 (toll-free)
mark.koenig@pcusa.org
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking
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Peacemaking Program Update
December 21, 2007
[12-21-07]
And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, 'Glory
to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom God
favors!
Luke 2:13-14
The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program staff
wishes you a blessed Christmas and prays that the coming year will see the
message of the angels, "on earth peace," more fully realized.
SUDAN AND DARFUR
The Sudan Advocacy Action Forum urges all
to call the White House Comment Line in support of legislation that will
protect state and local governments' rights to divest from companies that
help fund genocide in Darfur.
Thanks to you and hundreds of thousands of
other activists around the country, the Senate overwhelmingly approved the
Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA) last week, and Tuesday, the
House of Representatives followed suit.
President Bush has 10 days to sign the SADA
into law. Call the White House today and urge President Bush to do so.
In his first year in office, in the margins
of a memo on the Rwandan genocide, President Bush wrote, "Not on my watch."
Make sure he remembers his promise.
Call the White House Comment Line at
202-456-1111. Tell the staffer who answers the phone that you urge the
President to sign the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act and take all
steps necessary to implement it.
TORTURE, TERROR, AND SECURITY
Theological Considerations for Tomorrow's Leaders
February 3-5, 2008
Columbia Theological Seminary
All are welcome to attend this conference,
which is intended to: catalyze conversation in seminaries and colleges
around the issues to which the title points; help build a network of
concerned and informed faculty and students; and help generate a body of
resources to be shared by those who want to teach and learn about torture
and related concerns.
For more information
click here,
or contact Carol Wickersham at
CLWickersham@charter.net
Conference sponsors are Columbia
Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, No2Torture, Presbyterian
Peace Fellowship, Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, and Princeton
Theological Seminary.
GAZA
The December 2007 OCHA Special Focus by the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports:
"Since June 2007, in response to the Hamas take over of the Gaza Strip and
the on-going and indiscriminate firing of rockets into Israel, the
Government of Israel (GoI) has increased restrictions on access of goods and
people to and from Gaza. These have severe consequences for the day-to-day
life of the 1.48 million Gazans."
View the report at http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/Gaza_Special_Focus_December_2007.pdf.
This is a large file (1.5 Mb) and requires Adobe Acrobat to download.
The BBC reports on clashes near a
refugee camp inside Gaza.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7153426.stm
United Nations Organizations for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Territories (UN-OCHAOPT)
http://www.ochaopt.org/
OCHAOPT Fact Sheet on Gaza
http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/GazaStripHumanitarianFactSheet_2007_11_28.pdf
(requires Adobe Acrobat)
B'tselem on Gaza
http://www.btselem.org/English/Gaza_Strip/
INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF
BETHLEHEM (ICB)
The ICB offers Christmas greetings and
stories about their ministries and the situation in Bethlehem.
http://www.annadwa.org/
CONTRIBUTE TO THE PEACEMAKING OFFERING
https://www.pcusa.org/give/online/projectSelectAction.do?numberString=PM999999
The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Coordinator Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
General Assembly Council
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 569-5936
(888) 728-7228, ext. 5936 (toll-free)
mark.koenig@pcusa.org
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking
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Selections from the Peacemaking Update, 9 June
2007
[6-13-07]
2007 PEACEMAKING INTERGENERATIONAL CONFERENCE
Jesus: Proclaiming Peace
July 3-8 Montreat, NC
Online registration is closed. Please call Dayna Oliver at 888-728-7228,
ext. 8700 to register.
STOPPING TORTURE
Torture Awareness Month is June 2007
Senate
Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Restore Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo
Detainees
Day
of Action to Restore Law and Justice
Tuesday, June 26 Washington, DC
The National Religious Campaign against Torture is among the sponsors
of a rally and lobby-day to end torture and secret prisons, to restore
due process and fairness to treatment of detainees, and to reform the
abuses of the Military Commissions Act by enacting the Restoring the
Constitution Act.
Spotlight on Torture
The National Religious Campaign Against Torture has arranged for DVD
copies of "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" to be available, on a first come, first
served basis, to 950 congregations during the week of October 21-28.
SUDAN Advocacy Works!
The Sudan Advocacy
Action Forum reports that China's newly appointed special envoy, who is
dedicated to the Darfur crisis, wants Sudan to do more to help put a
peacekeeping plan in place in the war-ravaged region, a Chinese Foreign
Ministry official said.
But right now ... Help is needed in the US
Senate
| An urgent message from the Save Darfur
Coalition We need your
help. It's been two months since we first wrote you about
an important bill that would help end the violence by empowering
states to divest their pension funds from companies that help
fund the genocide in Darfur.
Unfortunately, this crucial bill is stuck in the Senate
Banking Committee. We need your help to push it through to a
vote ASAP.
When lives are being lost, two months is far too long to sit
on such an important bill!
Please click here now to send
your letter asking
Senator Dodd to use his position as Chair of the Senate Banking
Committee to make sure the Sudan Divestment Authorization Act
comes to the Senate floor for a vote without further
delays.
Fifteen courageous states have already passed their own
divestment policies in an effort to stop the violence in Darfur.
The Sudan Divestment Authorization Act would protect these and
other states' rights to divest from challenges by the National
Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), an organization which has already
successfully challenged Illinois' divestment policy and aims to
challenge others.
We can't afford to let the NFTC play this game any longer -
too many lives are at stake. Our government should be doing
everything in its power to encourage the states to help
fight the violence, not prevent them from acting!
Click here now to urge Senate
Banking Committee Chair Dodd to stop delaying and send the Sudan
Divestment Authorization Act to the Senate floor for a vote
immediately!
Once you've sent your message, please help us spread the
word by forwarding this message to your friends, family and
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Raise Issues about
Sudan and Darfur in the Upcoming Presidential Election
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Memo by email, send a request to
mkoenig@ctr.pcusa.org
The Rev. W. Mark Koenig, Coordinator
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
100 Witherspoon St., #3231
Louisville, KY 40202
888-728-7228, ext. 5936
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Peacemaking Update
4 April 2007
[4-4-07]
This update contains a link to an Advocacy Alert from the
Washington Office and focuses on Martin Luther King, Jr's. speech, "Beyond
Vietnam" and links related to the war in Iraq.
April 4 and 5 have been designated National Call In Days on Immigration
Reform
For
more information and to contact your representatives in Washington >>
Martin Luther King forty years ago:
Calling for an end to that war – and for "a true revolution of
values"
Exactly forty years ago today (and one year before his assassination),
Martin Luther King, Jr. preached to Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside
Church, in a speech entitled "Beyond Vietnam." His words speak to our
present situation:
There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile
connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I, and others, have
been waging in America. A few years ago there was a shining moment in that
struggle. It seemed as if there was a real promise of hope for the
poor-both black and white-through the poverty program. There were
experiments, hopes, new beginnings. Then came the buildup in Vietnam and I
watched the program broken and eviscerated as if it were some idle
political plaything of a society gone mad on war, and I knew that America
would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of
its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and
skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube. So I was
increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to
attack it as such.
I am as deeply concerned about our own troops there as
anything else. For it occurs to me that what we are submitting them to in
Vietnam is not simply the brutalizing process that goes on in any war
where armies face each other and seek to destroy. We are adding cynicism
to the process of death, for they must know after a short period there
that none of the things we claim to be fighting for are really involved.
Before long they must know that their government has sent them into a
struggle among Vietnamese, and the more sophisticated surely realize that
we are on the side of the wealthy, and the secure, while we create a hell
for the poor.
We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented
society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit
motives and property rights, are considered more important than people,
the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are
incapable of being conquered.
A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on
the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it
will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West
investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa, and South America, only to
take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the
countries, and say, 'This is not just'* A true revolution of values will
lay hands on the world order and say of war, 'This way of settling
differences is not just.'
Let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter-but
beautiful-struggle for a new world. This is the calling go God's children,
and our sisters and brothers eagerly wait for our response. Shall we say
the odds are too great? Shall we tell them the struggle is too hard? Will
our message be that the forces of American life militate against their
arrival as full human beings, and we send our deepest regrets? Or will
there be another message, of longing, of hope, of solidarity with their
yearnings, of commitment to their cause whatever the cost? The choice is
ours, and though we might prefer it otherwise, we must choose in this
crucial moment of human history.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (Adobe
Acrobat Required)
A YouTube Video
Using Dr. King's Words and Contemporary Images
Use the Presbyterian Washington
Office's CapWiz to Contact Elected Officials
PC(USA) Statements on
Iraq and Other PC(USA) Resources
Prayers for Those Affected by the War in Iraq Based on the Creation
Story in Genesis 1 and 2 (Adobe Acrobat Required)
A Resource to
Help Congregations Discuss Issues around the Conflict with Iraq (Adobe
Acrobat Required)
Caring for Those Serving in the Military and Their Families
PC(USA) Office
of Racial Justice and Advocacy
The King Center
Where evil throws its weight around,
The Christ rose up to bring it down!
We too must stand on the side of life
and practice love to end the strife.
If the world is to be a blessed place,
We together must run this Christian race.
Say, "Glory, glory, glory."
Say, "Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu!"
Peace!
Presbytery of Coastal Carolina
Sacraments and Seasons:
Peacemaking through Worship Volume III
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Associate for Resources and Publications
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
100 Witherspoon St., #1624
Louisville, KY 40202
888-728-7228, ext. 5936
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking
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Peacemaking Update
22 January 2007
[1-23-07]
REGISTRATION AVAILABLE
2007
Peacemaking Program Intergenerational Conference
Jesus: Proclaiming Peace
July 3-8
Montreat, North Carolina
ECUMENICAL ADVOCACY DAYS
March 9-12
CHRISTIAN WITNESS FOR
PEACE IN IRAQ
March 16
Washington, D.C.
Worship at the National Cathedral at 7:00 PM
Candlelight procession to the White House
Prayer vigil and witness for peace in Iraq
Pre-witness workshops and training
Post-witness organizing and strategizing
ACTION ALERT
Iraqi Refugees
The displacement of Iraqis from Iraq is now the fastest-growing refugee
crisis in the world. The UN estimates that nearly 2 million Iraqis have fled
violence in
NEW ON THE PEACEMAKING PROGRAM WEB PAGE
O God, Each Day You
Bless Us
A Hymn for the Commitment to Peacemaking by Carolyn Winfrey
Gillette
Of Hope and
Prayer
A Reflection by Peggy Thomas
NEW PEACEMAKING PROGRAM RESOURCE
Guidelines
for Presbyterians During Times of Disagreement *
Pocket Size Version
ECO-JUSTICE
Churches across the country are being encouraged to discuss the links
between race and environment. A recently published resource from the
National Council of Churches USA (NCC), "Environmental Racism: An Ecumenical
Study Guide," is available to congregations for use in their church
education programs.
Click
here to download the resource. Free registration is
required.
IMMIGRATION
New legislation is being drafted by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and John
McCain (R-AZ) and Representatives Jeff Flake ( R-AZ) and Luis Gutierrez
(D-IL).
Ask
your elected officials to support compassionate immigration legislation.
PCUSA Resources on Immigration
IRAQ
Statements by the Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of the
General Assembly on the "surge" of troops to Iraq.
Department of Defense
Remember Those
Serving in the Military and the Families
Implementing the
Commitment to Peacemaking in a Time of War
The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Associate for Resources and Publications
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
100 Witherspoon St., #1624
Louisville, KY 40202
888-728-7228, ext. 5936
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking
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Peacemaking Update
13 January 2007
[1-17-07]
REGISTRATION AVAILABLE
2007
Peacemaking Program Intergenerational Conference
Jesus: Proclaiming Peace
July 3-8
Montreat, North Carolina
CHRISTIAN WITNESS FOR PEACE IN IRAQ
March 16
Washington, D.C.
Worship at the National Cathedral at 7:00 PM
Candlelight procession to the White House
Prayer vigil and witness for peace in Iraq
Pre-witness workshops and training
Post-witness organizing and strategizing
NEW ON THE PEACEMAKING PROGRAM WEB PAGE
PeaceNotes Winter
2007 Issue
Leadership
Memo Winter 2007 Issue
If you would like to receive PeaceNotes or Leadership
Memo by email, send an email to
mkoenig@ctr.pcusa.org. Files are created in a resolution for reading
online rather than printing.
NEW FROM PRESBYTERIAN WASHINGTON OFFICE
November-December 2006
Wrap-up
CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY
The Children’s Defense Fund has announced a proposal to provide all children
in the United States with access to health care, including the more than 9
million children who are currently uninsured.
ECO-PALMS PROJECT
The PC(USA) Enough for Everyone Office announces the Eco-Palms Project that
provides sustainably harvested palm branches for Palm Sunday. March 14 is
the last date to an
order in time for Palm Sunday 2007 (April 1).
FAIR FOOD
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers announces
a major mobilization for farmworker
justice, April 13-14, 2007, in the greater Chicago area.
- Major rally outside McDonald's global headquarters in Oak Brook, IL,
Friday, April 13.
- Carnival and Parade for Fair Food, Real Rights, and Dignity
- Saturday, April 14, in downtown Chicago.
GENEROSITY SUNDAY
April 15, 2007
The Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP), an interfaith
organization has designated April 15 as Generosity Sunday a day to focus on
NSP’s Generosity Strategy for Homeland Security and National Defense: The
Global Marshall Plan.
Under the Global Marshall Plan the US would take the lead
but also try to involve the other G-8 countries in an effort to have each
country dedicate 5% of its GDP each year for the next twenty years to
eliminate poverty, homelessness, hunger, inadequate education, inadequate
health care and to repair the global environment.
IMMIGRATION
New
legislation is being drafted by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and John
McCain (R-AZ) and Representatives Jeff Flake ( R-AZ) and Luis Gutierrez
(D-IL). Ask your Senators and Representative to support compassionate
immigration legislation.
PCUSA Resources on Immigration
IRAN
Words, Not War Campaign
Sign a statement calling for direct talks with Iran.
IRAQ
Department of Defense
How Many
Deaths in Iraq Before U.S. Churches Say Enough?
Robert Parham, Executive Director of the Baptist Center for Ethics
Remember Those
Serving in the Military and the Families
Implementing the
Commitment to Peacemaking in a Time of War
MINIMUM WAGE
The House of Representatives has now raised the federal minimum wage to
$7.25 per hour, which will take effect over 2 years, starting 60 days after
the President signs the bill. Now,
the
attention of minimum wage advocates turns to the Senate, where the
effort to give America’s workers a raise will be more complicated.
NONVIOLENCE
Christian
Obedience in a Nuclear Age, a policy statement adopted by the 200th
General Assembly, considers nonviolent resistance. The statement includes a
study guide. (Adobe Reader required)
NUCLEAR THREAT
Complex 2030
Write a Letter about Complex
2030
STOPPING TORTURE
No2 Torture Gathering
in Southern California, January 19-20
Covenant Presbyterian Church (near LAX)
SUDAN
New Update from
Sudan Advocacy Action Forum
UN
envoy travels to Darfur for talks to help kick-start political process
Sudan backs deployment of hybrid peacekeeping force in Darfur * UN
UPCOMING EVENTS
WEEK OF PRAYER
FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
Breaking the Silence
January 18-25
World Council of Churches
Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious
Institute
2007 Southeast Regional Conference
Presbyterians for Restoring Creation
St. Simon’s Island, GA
February 15-17
Making a Difference:
Working towards positive changes in Palestine, Israel and the Middle East
Regional Sabeel Conference
February 16-17, 2007
St. Joseph Center
Cleveland, Ohio
2007 Congressional Accompaniment Project Tour to Israel/Palestine
March 31 to April 10
Contact Sue & Darrell Yeaney at
sue-dy@avalon.net or 319-354-7877.
2007 Ecumenical Advocacy Days
"and How are the Children?"
March 9-12
Washington, DC
Information is now available at
http://www.advocacydays.org/
Peace and Justice Week
July 30 to August 5
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, NM
NEW PEACE AND JUSTICE PROGRAM AREA LINKS
Child Advocacy
Office
Mission Responsibility Through
Investment
Presbyterian Health, Education and
Welfare Association
Presbyterian Peacemaking
Program
Presbyterian
United Nations Office
Presbyterian Washington Office
The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Associate for Resources and Publications
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
100 Witherspoon St., #1624
Louisville, KY 40202
888-728-7228, ext. 5936
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking
To learn more, visit
http://www.pcusa.org/peacemaking/
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A major
Ghost Ranch event this summer!
July 28 - August 3, 2008
Paths toward Peace and Justice:
Spirituality, Earth-Care, and the Prophetic Word in a time of
Violence
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BECOMING NEIGHBORS:
An Invitation
to Global Discipleship
A Witherspoon conference
on global mission and justice
September 16 - 19, 2007
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Terror, Torture,
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