 | Worship—help
to provide worship that points to the reality of God’s peacegiving;
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| Prayer
and Bible Study— encourage the members of the congregation to
receive God’s peace in their own lives and, through prayer and
Bible study, to seek it for today’s world;
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| Language—
in worship, publications, and structures, use language that is
inclusive of females and males and avoids images that are
militaristic, hierarchical, biased, or pejorative, and encourage the
congregation to work for such peaceful language in all areas of
their lives; |
| Peacemaking
in Families and in the Congregation— enable and equip members
of the congregation to grow as peacemakers in their families, in the
congregation, and in the community, and value the rich diversity of
relationships and family configurations;
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| Children—
include children and youth within the congregation in all these
peacemaking ministries by teaching, by example, and by encouraging
their participation; encourage alternatives to toys of violence;
encourage and support peacemaking activities by young people in the
community; and work for just systems that will allow every child to
have a peaceful childhood; |
| Community
Ministries— help the congregation to work for social, racial,
and economic justice, to confront racism, discrimination against gay
and lesbian people, and all other forms of prejudice, and to work in
solidarity with people in the community who are caught in poverty,
homelessness, or hunger, hurt by unemployment, or burdened by other
problems; |
| Study
and Response to Indigenous People— support human rights and
economic justice efforts of and on behalf of indigenous people and
encourage the congregation to be open to lessons of peacemaking from
the cultures of indigenous people; |
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| Study
and Response to Global Issues— encourage the congregation to
support human rights and economic justice efforts in all areas of
the world; |
| Global
Security— help the congregation study global security
concerns, work for world-wide arms control, support alternatives to
military solutions to international and civil conflicts, and support
economic conversion from military to civilian production;
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| Making
Peace with the Earth— involve the congregation in efforts to
protect and restore the environment, and practice a lifestyle of
modest consumption; |
| Non-Violence—
encourage the congregation to oppose violence in its many
manifestations including individual forms of violence, such as
harassment and abuse; institutional violence, such as misuse of
power by police; and state-sponsored violence, such as capital
punishment and war; |
| Resistance—
acknowledge that “God alone is Lord of the conscience” and
respect and support individual and congregational acts of
non-violent non-cooperation and disobedience to injustice;
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| Receiving
the Peacemaking Offering— support financially the church-wide
peacemaking effort by receiving the Peacemaking offering and through
other means. |
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