Peace and Justice Focus Group
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Peace and
Justice Focus Group was able to contribute to the life of the St.
Luke Community through the following activities and events.
· Information
and Letter writing table over a period of 6 weeks in
February and March covering topics such as Darfur, the war in Iraq,
torture, and global warming.
· Peace
Jam Participation with the High School Youth.
· St.
Luke hosted a meeting of ISAIAH with St. Luke participation.
· St.
Luke hosted Take Action Minnesota meeting with participation of many
St. Luke members.
· St.
Luke hosted Congregations Concerned for Children.
· Brought
the new Sanctuary Movement Pledge to Session. Session approved it.
· Many
speakers were brought to St. Luke through Peace and Justice. They
included 1)Kevin Winge of Open Arms regarding efforts here in the
Twin Cities as well as in Africa. 2) Chante Wolf of Veterans for
Peace, 3) Dick Lundy with the Center for Torture, 4) Stephen Miles
– Oath Betrayed
· Peacemakers
in Residence – Yody Moran from Peru, and David Andrews with
Presbyterian Peacemakers, spent 10 days with us speaking about the
need for economic and environmental justice. Peace and Justice
members as well as our pastor, Brad Froslee, arranged multiple
opportunities for presentations to St. Luke, to organizations and
schools St. Luke members are affiliated with, and to other
congregations within the Presbytery. Efforts were made to include
members of the Latin America Focus Group and Frank Babka was a part
of the planning and hosting. The Kirk family and the Keenan Family
hosted the Peacemakers in their homes.
· Actions
for Peace have been in the Challenge.
· We
ended the year by beginning to plan the trip to Washington D.C. with
Christian Peace Witness for Iraq.
· Peace
and Justice Education funds have been used to assist the
Environmental Focus Group in their efforts as well.
· Set
up and provided materials for Amnesty International Holiday Card
Campaign.
· Individual
members have been involved in peace rallies/protests, Every Church a
Peace Church, FOR, ISAIAH, Take Action Minnesota, Amnesty
International, MAPS, the Candle Light Service for the Children of
Iraq.
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