EPF chapters are regionally-based and work on local peace initiatives within their parish and communities as well as on national and international issues. Chapters sponsor and co-sponsor prayer and public witness such as peace vigils, liturgies, service projects and demonstrations. Don’t see a chapter in your area? Click here to learn more about beginning an EPF…
Monthly Archives: October 2009
NEWS from Hebron
Looking through a scope/Al Khalil/Hebron/ 23 October 2009 from Donna Hicks (co-convener, EPF Israel/Palestine Action Group Soldier tells students to move away from checkpoint A friend said that visualizing life in Hebron is “a bit like looking through a powerful telescope – I can see a lot, but different events and scenes are either crushed…
Nonviolence Tool Kit: Episcopal Heroes
Episcopalians who have inspired us with their lives of faithful nonviolence number in their many thousands, both here in the US and throughout the wider Anglican Communion. From clergy and laity struggling on a daily basis with poverty and violence in their own communities, to leaders of internationally recognized peace-movements, we can learn from their…
HOW TO CONDUCT NONVIOLENCE WORKSHOPS FOR Jr. & Sr. high
PEACE TOOL KIT for Middle and High Schoolers: Created by the Rev. Will Wauters for Camp Stevens in the Diocese of Los Angeles. (Facilitators – there are several exercises for each session, you can add or reduce the session. Please send your learnings to EPF – epfnational@ameritech.net) Session ONE: Theme: Introduction to Violence and Nonviolence…
Israel/Palestine Resources
Israel/Palestine Resources We look to our Presbyterian Brothers and Sisters and thank them for a wonderful resource called: Steadfast Hope Steadfast Hope is a collection offers an inspiring view of the activities currently being undertaken by Muslim, Jewish, and Christian peacemakers working for justice and reconciliation. It also gives helpful guidance on how your congregation…
Alternatives to War in Afghanistan
The following is an excerpt from David Cortright’s article as it appears in the National Catholic Reporter. The full text can be found here. The problems in Afghanistan cannot be solved by military means alone. Even General David Petraeus agrees with that. But what are the alternatives? The Obama administration has been re-evaluating U.S. policy…
News from Colorado: Conflict Resolution Month
The following is from the October Newsletter of the EPF Colorado Chapter. Find out more about the Colorado Chapter here www.epfcolorado.org Governor Bill Ritter has proclaimed October “Colorado Conflict Resolution Month.” There is an organization promoting conflict resolution (see their website at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102768617399&s=1&e=001uBs7vbK8xtwS0NR8n4d-4MPnp8bW2vUGPD7_57oqf_A0ig7J7EBpnqym5ypCF22bBULEzcNmWdELWwJKzz2VA4Lw-n_DP5onwY_E9CzExrM8B_6S8OSCjzVptOvXVPLq ), which invites organizations working for peace to hold events during the…
News from Colorado: Petition on Afghanistan War
The following is from the October Newsletter of the EPF Colorado Chapter. Find out more about the Colorado Chapter at www.epfcolorado.org Petition on Afghanistan War At the Leadership team meeting of your Colorado EPF chapter this weekend, there was discussion about how people of faith might respond to the escalating war in Afghanistan. This seemed…
Bulletin inserts celebrate legacy of peacemaker Bishop Paul Jones
October 12, 2009 [Episcopal News Service] In Episcopal Life Weekly bulletin inserts for Oct. 18, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, an independent organization of church members devoted to peace and justice work, celebrates the life and legacy of one of its founders, the Rt. Rev. Paul Jones, once Bishop of Utah, who was forced in 1918 to resign…
EPF National Executive Council Acts on Afghanistan
At its biannual meeting in Chicago, Oct. 1 – 3, the National Executive Council of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship formulated a statement of support for President Barack Obama’s rethinking of the counterinsurgency strategy for American troops in Afghanistan which he set in motion six months ago. Recent public remarks by the President suggest a growing lack of consensus within the Administration for a policy which would send 40,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan, as proposed by the U.S. commanding general for the counterinsurgency, Stanley McChrystal. The decision on this major troop build-up will be reached in the next few weeks.
