Do Justice. Dismantle Violence. Strive to be Peacemakers.
The following article is by Lisa Wangsness and first appeared on June 17 on Boston.com. The full article can be found here.
In a gesture borne of frustration and faith, a group of clergy from across Boston gathered in the City Council chamber yesterday to ask God for peace on the city’s streets.
“The violence in [...]
– June 23, 2010
This article by Martin N. Sison of the Anglican Journal was featured on June 7 in Episcopal Life Online. Click here for the entire article.
[Anglican Journal] Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Suheil Dawani on June 5 urged members of General Synod to continue the Anglican Church of Canada’s support for the peace process in the [...]
– June 17, 2010
[June 2, 2010] Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has sent a letter to United States President Barack Obama “to express deep concern for the circumstances surrounding Israeli forces’ interception of a flotilla of ships bound for the Gaza Strip earlier this week.”
In today’s letter, Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori noted, “The [...]
– June 2, 2010
The National Executive Council of EPF is supporting an economic and commercial boycott of products linked to oppression of Palestinian people and occupation of their land. As we struggle with what this means we recommend several starting places: First please read the Episcopal Peace Fellowship statement on [...]
– May 28, 2010
Prayers for Peace in the Middle East
Sustain together in undiminished hope, O God of hope,
those who continue to labor with undiminished determination
to build peace in the land from which, of old,
out of brokenness, violence and destruction,
nevertheless hope emerged for so many of faith. . . .
Bless all the spiritual seed of [...]
– May 27, 2010
North East
The Peace Center
102 West Maple Avenue
Longhorne, PA 19047-2820
Ph. 215-750-7220
215-750-9237
Peace Weavers
Thunder Mountain ·
Crouse Road, Bath NY 14810 ·
607-776-4060
www.peaceweavers.com
South East
Washington Peace Center
1801 Columbia Road NW
Suite 104
Washington, DC 20009
Ph. (202) 234-2000
Fax (202) 234-7064
Email: wpc@igc.org
www.washingtonpeacecenter.org
Jubilee Peace Center
Raleigh Mennonite Church
Steve Derthick, Director
PO Box 11282
1116 North Blount St
Raleigh NC 27604
Phone 919-833-2891
E-mail jubileepc@aol.com
Mid West
Jubilee [...]
– May 18, 2010
From Creating a Culture of Peace
As Episcopalians living at the start of the 21st Century, we can clearly identify the prophetic voice of Christ as a source of inspiration and encouragement in our own faith tradition. The Episcopal Church, and wider Anglican Communion, inspires us to be nonviolent peacemakers in all areas of our lives [...]
– May 18, 2010
Peace fellowship supports economic
sanctions for Middle East peace
Divestment strategy ‘dangerously unhelpful,’ Washington bishop says
By Matthew Davies, May 12, 2010
[Episcopal News Service] The National Executive Council of Episcopal Peace Fellowship has issued a statement in support of economic sanctions and divestment strategies that it believes “can inspire a more useful dialog and negotiation [...]
– May 12, 2010
A Book Review from NPR.org
Before writing his new book, The War Lovers, Evan Thomas, the assistant managing editor of Newsweek magazine, spent three years researching an event a century removed from his day job: the 1898 Spanish-American War. But he did so, he says, because of similarities he perceived between the [...]
– April 27, 2010
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– April 9, 2010
Iraq, Thousands Dead, $747.3
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Today is the 7th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of the Iraq War.
There’s a temptation as we begin to end our combat presence in Iraq to search for a happy ending. But there has been no ‘victory’ in Iraq. We [...]
– March 19, 2010
Cecelia Lynch, Associate Professor, Political Science, School of Social Sciences, Director, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies and EPF member
“The sound rose up and spread across the rooftops of the old city, a deep, guttural, Biblical sound—the sound of souls wailing by the thousands.” This is not a description of post-earthquake Haiti, but a piece [...]
– March 1, 2010
Why Christians choose to witness publicly for peace
We at Christian Peace Witness for Iraq believe that public prayer and witness change us and change the world. Research shows that people who take action for peace have more hope during bleak times. Amid all our activities, can we find time to speak out, to give [...]
– February 1, 2010
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 together or [...]
– October 23, 2009
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 [...]
– October 23, 2009
Community Peace Tool:
STEPS TO AN INTERGENERATIONAL, MULTIFAITH, MULTICULTURAL, CREATIVE PEACE PROJECT by Sophia Woods, Order of St. Helena
What this is all about?: You want to increase peace in your community. So begin where you are with the people you know and some you would like to know. Be simple and forthright about your desire for [...]
– October 23, 2009
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 can [...]
– October 22, 2009
Please include Peace Prayers in Prayers of the People every Sunday and especially the Sunday closest to Armistice Day, November 11th. Armistice is a cessation or suspension of hostilities by mutual consent. On this day in 1939, the Rev. John Nevin Sayre and others founded the Episcopal Peace Fellowship to pray, study and work for [...]
– October 2, 2009
The Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) is a national organization connecting all who seek a deliberate response to injustice and violence and want to pray, study and take action for justice and peace in our communities, our church, and the world. We are called to do justice, dismantle violence, and strive to be peacemakers. Become a peacemaker.
EPF Staff [...]
– September 28, 2009
The EPF invites you to become peacemakers. Members are asked to commit to the following pledge, stay connected, and help to build this vital organization. Make a contribution and become a member. Learn more about EPF.
Commitment Pledge:
In loyalty to the person, teaching, and person of Jesus Christ, my conscience commits me to the way of [...]
– September 24, 2009
EPF Links and Resources
Community Organizing
Death Penalty
Israel/Palestine
Iran
Iraq
Millennium Development Goals
Nonviolence
Nuclear Abolition
EPF Links and Resources
EPF’s Tool Kits for Peace & Justice Ministry
Liturgical Resources – EPF has created various resources to interweave peace into your prayers. Explore them by visiting the above link.
Summary of Anglican/Episcopal statements on peace & nonviolence
Practicing Peace by Kerry Walters – Referencing scripture, Kerry Walters illuminates [...]
– September 24, 2009
