Weekly Update from Melanie Peace Out: Week Thirty-One Stained glass detail, St. Andrew's-Birmingham, Alabama. A miniature city skyline of the Magic City is captured in exquisite detail in the bottom corner of the St. Andrew's memorial window in the Lady Chapel. Civil rights revisited -- Birmingham, Montgomery, Hayneville, and Selma, Alabama: a sobering pilgrimage, and […]
Peace Out: Week Thirty In a week made dark by mass murder by white supremacist gunmen, made even more painful by dishonest, complicit leadership in Washington, it is hard to be hopeful. Yet, we are called to pray, study and act to advance social justice. Join us this week as we reflect on a distant […]
Weekly Update from Melanie Peace Out: Week Twenty-Nine Stained glass window at St. Michael's, Barrington, IL, which hosted the Diocese of Chicago for an evening of peace and justice last week. OUR ALABAMA YEAR OF ACTION EVENT IS NEXT WEEK! AUGUST 9-10, 2019 MONTGOMERY AND HAYNEVILLE ROOM BLOCK EXPIRES TODAY: JULY 30! OUR AUGUST YEAR […]
Weekly Update from Melanie Peace Out: Week Twenty-Eight REGISTER NOW FOR OUR ALABAMA YEAR OF ACTION EVENT! AUGUST 9-10, 2019 ROOM BLOCK EXPIRES JULY 30! OUR AUGUST YEAR OF ACTION STOP IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER! Please join EPF for our next Year of Action event: our August 9-10 pilgrimage to Alabama and the National […]
Weekly Update from Melanie Peace Out: Week Twenty-Seven One of the most vital things EPF did this week was speak out against our country's policy of detaining asylum seekers. As did many around the U.S., we raised our voices and our hearts in unison to demand an end to human detention camps on Friday night […]
Weekly Update from Melanie Peace Out: Week Twenty-Six No Mistake: Cleveland Rocks! Members of Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland are ready to celebrate EPF's 80th Anniversary year with lots of action and energy! Details below. (Photo credit Pam Turos) THIS WEEK! Join us in Kalamazoo! Our next big stop for EPF's 80th Year of Action will be […]
Weekly Update from Melanie Peace Out: Week Twenty-Five Our next big stop for EPF's 80th Year of Action will be in Kalamazoo next week for the Province V Big Provincial Gathering! Join me and several members of EPF, including leadership: Bob Lotz, Rev. Kay Houck, Rob Burgess and Betsy Davidson. We'd love to see you […]
Weekly Update from Melanie Peace Out: Week Twenty-Four EPF's Year of Action continues with our August Pilgrimage to The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the National Legacy Museum in Montgomery, AL August 9, 2019. North Dallas EPF Chapter Convener Ron Damholt went on a pilgrimage in April to several sites significant to the […]
Peace Out: Week Twenty-Three EPF CHAPTER OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: FAITHFUL, NON-VIOLENT WAR RESISTERS This week took us from Winston-Salem, through Boone, Conover, and Hendersonville into Asheville, North Carolina. I was welcomed by our EPF Chapter of Western North Carolina at the glorious Cathedral of All Souls on Sunday afternoon for a mutual pep-rally, of […]
