Events

Chronological listing of conferences, holidays, days of remembrance and other important dates

February 20-22, 2009 
Making Our Activism Smarter and Thriving Personally
Bangor, PA
Sponsored by Kirkridge Retreat Center

February 23-27, 2009
Dialogue for Peaceful Change - Creating Pathways for Overcoming Divison
Carefree, AZ
Sponsored by Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center

March 5-8, 2009 
Creating a Culture of Peace For Vets, Family & Friends
Bangor, PA
Sponsored by Kirkridge Retreat Center

March 12-15, 2009
Creating a Culture of Peace
Bangor, PA
Sponsored by Kirkridge Retreat Center

March 13-16, 2009
"Enough for All Creation" - Ecumenical Advocacy Days for
Global Peace and Justice
Washington, DC
ELCA is one of many co-sponsors

March 14, 2009
Blessed Brutalities: The Religious Origins of American Violence
Lancaster, PA
Sponsored by Preaching Peace

March 23-27, 2009
National Youth Violence Prevention Week

March 27-29, 2009 
There Shall be No Poor Among You
Bangor, PA
Sponsored by Kirkridge Retreat Center

March 29, 2009
Lutheran Witness in Palestine: Grace
under Pressure
Washington, DC
For more information contact Amy Acland
at the Metro DC Synod Office.

April
National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April 15
On Being a Peace Church Seminar
Grantham, PA
Sponsored by Preaching Peace

April 24-26, 2009
Ghandi, King, Day & Merton:
Peacemaking Ancestors
Bangor, PA
Sponsored by Kirkridge Retreat Center

April 25, 2009
Nonviolent Atonement Seminar
Kalamazoo, MI
Sponsored by Preaching Peace

April 29-30, 2009
Christian Peace Witness for Iraq
Washington, DC

May 1-3, 2009
Everyone Can Sing for Peace!
Bangor, PA
Sponsored by Kirkridge Retreat Center

June 2-4, 2009
Book of Peace, Book of Power:
Rediscovering the Authority of the Bible
Philadelphia, PA
Sponsored by Preaching Peace

June 11-13, 2009
And the Word became Flesh -
Peacemaking in the Neighborhood
Sponsored by the Presbyterian
Peacemaking Program