Activities for Congregations
- Study the biblical basis of peacemaking and the meaning of nonviolence
- Enhance members' understanding of God's peace and the biblical foundation for nonviolence and justice
- Support members' efforts to address current peace and justice issues
- Establish and/or encourage a congregational Peace Team. Connect your team to a Synodical, regional or community peace team
- Equip individuals and groups to model lives of nonviolence
- Establish peace and education for adults, children and youth as an ongoing priority of the church
- Recognize and support individuals and groups who are leaders in peacemaking efforts in their communities, nation and the world
- Become informed and act on public policy issues relating to peace and justice
- Participate yearly in the International Day of Prayer for Peace on September 21
- Help members develop the capacity to engage in creative and respectful conflict
- Include examples of peacemaking in sermons and prayers in worship
- Designate at least one Sunday each year as “Peace Sunday”
- Teach peacemaking as a way of life for all ages through the use of games, the arts, music, videos, and storytelling
- Include articles and information about peacemaking events and activities in your newsletters, bulletins and on your website
- Create a peace mission statement and identify concrete ways to achieve it
- Incorporate sustainable ways of living and using resources
- Raise awareness on issues of economic justice, restorative justice, race and ethnicity, and global and cultural concerns
- Support victims of domestic and civil violence
- Identify organizations and legislative bodies adopting peace education and nonviolence policies that you can support
- Make your Lutheran school one that emphasizes and practices peace. (need link to this web site)
- Join the ELCA Equipping for Peacemaking Network
- Share your peacemaking story with the Equipping for Peacemaking Network by contacting Jean Morehouse at jean.morehouse@hotmail.com
- With congregations, synods and/or ecumenical partners, participate and/or organize trainings related to peace, justice and nonviolence
ELCA Global Mission Events
Global Mission Web site
Living Faithfully in Violent World
ELCA Poverty Ministries Networking
Contact Loretta Horton by email
or phone at 800.638.3522, ext. 2404
From Violence to Wholeness
Contact Lutheran Peace Fellowship by email (LPF@ecunet.org)
or phone at 206.720.0313