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MISSION STATEMENT FOR W.P.C. PEACE FELLOWSHIP

 

 Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

 

The Wedgwood Presbyterian Church Peace Fellowship -- committed to bringing about peace in our families, our community, our nation, and our world -- endeavors to provide opportunities for study, discussion, and action, as we search for Shalom in our troubled world, through such activities as:

 

    - increasing the congregation’s awareness of various peace and justice issues

 

    - supporting each other as we are, individually and as a group, involved in  

         peace and justice-seeking activities

 

    - modeling peaceful behavior through our words and actions

 

    - promoting the programs and educational materials of the PC(USA) 

       Peacemaking Program

 

    - engaging ourselves to encourage the congregation to become involved in 

        peacemaking activities which are faithful to Micah’s question and response:

 

      He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of 

       you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your

       God?  Micah 6:8 (NRSV)

 

For additional information on peacemaking activities, go to the

 

      Seattle Presbytery Peacemaking blog:                     

                                                             http://sjpseattle.com/

 

                               or to the

 

      Presbyterian Peacemaking Program web site:          

                                                             http://www.pcusa.org/peacemaking

 

We meet once a month during fall, winter, and spring, alternating between Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

 

Please call the church at 206-525-8787 to confirm the date and time.

 

 

 

Since our group's founding in March, 2005, our activities have included:

 

• At least six adult education classes, including:

    1.  “Steps Along the Way:  Peacemaking in a Violent World”, a study prepared by 

         the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program;

    2.  A program on the environment and what we, as Christians can do to help improve

         it;

    3.  A course on Israel/Palestine Problems;

    4.  A course on “Health Care: A Moral Issue”;

    5.  A course on “Torture as a Moral Issue.”

    6.  A class on the topic of Hunger, both global and local

 

• Establishing a 150-volume Peace, Justice, and Social Concerns book collection in the Church, with the support of the Peace and Justice Resource Center of the Lutheran Peace Fellowship.

 

• Initiating the congregation’s action of purchasing and displaying an anti-torture banner on the outside of the Church since January 2009.

 

• Hosting International Peacemakers of the PC(USA),  Samer al Laham from Damascus, Syria and Lamiel Phiri, from Harare, Zimbabwe.

 

• Organizing an offering of letters from our congregation regarding the United States’ government’s responsibility with respect to the United Nations’ Millenium Development Goals.

 

• Establishing a film series, "Thoughtful Theater" which shows thought-provoking films of relevance to peacemaking, in its broadest sense. Some of the films shown were "An Inconvenient Truth", "Joyeux Noel", "Amazing Grace", “Chariots of Fire”, “ A Man For All Seasons”, and “Bonhoeffer.”

 

• Providing partial financial support for members of our congregation to attend the Presbyterian Peacemaking Conferences in Montreat, N.C. in 2007 and Chapman, California in 2008.

 

• Establishing monthly sales of Fair Trade coffee, chocolate, and tea in the Church.  Proceeds have been used to support various peacemaking and peacebuilding activities in our church and the world.

 

• Participating as a group in various citywide peacemaking and social justice events.


                       

                                   It is the adventure of a lifetime!