Christian Peace Witness For Iraq Newsletter

Submitted by Stephen Rockwell on Sun, 01/20/2008 - 18:12

Newsletter
Jan 19, 2008

Our light continues to burn!

Pray and act for peace in Iraq; connect locally; participate in our March 6-10 Washington Witness; join FACEBOOK

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

We invite you, your family, church and neighbors to come to Washington, D.C. March 6-10 or to create a CPWI Peace Witness in your own community.

Join us to fill houses of worship, pray for peace and hear anew God's call to us. Grounded in Christian worship, those in Washington will process to the Capital and be joined by brothers and sisters of other faiths for an Interfaith Peace Witness. Our website www.ChristianPeaceWitness.org is constantly being updated.

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Event Schedule

Thursday, March 6th

6:30 p.m. Workshops and Nonviolence Trainings Session A

Friday, March 7th National Service to End the War in Iraq

Local events held simultaneously with D.C. events. Register and find local events.

8:30 a.m. Workshops and Nonviolence Trainings Session B

12:00 p.m. Christian Peace Witness Worship Gatherings: in various Washington, D.C. churches and hundreds more around the country.

2:30 p.m. Interfaith Witness on the Mall: major speakers and musicians, a visible sign or ritual of our shared commitment to peace, and a public nonviolent action with possible acts that could lead to arrest for those who feel compelled to do so.

Additional opportunities

Friday, March 7th

Deep Shift Conference deepshift.org
Ecumenical Advocacy Days www.advocacydays.org
National Religious Campaign Against Torture Conference www.nrcat.org

Saturday, March 8th

Gatherings by geographical regions for prayer and strategizing
Lobby Training Workshop for Ending the War in Iraq
7:00 p.m. CPWI Peace and Justice Coffeehouse

Monday, March 10th

LOBBY DAY - Please make your own appointments to visit your representatives.

Handouts for March D.C. events

These are available in formats editable in most word processors so that you may add local vigil/witness and contact information.

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Connect locally

Pray and act for peace in Iraq; connect locally; participate in our March 6-10 Washington Witness; join FACEBOOK

Friends, as our local coordinator, Courtney Dillard, whom many of you have met on our phone calls, reminds us, "If people go to D.C., even lobby, but then go home and have no point of connection, no work to be done for the long haul – we lose sight of the bigger picture." We invite you to form and join groups in your community. To learn of others in your area, send your email, city/state/zip code and, if comfortable, phone number to LocalVigils@ChristianPeaceWitness.org and we'll help you meet. As always, we will not give your contact information to anyone other CPWI organizers. Dynamic organizers are ready to meet you in dozens of areas across the country.

Join the CPWI local organizers across the country who are creating a Christian Witness for Peace in Iraq in their communities.

Periodic hour-long conference calls are times to share stories and hear from someone who has had recent, direct experience in the Middle East.

The next calls are:

Tuesday, January 29th at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time
Thursday, January 31 at 10 p.m. Eastern time

Everyone interested is welcome to listen.

Conference Dial-in Number: (712) 775-7100
Participant Access Code: 167333#

We need your help.

Pray and act for peace in Iraq; connect locally; participate in our March 6-10 Washington Witness; join FACEBOOK

Christian Peace Witness for Iraq is staffed entirely by volunteers. We love our day jobs and we love CPWI and we'd love help from you!

Prayer: yours for our CPWI volunteers, and yours to inspire others http://www.christianpeacewitness.org/prayers
Time and talents: send a list of skills you can donate now or March 5-10 in DC to volunteer@ChristianPeaceWitness.org and Greg Hastings will be in touch with you.
Donate online: ChristianPeaceWitness.org

Thanks to our Partners!

Pray and act for peace in Iraq; connect locally; participate in our March 6-10 Washington Witness; join FACEBOOK

The number of Partner groups doubled this week! What unexpected joy! Thanks to:

Adventist Peace Fellowship / Alpha Mennonite Church / American Friends Service Committee / Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America / Brethren Witness Washington Office / Catholic Peace Fellowship / Christian Peacemaker Teams / Council of Churches of Santa Clara County / Deep Shift / Disciples Justice Action Network / Disciples Peace Fellowship / Episcopal Peace Fellowship / Fellowship of Reconcilia tion / Institute for Progressive Christianity / Kairos Action / Kirkridge / Leadership Conference of Women Religious / Lutheran Peace Fellowship / Maryknoll Global Concerns / Medical Mission Sisters' Alliance for Justice / Mennonite Central Committee, Washington Office / Mennonite Church USA Peace and Justice Support Network / Methodist Federation for Social Action / Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice / No2Tor ture / Pace e Bene / Pax Christi / Presbyterian Peace Fellowship / Sisters of Mercy of the Americas / United Church of Christ Justice & Witness Ministries / United Methodist Church General Board of Church and Society

If your organization would like to become a Partner of the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq we ask that you be willing and able to:

affirm the Partner Commitment,
designate a person from your organization to join us on bi-weekly Partner conference calls,
place at least one person on a working committee, advertise the new four-part strategy to your constituents and put a
link to CPWI on your website,
donate to CPWI.