Legislative and Social Justice Workshops and Training Events 2003
(Eastern Pennsylvania and vicinty)

• Shalom Conference [Lancaster, PA: Jan. 17-18, 2003]
• Peace Retreat [Canadensis, PA: Feb. 7-9, 2003]
• Pennsylvania PTA Legislative Workshop [Harrisburg: March, 2003]
• Public Policy Briefing [Washington, D.C. March 2-5 2003]
• International Development Assistance BFW Public Policy workshop [Allentown, PA: Mar. 22, 2003; Philadelphia: Mar. 23, 2003]
• The Earth is the Lord's: Public Policy that Honors Creation [MCC: Washington, DC: Apr.6-8, 2003]
• Poverty [Allentown: Spring, 2002]
• Pennsylvania IMPACT Legislative Briefing [Harrisburg: May 6, 2003]
• "Peace Making and Justice Doing in the Shadow of Globalization" [Wilkes-Barre, PA: Nov. 6-8, 2003]
• 44th Ann. Peace Pilgrimage [from Nazareth to Bethlehem, PA: Dec. 13, 2003]

January 17-18, 2003 (Friday evening, Saturday)
Lancaster, PA

Workshops will include:

• Jewish/Muslim/Christian Panel on reconciliation
• Peace education in public schools
• Every Church A Peace Church
• Implementing Salaam, Shalom Peace--active peacemaking by Witness for Peace, CPT, et al.
• Summertime VBS Alternative Peace School
• TIKKUN--Jewish Peace and Justice organization
• Responding to Terrorism.

Friday, 7:00 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. An biennial ecumenical gathering with workshops on many topics related to the conference theme. It will be held at Church of the Brethern, 1601 Sunset Ave, Lancaster. See the complete program information at www.ecapc.org for details, or Call 717-859-1958 for information.

February 7-9, 2003 (Friday-Sunday)
Canadensis, PA (in the Poconos)

Adult Program: Getting in the Way: the Role of Christian Peacemaker Teams
with Kathleen Kern

Learn how to do justice by exploring unarmed models for peacemaking, analyzing the inherent integration of spirituality and social justice action, and looking at disciplined and organized team initiatives on nonviolence.

Kathleen Kern has worked with CPT (Christian Peacemaker Teams) since 1993, serving on assignments in Haiti, Hebron, Chiapas, South Dakota and Colombia. She is a frequent contributor to the Builder and has authored two books: When it Hurts to Live and We are the Pharisees. Kern will return from a three month stint in the West Bank in January 2003.

Youth Program: How can I be involved in this broken world?
with Chris Kahila

Childrens Programs (led by volunteers)

Heidi Beth Wert and Willow Wert will lead the older children in exploring principles of peace through rhythm and sharing of world cultural drum stories, as well as preparing liturgical drumming for worship. Heidi is co-director of " Drumming for Peace."

Location

See Winter Retreat '03 for detailed information and registration form.

LWV Workshop [TBA]

Harrisburg, PA
March 2003

For more information call 800-692-7281. (League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania - Citizen Education Fund, 226 Forster Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102-3220).

Issues affecting Children
March, 2003
Harrisburg, Pa.

Registration Fee  $100 before December 15, 2002 
                  $150 after December 15, 2002 

Bread for the World
Offering of Letters Workshop

Allentown: March 22, 2003
Saturday, 10:00am - 2:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church
3231 Tilghman St.
Allentown, PA
* Lunch included, reservation requested
* Free registration - donations accepted for lunch
Contact: Janet Ney, (610) 437-2239
Email: jlucyny@enter.net

Philadelphia: March 23, 2003
Sunday, 2:00 to 5:30 pm
Arch Street United Methodist Church
55 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA.
Contact: Sue Toton, (610) 647-2744,
Email: suzanne.toton@villanova.edu

For more information about the program, contact Larry Hollar: lhollar@bread.org, or see www.bread.org.

The Earth is the Lord's: Public Policy that Honors Creation

Washington, D.C. April 6-8, 2003 (Sun.-Tues.)

"Good News for the Poor"
A Discussion on Poverty Between Communities of
Faith and Local Government Leaders

Spring 2003

Pennsylvania IMPACT a Program of the PA Council of Churches presents:

Pennsylvania Governmental Briefing

[TBA]

Tuesday, May 6, 2002
Harrisburg

For additional information, contact the Pennsylvania Council of Churches / IMPACT, 900 S. Arlington Ave., Suite 100, Harrisburg, PA 17109-5089. (717) 545-4761, joy.k@pachurches.org. www.pachurches.org.

Regional gathering with plenary and workshop sessions on a variety of social-justice issues and training for local action See complete announcement for details.

This is an annual pilgrimage from Nazareth to Bethlehem, Pa. A 10-mile walk, with several stops along the way; concluding with a simple meal. Buses carry participants from Bethlehem to Nazareth, departing about 11:00 a.m. (There have been about 150 participants--children and adult--in recent years representing various faith traditions.)

Sponsored by Bethlehem Council of Churches. For additional information see the Peace Pilgrimage home page.