2008 Fall Conference - Updated Information

Greetings Peacemakers !

Our 2008 Fall Conference is now being planned. See below for details
as we currently have them. Volunteer to help! Plan to attend our
8/11 Steering Committee meeting to be involved.

Rod Olsen rolsen6376@... 651-228-7224

The information below can be downloaded as a MS-Word document at >
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MnECAPC/files Look for the files:
2008_FallConf_728.doc and also 2008_FallConf_Poster.doc
Please print copies for distribution and/or display.
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Preemptive Peacemaking: Just Peace vs. Just
War

What if we lived the vision that the church could turn the world
toward peace if every church lived and taught as Jesus lived and
taught? Join us in this exploration of preemptive peacemaking
through a play about the absurdity and justification of war and
through conversations about peacemaking practices.

Dates: September 19th and 20th

Location: O'Shaughnessy Education Center
University of St. Thomas - St. Paul Campus
2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105

Sponsored by: Every Church a Peace Church

On Friday, September 19, 7-9 PM:

Cirque de Guerre a comedic, satirical, play about the mayhem of war
told in a series of vignettes. Commissioned by Every Church A Peace
Church
Q & A following the performance.

On Saturday, September 20, 9 AM - 3 PM:

Keynote address, Glen Harold Stassen, Professor of Christian Ethics,
Fuller Theological Seminary, winner of the Christianity Today Award
for Best Book of 2004 in Theology or Ethics (Kingdom Ethics), Just
Peacemaking: The New Paradigm for the Ethics of Peace and War

Break-out sessions on related topics - (Choose two)
* The nonviolence of Jesus
* What is the ECAPC movement and how can we be part of it?
* How does the arts community speak peace?
* Just Peacemaking: A better answer for terrorism and the nuclear
threat
* University of St. Thomas Students for Justice and Peace
* What about International Law and Policing?

Plenary Panel: Response and closing remarks
A closing plenary panel will include remarks by St. Thomas
faculty members Dr. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Department of Justice and
Peace Studies, and Dr. Gerald Schlabach, Theology Department, and
Twin Cities justice and peace activists Bill Berneking and Katherine
Wojtan. Joan Haan, vice chair of the national ECAPC, will moderate
the discussion.


Cost: Play - $20 (Student rate $10)

Conference - $35 (Student rate $15)

Combination - $50 (Student rate $20)

* Preregistration is free for UST students and staff

* Scholarships available upon request; contact Al Bostelmann at:
AllanBostelmann@... or 612-722-5957

* $5 off registration if received by September 1

Proceeds go to cover the costs of the event and ECAPC www.ecapc.org

Seating is limited. Registration may occur at the event.

Register on line at http://www.ecapc.org
Or mail registration (see form below).


Please make checks payable to ECAPC;
Please fill out and enclose Registration Form with the check.

FFI: Contact:
Joan Haan - joan@... OR Rod Olsen - 651-
228-7224

Co-sponsored by the University of St. Thomas, Justice and Peace
Studies Program and UST Students for Justice and Peace.

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Mail to:
ECAPC
c/o Bill Berneking
188 Circle A Drive S.
Wayzata, MN 55391

Phone and/or e-mail : __
_____ Fri. P.M. Play $20 - ( ____ $10 student)
_____ Sat. Conf. only $35 - ( ____ $15 student)
_____ Combination $50 - ( ____ $20 student)

Name(s) _____________________________________
Address _____________________________________
Phone and/or e-mail address __________________________________
Amount Enclosed
( Before Sept. 1 deduct $5 per person )
$________