. . A Special Two-Day Conference - Sept. 19 - 20

. . . . . . . Plan to partake of this exciting opportunity:

 

All events take place at:

            O'Shaughnessy Education Center

            University of St. Thomas  -  2115 Summit Ave.; St. Paul, MN  55105

 

On Friday, Sept. 19th; 7:00 p.m.

See the play "Cirque de Guerre" by  Beth Gilleland, Blayn Lemke and Bill Berneking.

This play has been created through the efforts and support of Every Church A Peace Church - Twin Cities.  It began at a Potluck Supper Meeting on a very snowy night in March of 2006.  Those attending worked in small groups to try to imagine dramatic skit that would either humorously or seriously show the absurdity of each of the tenets of "Just War" theory. From there the project went to a committee of our local members and ultimately to Bill Berneking and the two theater professionals mentioned above.

Last July the play was premiered at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis.  For more information visit:

   http://www.illusiontheater.org/season/index.asp?id=126&item=PAGE&pageID=42

 

On Saturday, Sept. 20th; 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Participate in the conference -  Preemptive Peacemakng: Just Peace vs. Just War

 

Keynote speaker will be Glen Harold Stassen, Professor of Christian Ethics, Fuller Theological Seminary, and 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 discussion sessions on related topics -

·           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

·           What about International Law and Policing?

·            Conscientious objection and the draft

 

A Plenary Panel: Response and closing remarks -

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer         Gerald Schlabach

Bill Berneking                     Katherine Wojtan

Moderated by Joan Haan

 

REGISTRATION:

 

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

Conference - $35                (Student rate $15)

Combination - $50               (Student rate $20)

 

*      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

188 Circle A Drive S.

Wayzata, MN 55391

 

_____  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 )

 

$________

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTES:

 

. . (1)  Please download the attached MS-Word document file.  It contains the above information in a form that may be more suitable for printing.  Please DO - print some copies and pass them on to others who may be intersted in this event.

 

. . (2)  Free parking available.  Parking lot H, (Stadium) Cretin & Summit recommended.

Enter the lot from Cretin, just north of Summit.

 

. . (3)  LIVING OUR FAITH  --  PEACE ACTIVISM IN TWIN CITIES CHURCHES

A Survey Conducted For Every Church A Peace Church

by Polly Mann and Roxanne Abbas  -  Single copies of this report will be available at no cost at the registration table.  Please ask for one.

 

. . (4)  Display tables will be available on a limited basis for churches and others for promotiional purposes.

 

. . (5)  Our Twin Cities will have NO regular (Monday night) Potluck Supper meeting in September.  Our next such meeting will be on Nov. 10th. 

 

. . (6)  See below for additional biographical information on Dr. Stassen.

 

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

 

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*Dr. Glen Harold Stassen is Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. At Berea College, he won the Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, and at Fuller Theological Seminary he won the All Seminary Council Faculty Award for Outstanding Community Service to Students.

 

*Before joining the faculty at Fuller, Stassen taught at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Berea College, Kentucky Southern College (now part of University of Louisville), Duke University, and was for three years Research Fellow at Harvard University.

 

*He is is the author of /Living the Sermon on the Mount/ (Jossey Bass: July, 2006), /Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context,/ with David Gushee (InterVarsity, 2003), and /Just Peacemaking: Transforming Initiatives for Justice and Peace/ (Westminster/John Knox: 1992). /Kingdom Ethics /won the Christianity Today Award for Best Book of 2004 in Theology or Ethics.*

 

*Glen Stassen serves on the Board of Directors for Every Church A Peace Church*