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

. . . . . Preemptive Peacemaking:  Just Peace vs. Just War

 

I know that many of you are planning to attend this exciting event.

However, registrations are running behind our expectations.

PLEASE - PLEASE !  Register NOW so that we know how many people to plan for.  We must print programs, hand-outs, etc. and order coffee and rolls.  This is NOT a "Potluck" event.

 

Speaking of food  -  lunch will be "on your own" at one of the St. Thomas food facilities, just a few steps from the event site.  OR,  bring your own, "brown bag" style.

 

An important side note:  We have had word from some folks in the Duluth area who would like to attend this event but are in need of housing for one or two nights.  Let us know if you can help.  See below for more notes and biographical material on our keynote speaker and panelists.

 

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).  The title of his talk will be:

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        Alethea Alden          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

 

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

 

Registration may occur at the event but please do it in advance if at all possible!

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

 

$________

 

 

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.

 

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

 

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Keynote speaker,

 

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; 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 for three years was Research Fellow at Harvard University.

 

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

 

Panel Members:

 

Gerald W. Schlabach is Associate Professor of Theology and Director of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.  He holds a Ph.D. in Theology and Ethics from the University of Notre Dame. During much of the 1980s Professor Schlabach worked with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Nicaragua and Honduras on church-related peace and justice assignments. Together with Philip McManus he edited Relentless Persistence: Nonviolent Action in Latin America (New Society Publishers, 1991.  He recently co-edited At Peace and Unafraid: Public Order, Security, and the Wisdom of the Cross (Herald Press, 2006).  He is lead author and editor of Just Policing, Not War: An Alternative Response to World Violence (Liturgical Press, 2007).  Schlabach is co-founder of Bridgefolk, a movement for grassroots dialogue and unity between Mennonites and Roman Catholics.

 

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is an activist academic whose life and work over the past 25 years have focused on addressing the political, economic, faith, and foreign policy dimensions of hunger and poverty. He is the author of a dozen books, many of which have been used by progressive social change movements in this country and throughout the world. Jack ran for Congress in the 5th Congressional District in 2006 and sought DFL endorsement for the U.S. Senate in 2008.  The core issues of his campaign were concern for the war in Iraq, environmental sustainability, U.S. foreign policy, and domestic priorities, including the need for a national single payer health care system.

Jack is Associate Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas.  A graduate of St. Olaf College majoring in Political Science, he did his theological training at Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he received a Master of Divinity degree. He is a long-time resident of south Minneapolis.

 

Katherine Wojtan is a grass roots peace activist. She is a trainer and facilitator on nonviolence and interfaith topics. This summer she was a member of the core team that created the Minnesota Peace Team, a group of people trained in nonviolent intervention. The Republican National Convention was their first direct application. She has been active at St. John Neumann’s Catholic Church in Eagan, MN in Justice and Charity efforts, including active involvement in the JustFaith program combing prayer, study and community building over 30 weeks. Katherine served on the board of Joseph’s Coat, a free store in St. Paul, and Women Against Military Madness. She has just accepted the position of Executive director for Mary’s Pence, an organization located on Staten Island, which focuses on micro-lending programs for women in the Americans.

 

Bill Berneking is a long-time Twin Cities peace activist. He is currently active with Every Church A Peace Church and Alliant Action, a weekly protest vigil outside weapons manufacturer Alliant Tech. He is one of  the three writers of the play, "Cirque de Guerre" about the absurdity of war. Bill retired several years ago after a career as a computer engineer and project manager.

 

Alethea Alden is a senior majoring in Communication Studies, and minoring in Women's Studies. She is one of the leaders of the club Students for Justice and Peace, a student group at the University of St. Thomas aimed at educating and working with students on campus to affect positive social change.

 

Joan Haan is an Organizational and Leadership Coach and Facilitator. She brings her coaching skills to peace and justice work:  Conversations with Other – connecting people from different sides of the Middle East conflict and Interfaith Conversations with Other – local interfaith conversation café; as trainer for Creating a Culture of Peace: Nonviolence Training for Personal and Social Change.  Joan is on the Board of Directors for ECAPC, and an active member of SPIN, St. Paul Interfaith Network, Minnesota Peace Team and Pilgrim Lutheran’s  Pilgrims for Just Peace, PJP.