Peace with Justice Sunday

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Peace with Justice Sunday
A Churchwide Special Sunday Of The United
Methodist Church
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be
called the children of God.
Matthew 59, KJV
Changing the World, One Life at a Time.
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BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS FOR THEY SHALL BE
CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
MATTHEW 59, KJV
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Your gift enriches peacemaking.

• People of all ages learn alternatives to
  violence
• new resources foster global justice and
• violence is stopped, and peace is restored.
• Peace with Justice Sunday, created by the 1988
  General Conference, is one of The United
  Methodist Churchs six churchwide Special Sundays
  with offerings.

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Peace is
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek.
It is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We
must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.
. . . True peace is not merely the absence of
tension it is the presence of justice. The
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Peace with justice means many things.

• When we talk about peace with justice, we focus
  on much more than the absence of war.
• Peace with justice means striving to live and
  work with people around the world - both those
  who share our beliefs and those who do not.
• It means advocating - speaking up - for others to
  free them from whatever prevents them from living
  full lives.

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Peace with justice means many things.

• It means breaking down barriers so Gods children
  everywhere have access to jobs, housing,
  education, food, clean water and health care.
• We must do whatever we can to build a culture
  that welcomes economic equality, seeks peaceful
  resolutions, fights oppression and doesnt pit
  one culture against another.

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Work for peace
Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must
believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in
it. One must work at it.
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Peace must be translated
As disciples, we should expect rejection and
opposition. That is a sure indication that we
are walking in the will of God.
--Tori Butler, Duke Divinity School
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Peace must be translated
Ralph Johnson Bunche
Peace . . . must be translated into bread or
rice, shelter, health and education, as well as
freedom and human dignity.
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Peace with Justice Sundaycalls for Gods shalom.

• Traditionally, we observe Peace with Justice
  Sunday on the first Sunday after Pentecost.
• However, congregations are welcome to celebrate
  Peace with Justice Sunday on any date that works
  for them.

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Here are the dates.

• May 30, 2010
• June 19, 2011
• June 3, 2012
• However, congregations may select an alternate
  date that works for them.

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Your offering reaches around the world.

• It allows The United Methodist Church to have a
  voice in advocating for peace and justice through
  many programs in the United States and around the
  world.

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Your offering reaches around the world.

• We have been implementing our programs and
  activities as planned, said Frido N. Kinkolenge
  of the Peace Builders Club at the Brighter Future
  Children Rescue Center in Monrovia, Liberia.
• The project focuses on training workshops, skill
  training, study sessions and discipleship from
  children to children.

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Your offering reaches around the world.

• Here are some examples
• Children from impoverished families, who often
  depend on school lunches, receive weekend food
  supplies.
• Former child soldiers in Liberia get counseling,
  education, medical treatmentand a chance for a
  new life.
• Homeless women benefit from a broad-based
  ministry that addresses their unique needs.
• Mentors nurture incarcerated youth and adults as
  well as their families.

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Your offering reaches around the world.

• Peace with Justice Sunday grants prepare the
  Democratic Republic of Congo for peaceful
  elections.
• Churches from diverse denominations cosponsor a
  peace fair.
• Summer camps for children and youth provide
  guidance on living peacefully and justly.
• U.S. pastors travel to Nepal to teach clergy
  about United Methodism.
• Youth learn alternatives to gang involvement and
  violence.

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Your contribution works in your conference and
beyond.

• Half of the money stays in your annual conference
  for local ministries.
• Each annual conference has a Peace with Justice
  coordinator who networks with coordinators in
  other conferences across the connection.
• Peace with Justice coordinators meet annually for
  spiritual growth, empowerment and program
  resourcing.
• To contact your conference coordinator, go to
• www.umc-gbcs.org. Click on Peace with Justice
  then click on Peace with Justice Coordinators.

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You can give online!

• Go to www.umcgiving.org and click on Donate at
  the top of the page to give to Peace with Justice
  Sunday.

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Heres how to order resources.

• Go online to www.umcgiving.org and click on
  Store at the top of the page.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience
but the conscience of the whole of humanity.
Those who clearly recognize the voice of their
own conscience usually recognize also the voice
of justice.