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To commemorate the United Nation’s International Day of Peace, JustPeace is happy to debut a new section of our website – “A Call for Peacemaking” – a cooperative initiative within the United Methodist Church to respond to Resolution 6091, “A Call for Peacemaking” found on pages 850-851 of The 2008 Book of Resolutions of the United Methodist Church.

Despite initial unease, members of Heartsong United Methodist Church in Cordova, have embraced their new neighbors: “What would Jesus do if he were us? He would welcome the neighbor.”

Rev. Dr. John M. Swomley, a United Methodist minister and pacifist Christian, died this week. Swomley was the Executive Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, president of the Methodist Peace Fellowship, and helped influence Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “pilgrimage to nonviolence.”

At the 2010 meeting of the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference, Bishop Palmer laid out plans to create a conference-wide initiative to launch a conflict transformation and reconciliation ministry to train lay and clergy volunteers in becoming conflict interventionists.

Register now for the 2010 Gathering, “Leadership as a Mediating Presence in an Age of Anxiety,” featuring John Winn, Carole Cotton Winn, and Craig Gilliam from the Center for Pastoral Excellence.

Join churches throughout the United States on February 7th as they spend part or all of their prayer time during their worship service by praying for a fair criminal justice system based on restorative principles.

The General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) of the United Methodist Church recently sponsored an open conversation on “Ministry with the Poor” which was broadcasted live over the internet. Click to read more and watch videos from the event.

Professor Lederach is interviewed in the December 15, 2009, edition of Christian Century about his ongoing peacemaking work around the world, and about his teaching on the subject.

After a long time coming the new JustPeace website is finally launched!