Events

• Peacemaker Conference

  Sep 16, 2010 10:00am - Sep 19, 2010 5:00pm
  Washington, DC

• Peace for the World's Children Conference

  Sep 18, 2010 10:00am - Sep 21, 2010 5:00pm
  Lake Junaluska, North Carolina

• Taking the War Out of Our Words: Speaking the Truth in Love

  Oct 1, 2010 9:11am - Oct 2, 2010 4:30pm
  Columbus UMC, Columbus, WI

  (This event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Council of Churches, the Colbums United Methodist Church, Faith Lutheran Church and Olivet United Church of Christ, Columbus, and the Wisconsin United Methodist Conflict Transformation Team.)
  
  Taking the War Out of Our Words: Speaking the Truth in Love, a two-day workshop for clergy and lay leaders, will take place October 1st - 2nd at Columbus UMC. The keynote speaker will be Sharon Ellison, speaker, author, and creator of the Powerful Non-Defensive (PNDC) process. Cost, which includes lunch and materials, is $75 per person for Friday or $150 per person for Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 920-623-3625.
  
  In our churches, despite best efforts, people can get locked into entrenched positions.  Sharon Strand Ellison will show us how to break through defensiveness and/or anxiety so we can talk with each other openly, with both honestly and compassion.
  
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  • How to ask questions with less emotional intensity, so that people drop their defenses and speak freely;
  
  
  • How to make statement with no hidden agendas, while responding honestly to the actions, attitude, and/or body language of thw other; and
  
  
  • How to set practical limits that protect you and increase the chances that the other person will respond in a positive way.
  
  

  
  
  

• JustPeace 10 Year Anniversary

  Nov 12, 2010 1:00am - Nov 14, 2010 1:00am
  

• Building a Peacemaking Church Seminar

  Nov 13, 2010 9:30am - Nov 13, 2010 4:00pm
  Florida Conference