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Peace
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MISSOURI
Join
the worldwide movement to create a Global Ceasefire and Day of Peace
& Nonviolence in our homes, our communities and between nations
on September 21, The International Day of Peace. Peace Day has been
a focal point for community-uniting and peace-inspiring events since
its inception in 1981.
This year will be the greatest Peace Day, yet. Together we can create
a more peaceful, just and sustainable world, one heart, one family,
one community at a time. Join the Countdown To Peace and help inspire
your community to celebrate humanity's first day of peace, ever.
YOU
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
- Ask
your favorite organization, group or religious institution to support
the International Day of Peace
- Plan or attend a Peace Day Event in
your community (scheduled events include concerts, parades, marches,
fasts, conferences, festivals, gatherings, service projects, ceremonies,
children's activities such as peace art & essay contests and pinwheels
for peace, Peace Day parties and peace vigils)
- Ask
your Mayor, City Council, Governor and President to declare a Proclamation
of Peace
- Print
out Flyers, Posters and other Resources
 KANSAS
CITY
PINWHEELS
FOR PEACE
confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated
last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace
Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to
inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many
more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
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KANSAS
CITY
Unity Temple Peacemakers
Group size: 40
Contact person: Jim Kunce
Phone: 913 649-5518
Email: jameskunce@sbcglobal.net
IDP Vigil : 9/21/06
at 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 w. 47th, K.C.
MO.Interactive celebration of peace through selected readings, songs,
drama and music volunteered and shared by participants as they desire
.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com) |
MARSHALL
Missouri Valley College / Campus Ministry
Contact: Rev. James T. Kiser
Email: chaplaintim@moval.edu
Website: www.moval.edu/campus_ministry/
EVENT : On
Sept. 20, the Rev. Benjamin Weir, retired Presbyterian Church (USA)
minister, will be our keynote speaker, in a "Christian-Muslim
Conversation". The author of "Hostage Bound - Hostage Free",
Weir was kidnapped in 1984 and held for 16 months, 12 of those in
solitary confinement, by militant Lebanese students in Beirut. We
will hear of his experience and how a Christian-Muslim dialog is
possible. It will be held in Eckilson-Mabee Auditorium on the Campus
of Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO. 87 miles east of Kansas
City, MO.
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SPRINGFIELD
World Affairs Council
Contact: Heather Mullanack
Email: wac@Missouristate.edu
EVENT : Hosting
an informational booth about the international day of peace as well
as an altered version of the pinwheels for peace campaign. |
ST.
LOUIS
St. Louis Community College at Meramec Campus Ministry
Email: agrussell@stlcc.edu
Web: www.stlcc.edu/mc/services/ministry/
EVENT : Vigil
in Library Quad, showing of Day of Peace celebration in Turkey .
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ST.
LOUIS
Nithyananda Foundation, St.Louis
Group size: 100
Contact person: Akhila Balaram
Phone:
Email: abalaram@charter.net
Website: nithyanandafoundation.org
IDP Vigil : Nithyananda
Foundation's St.Louis chapter members will promote and honor the
United Nations call for peace by conducting a one hour group meditation
& peace prayer to increase the positivity of collective consciousness.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda's mission is to work towards global peace
through individual transformation using meditation .
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com) |
ST.
LOUIS
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Email: justice@csjsl.org
Web: www.csjsl.org
EVENT : Celebrating
with a Prayer Service and rededication of our Peace Pole.
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ST.
LOUIS
School Sisters of Notre Dame
Group size: 75
Contact person: Sr. Genevieve Cassani, SSND
Email: gcassani@ssnd-sl.org
Website: www.ssnd-sl.org
IDP Vigil : We
will host a prayer service for peace for the sisters living in our
motherhouse, our employees, and the teachers and students of our
Pre-school, and High School.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com) |
ST.
LOUIS
Franciscan Sisters of Mary
Group size: 135
Contact person: Gale Thackrey, Justice Ministry Coordinator
Phone: 314-768-1757
Email: gthackrey@fsmonline.org
Website: http://www.fsmonline.org/
IDP Vigil : vigil.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com) |
ST.
LOUIS
Missionaries of La Salette
Email:eubankms@yahoo.com
Web: http://eubankms.blogspot.com
EVENT : Pray
as a community and hold a night vigil...
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ST.
PETERS
PINWHEELS
FOR PEACE
confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated
last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace
Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to
inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many
more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
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STEELVILLE
Steelville Middle School
Email: cswyers@steelville.k12.mo.us
EVENT : We
are observing International Peace Day with Pin Wheels for Peace.
We made a pledge of 1000 pinwheels and we invited our community
to make their own pinwheels and display them either with ours or
in front of their homes or businesses.
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WASHINGTON
St. Gertrude School
Email: eckelkampd@sgs-krakow.com
EVENT : Having
a flag raising ceremony in the front of our school, recitation of
the Pledge of Allegience, Singing of the National Anthem, Reading
of a Prayer of Peace, followed by songs Peace on Earth by Teresa
Jennings and Let There Be Peace on Earth. We will then place our
323 Peace Pinwheels in the front yard around the flag for everyone
going by to see that we are praying for world peace.
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WINDYVILLE
School of Metaphysics
World Peace Dome on the College of Metaphysics campus
Group size: 1200
Contact person: Dr. Barbara Condron
Phone: 417-345-8411
Email: peace@som.org
Website: www.peacedome.
IDP Vigil : The
Universal Peace Covenant recited/read in the Peace Dome hourly on
September 2lst. We invite people from all nations to join as ONE
VOICE in this reading. You can find the covenant in several languages
at www.peacedome.org. We welcome translations into other languages.
Thank you.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com) |
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DAY ARCHIVE
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Peace
Day CONTACTS
Season
for Nonviolence Network
Lee's Summit
St. Louis
Unity Village
Wildwood
St. Charles
Email: snv@agnt.org
Missouri
Peace Day
SUPPORTERS
- Franciscan
Sisters of Mary, St. Louis
- Missionaries
of La Salette, St. Louis
- Missouri
Valley College / Campus Ministry, Marshall
- Nithyananda
Foundation, St. Louis
- School
of Metaphysics, Windyville
- School
Sisters of Notre Dame, St. Louis
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Season For Nonviolence Network, Lee's Summit
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Season For Nonviolence Network, St. Louis
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Season For Nonviolence Network, Unity Village
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Season For Nonviolence Network, Wildwood
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Season For Nonviolence Network, St. Charles
- Sisters
of the Good Shepherd, St. Louis
-
Sisters of St. Joseph
of Carondelet, St. Louis
- St.
Louis Community College at Meramec Campus Ministry, St. Louis
- Steelville
Middle School, Steelville
- Unity
Temple Peacemakers, Kansas City
- VSYR,
Black
- World
Affairs Council, Springfield
Please
ask your favorite group, organization or religious institution to support
The International Day of Peace
(*The
opinions of these organizations are their own.
Pathways To Peace and The International Day of Peace NGO Committee at
the UN
do not necessarily support the views expressed by these organizations
that support the International Day of Peace.)
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