wfn.org | ABCUSA: Peace Sunday Resources Offered

["SCHRAMM, Richard" <Richard.Schramm@abc-usa.org>]

by Susan Gottshall, American Baptist National Ministries

American Baptist News Service (Valley Forge, Pa. 4/25/03)--In the wake of
the Iraqi conflict the observance of American Baptist Peace Sunday on May 4
is especially timely.

National Ministries' Office of Reconciliation Ministries has developed
resources to aid American Baptist congregations in planning worship
services, retreat events and Bible studies that examine peace as a concept
and what it means today.  This year's Web-based resources-with the theme
"Seek peace and pursue it" (Psalm 34:14)-include a meditation and a litany
in Spanish, along with links to complementary Web sites that offer an order
of worship, appropriate hymns and poems, and suggested actions individuals
can take to encourage the pursuit of peace.

American Baptist Peace Sunday resources, appropriate for any Sunday the
occasion may be observed, are available at National Ministries' Web site:
http://www.nationalministries.org/mission/reconciliation/peacepacket.cfm.

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richard.schramm@abc-usa.org