| Peacemaking Begins at Home Exploring the Fundamentals of Nonviolent Conflict Resolution
This resource is designed to engage families in conversations and activities that will nurture lifestyles of peace and nonviolence. It may be used by individual families as devotional offerings or by congregational leaders as content for family or intergenerational events. It introduces the “Family Pledge for Nonviolence” as a primary tool for nurturing a commitment to peacemaking for all ages and it provides activities that highlight each component of the pledge. A lead-in or gathering activity is designed to begin your time(s) together. Please feel free to download and adapt this resource to enrich your own intent. A flyer has been designed for you to promote this resource in your own context for ministry among friends, families and other members of your congregation. If you have access to the full version of Adobe Acrobat you may customize the flyer to include your own information or you may print out the flyer and add information in the space provided before reproducing it. Scan through the following outline and click on the various titles to access the files you desire. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. Most computers already have it. If yours doesn't, click here to download it free:
----- Contributors: Jim and Susan Vogt,
Miriam Campbell |
Almost everybody is in favor of
world peace and most individuals strive to get along. Even so, the
catastrophic personal and universal challenges in our world today remind
us that it isn't as easy or simple as it might seem. The United Nations has declared the
first decade of the 21st century to be the “Decade for a Culture of Peace
and Nonviolence for the Children of the World.” To realize this vision, people of all
ages need to do their part! We all need to shape our patterns for work and living to
nurture homes, churches, schools and communities to be places for peaceful living!