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UN seminar on terrorism |
| UN office sponsoring terrorism
seminar
by Jerry L. Van Marter
[3-30-02]
LOUISVILLE - Tackling Terrorism: Faith Talks in
the Aftermath of September 11th, a four-day seminar on terrorism
and peacemaking, is scheduled for May 2-5 at the Presbyterian United
Nations Office in New York City.
"Much has been said over the last six months
concerning terrorism, security, war, and justice, but too few of these
discussions have taken place within the framework of Christian love and
peacemaking," said Leslie Bethell, who runs the office's seminar
program. "It is our hope that, by educating Presbyterian clergy and
lay people from across the country about these issues in the context of
Christian ethics, we will all be able to gain a better understanding of
... what our response as peacemakers should be."
Tackling Terrorism will explore concrete ways
in which Presbyterian individuals and congregations can make a
difference, locally and globally. Participants will receive teaching
modules and peacemaking resources to take back to their Presbyterian
Church (USA) congregations and presbyteries.
For more information and registration forms, visit the
UN Office's Web page --
www.horeb.pcusa.org/peacemaking
-- or contact the PC(USA) United Nations Office: by mail at 777 United
Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, by phone at (212) 697-4568, or by
email at
seminars@presbyun.org.
The
UN office is part of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program in the
Congregational Ministries Division.
Click here for more information.
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