Newspaper ad as the U.S. sends 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan:

Ken Gingerich, Mennonite Church USA Executive Leadership art director, is providing his services free to customize this ad for your Mennonite Church USA congregation. However, Ken will not be working December 23-January 4.

 Download Ad Now (40k PDF or HTML)

Here are the instructions:

The ad will look the same except for the name/address of your congregation.
Send an email to
The e-mail subject line should read: Customized congregational peace ad
Include accurate info:

Name of congregation,
SIMPLE street address and web info on two lines...
an e-mail address to where the pdf can be sent.

 

From Albuquerque Mennonite Church:

After listening to President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech it seemed that someone needed to challenge the broad cultural assumptions around "just war" that he used in building his case for sending more troops to Afghanistan. What could a little group of Mennonites in Albuquerque do? As much as many of us respect Mr. Obama, we know that he represents the power and might of the American empire. So the ad is presented as a small voice of Mennonites crying for peace in the New Mexico wilderness. It is costly and we grappled with the implications of spending so much money when there are so many needs. We also believe this is the season of proclamation—of John the Baptist, of Mary and of the Christ who likewise challenged the powers and principalities.