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| Home | Peace and Justice Support Network | Peace and Justice Support Network Home Page |
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| > About PJSN | About the Peace and Justice Support Network | |
| > > Contact Us | Contact us | Addresses, Phone numbers and email addresses of the staff and webmaster. |
| > > > Message to Staff | Send Message to the Support Network Staff | |
| > > > Message to Susan | Send Message to Susan Mark Landis | |
| > > > Message to Webservant | Send Message to Webservant | |
| > > > Contact PeaceSigns Editor | Send Message to the PeaceSigns Editor | |
| > > > Contact Krista Martin | Send Message to Krista | |
| > > Description | Description of PJSN | |
| > > Email Lists | Email Lists | These lists, part of the larger MennoLink group of lists, are for those who want to connect their faith in God with a life of peacemaking. |
| > > Funding | Peace and Justice Network Funding | One of the tasks of the Peace and Justice support Network is to ensure that there are adequate funds for peace and justice staff, projects, and resources. |
| > > > Invite Congregations | Invite your congregation to financially support PJSN! | Mennonite Church USA Peace and Justice Support Network needs support from both individuals and congregations. Please invite your congregation to designate funds for PJSN! |
| > > > Family Offering Project | Family Offering Project | Follow directions to make offering container. Then, every time your family sees a violent act, place a coin in the container to support Peace and Justice work. |
| > > Donations | Peace and Justice Network Donations | Make an online donation to Peace and Justice Support Network. |
| > > Get Involved | How to get involved | Get involved in the Peace and Justice work of Mennonite Church USA. Join the Peace and Justice Support Network. |
| > > Staff | Staff | Meet the staff for the Support Network |
| > > Committee | Reference Committee Members | A Reference Committee guides and facilitates the ongoing work of the Peace and Justice Support Network and carries out its priorities. |
| > > Wish List | Wish List | |
| > > Work | The work of the Network | |
| > > Anti-racist | We are an anti-racist organization | Mennonite Church USA is intentionally anti-racist in formation. |
| > > > Goals & Vision | Anti-racism Vision and Goals for 2000-2010, Mennonite Church USA | Anti-racism Vision and Goals for 2000-2010, Mennonite Church USA |
| > > Privacy Policy | Privacy Policy Statement | This privacy policy describes how the Peace and Justice Support Network uses the private information our provide to us. |
| > > Peace Advocate | Peace Advocate | Meet the staff for the Support Network |
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| > News | News Releases | News Releases from Mennonite Church USA related to Peace and Justice. |
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| > Why Peace | Why Peace? | Why do Mennonites care about Peace so much? Read about the Mennonite perspective on Peace and Justice. |
| > > Bible Study | Understanding our faith: bulletin inserts to read and share | These inserts can be mailed to college students and members of the military who are asking questions, used for Sunday school discussions or as background for sermons. |
| > > > Old Testament | The Bible Teaches Peace: The peace vision of the Old Testament | Bible Study #1: The deepest, underlying point to the whole story told in the Old Testament is God's mercy and love. |
| > > > Ancient Israel | The Bible Teaches Peace: Ancient Israel's power politics | Bible Study #2: Even the greatest of the kings, David, acts with profound violence |
| > > > Prophetic Faith | The Bible Teaches Peace: Prophetic Faith | Bible Study #3: Godly justice has to do with loving enemies, refusing to fight back, rejecting the desire to punish and coerce. |
| > > > Peaceable Kingdom | The Bible Teaches Peace: Jesus and the peaceable kingdom | Bible Study #4: Who do we say that Jesus is? What do we believe about Jesus Christ? |
| > > > Enemy Love | The Bible Teaches Peace: Enemy love | Bible Study #5: A person who is clear about what love of enemy means probably has gained such clarity due to a fundamental faith commitment, not primarily due to rational argumentation. |
| > > > Paul | The Bible Teaches Peace: Paul, The transformation of a violent man | Bible Study #6: Paul remained intensely committed to serve God, but realized that the service God desires is to unconditionally love others, not to seek to do them harm when they offend his belief system |
| > > > Hope | The Bible Teaches Peace: Hope for the Lamb's triumph | Bible Study #7: How does John's social criticism challenge congregations today? |
| > > > Pacifism | The Bible Teaches Peace: Pacifism is a faith conviction | Bible Study #8: Is pacifism an "absolute" for Christians? |
| > > > Nine Proposals | The Bible Teaches Peace: Nine Modest Proposals | Bible Study #9: Nine Modest Proposals for Mennonites on the road toward peace |
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| > Resources | Search for Resources and Information | Why do Mennonites care about Peace so much? Read about Mennonite understanding of Peace and Justice. |
| > > Congregations | Congregational Resources | Resources for Congregations: Pastors and Church Leaders. Peace Sunday Material, Writings, Litanies, Prayers and more. |
| > > > Spread the Peace | Spread the Peace Grant Application | Spread the Peace Grant Application |
| > > > Second Mile | Second Mile | Second Mile is an inter-Anabaptist curriculum resource that empowers congregations to proclaim and be active signs of peace and justice in a broken world. |
| > > > Advent/Christmas | Advent Resources | Devotions, sermons, worship ideas and gift giving ideas for Christmas and Advent. |
| > > > Hiroshima | Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki Worship resources for Sunday, August 6 or August 9 | Resources for worhship service remembering Hiroshima and Nagasake for Sunday, Aug 6 or Aug 9 |
| > > > Mug Someone | Mug Someone For Peace! | The Peace and Justice Support Network would like to encourage Mennonite Church USA congregational and conference peace centers and committees to affirm and promote the work of peace and justice in your local area by honoring someone with a lifelong commitment to peace and justice by awarding them a peace mug. |
| > > > Citizenship Sunday | Citizenship Sunday 2005: Celebrating the Wisdom of God's Time, God's People, God's Peace | This year's Christian Citizenship Sunday worship resources for July 3, 2005 are actually THREE SUNDAY's worth of wisdom! And since wisdom is always timely—you may use these fine worship materials whenever it suits your congregation |
| > > > Faith, war and gov. | Faith, war and government | A Mennonite Church USA study resource for congregations about relationship to government and the war in Iraq. |
| > > > 9/11 Remembrance | September 11 remembrance | Worship service and resources for remembering the events of September 11, one year later. |
| > > > Israel/Palestine | An Open Letter to Mennonite Church USA Congregations | In light of the disconcerting realities in Israel / Palestine, we encourage... |
| > > > Int. Day of Prayer | International Day of Prayer | These prayer resources were compiled by Leo Hartshorn, Minister of Peace and Justice, Mennonite Mission Network, as a supplement to materials available at the International Day of Prayer for Peace web site. |
| > > > Peace Sunday 2008 | Peace Sunday 2008: No Justice, No Peace | Materials for Peace Sunday: November 2, 2008 |
| > > > Readings For Radicals | Readings For Radicals | Leo Hartshorn, Minister of Peace and Justice and staff for Peace and Justice Support Network, has written and illustrated Readings for Radicals: a peace and justice lectionary that highlights the lectionary texts related to peace and justice. |
| > > Adults | Resources for Adults | Peace and justice resources for adults. |
| > > > Conflict Style | Adult Personal Conflict Style Inventory | This online survey will calculate your preferred method of dealing with conflict. A printable version with scoring instructions is also available. |
| > > Children | Resources for Children | Resources for Children: Reading Lists, Games and other ways children can learn peace. |
| > > Parents | Resources for Parents | Resources for Parents and Care Givers. Writings, Prayers and Lists of materials available to teach Peace and Justice to Children. |
| > > > Children & War | Children / Youth and War | As Mennonite Christians we want to be age-appropriately open and honest with our children about what most specifically Jesus has said pertaining to war, as well as the entire Bible and the church in history. |
| > > > Video games | Video games for gift giving | Video games for gift giving: A special message from MARP, MMA and Mennonite Church USA |
| > > Youth | Resources for Youth | Resources for Youth: Writings, Reading Lists, Activities to teach youth about Peace and Justice. |
| > > > Choices | Choices | |
| > > > Registration and draft | Registration and the draft | |
| > > > Youth blogs | Youth blogs | |
| > > > Peace postings | Peace postings | |
| > > > Conflict and YOUth | Conflict: How do YOUth respond | This free questionnaire is a tool for youth to use as they begin to explore the many ways to deal with conflicts. Both online and printable versions are available. |
| > > > Resources | Resources to help you think about Peacemaking | |
| > > > Writings | Writings | |
| > > Military Personnel | Friends in the Military | Resources for Military Personnel: Military Discharges and Regulations, Lists of Agencies that can help you rethink your participation in war. |
| > > Fun Activities | Fun Activities | Fun Activities: games and online activities with a Peace and Justice Theme. |
| > > Clipart & Posters | Peace Clipart and Posters | Downloadable Graphics: Clipart, Posters and Screen Savers with a Peace Theme. |
| > > > Signs for the Times | Signs for the Times | The road the United States is taking to war needs caution signs from people of faith. We offer these signs for your use in your office, posted in your car windows, enlarged on signs for your public witnesses, or to be forwarded to Christians to whom you want to offer concise thoughts. |
| > > Peace Products | Resources from Others | Peace Products for sale by other Mennonite agencies. |
| > > Resources to Order | Resources to Order | Online catalog of print resources and t-shirts that can be ordered. These peace related items are great for gifts and awards. Some are Free, some cost money. |
| > > > Peace Flags | Peace Flags | An effective way to proclaim an alternative to violence. Order a Peace Flag today. |
| > > > Peace Drum | Peace Drum | This 12" damfa, a frame drum, with Mennonite Church USA logo and "drumming for peace" on the head, was made by artisans in India. |
| > > Annotated List | Annotated Peace Resource List | This growing list includes books and videos that have come to our attention as moving in the direction of shalom. |
| > > > Advanced Search | Annotated Peace Resource List | This growing list includes books, videos, and websites that have come to our attention as moving in the direction of shalom. |
| > > Photo Gallery | Photo Gallery | Peace and Justice Support Network, Photo Gallery |
| > > Newsletters | Olive Branches and Dove Tales Newsletters | Online copies of the PJSN Newsletter and Resources mailings. |
| > > Phone Call-In | Phone Call-in Event, April 12, 2005 | Tools for our time: congregations in a country at war.
Call-in phone conversations and live internet broadcast about the intersection of our faith and the actions of our country. |
| > > > Resources | Call-In Resources | Resources mentioned in the April 2005 Call-In event. |
| > > > Subscriptions | Call-In Subscriptions | Subscriptions mentioned in the April 2005 Call-In event. |
| > > > Response | Call-In Response | Give us your response to the April 2005 Call-In event. |
| > > > Speakers | Call-In Speakers | Speakers from the April 2005 Call-In event. |
| > > > Questions | Questions from Listeners | Questions from Listeners for the April 12, 2005 Call-in |
| > > > Past call-in's | List of call-in phone conversations | A list of the Call-in phone conversations conducted by Peace and Justice Support Network. |
| > > Webmaster tools | Webmaster tools | Link to us from your website. |
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| > Advocacy | Advocacy | |
| > > Colombia | Colombia | List of available resources on Colombia. |
| > > > Pan y Paz | Pan Y Paz (Bread and Peace) | In times of increasing violence Colombian Mennonites are taking a public stand for peace. You are invited to join them. |
| > > > Days of Prayer | Remembering the Victims and Rejoicing with the Peacemakers: Days of Prayer and Action for Peace in Colombia | Thousands of churches and people of faith from the United States and Colombia are coming together to call for an end to the violence in Colombia. Mennonite Church USA encourages you and your congregation to take part. |
| > > Death Penalty | Death Penalty | Resources on capital punishment. |
| > > > Death Penalty Links | Links to Organizations Working to End the Death Penalty | List of Organizations Working to End the Death Penalty with web links |
| > > > Death Penalty Resources | Resources to Abolish the Death Penalty | A list of agencies that provide resources on Death Penalty Abolition. |
| > > Iraq | Iraq | These materials have been prepared to help North American Mennonites, Brethren in Christ, and other Christians understand the current crisis with respect to Iraq. |
| > > > Prayers | Iraq - Prayers | |
| > > > Overview of Iraq | Overview of Iraq | Iraq is rich in history, culture and people. The land that now encompasses modern Iraq is known as the "Cradle of Civilization." |
| > > > Lamp Blessing | Iraq Lamp Blessing | Mennonite Church congregations in the United States and Canada are invited to dedicate a lamp (and candles for home use) using a special prayer and light it each Sunday as they pray for peace between our countries. |
| > > > Fourth Anniversary | Worship Resources for Observance of The Fourth Anniversary of the War In Iraq | Worship Resources for Observance of The Fourth Anniversary of the War In Iraq |
| > > > Weekly Ads | Weekly Ads for Peace in Iraq | Iraq war ad campaign |
| > > Palestine/Israel | Palestine/Israel | Prayers for the people of Palestine/Israel |
| > > Sept 11 | Response to September 11 | Resources for prayer, worship, education, and reflection on the tragedy of September 11, 2001 |
| > > Resolutions | Resolutions from MC USA delegate body | Resolutions adopted by MC USA delegate body regarding Peace and Justice Issues. |
| > > > Past Resolutions | Additional Peace and Justice Statements | |
| > > Jubilee | Jubilee: debt cancellation | Debt cancellation program for impoverished countries. |
| > > Abortion | Abortion | Led by the Spirit, and beginning in the church, we witness to all people that violence is not the will of God. We witness against all forms of violence, including ... abortion. |
| > > Contact Gov. | Christlike contacts with governing authorities | God uses people of faith to confront and call authorities to fulfill their intended purpose. Here's help for your work. |
| > > Plan Public Action | Preparing for a public prayer service | If you've not planned a public witness before, especially if you're working on a volatile topic or anticipating police involvement, here is some help |
| > > > Peacemaker | PeacemakerGuidelines | Roles, guidelines, and suggestions for people performing the peacemaker role at a public action or prayer service. |
| > > > Elements | Elements of a Nonviolent Action Campaign | This is a list of possible steps for planning a Nonviolent Action Campaign. |
| > > > Materials | Creating Publicity materials | Suggestions on making Signs, Banners, Leaflets and Props for a Nonviolent public action. |
| > > War Taxes | War Taxes | Resources on the payment of war taxes |
| > > > Sample Letters | 2005 sample letters to send with your taxes | 2005 sample letters to send with your taxes |
| > > > letter to congress | Sample letter to legislators protesting war taxes | Sample letter to legislators protesting war taxes |
| > > > letter to IRS | Sample letter to IRS protesting war taxes | Sample letter to IRS protesting war taxes |
| > > Immigration | Immigration | |
| > > > May 1 | National May 1 Movement for Worker and Immigrant Rights | Mennonite Church USA is strongly on the side of fair immigration reform and supporting people who are oppressed by unjust laws, especially their grassroots efforts, which May 1 is. |
| > > > Action Planning | Action Planning with Immigrant Families Affected by an Immigration Raid | Action Planning with Immigrant Families Affected by an Immigration Raid, Gilberto Pérez Jr., MSW, ACSW, Bienvenido Program Director, Northeastern Center, Inc. |
| > > > Safety for all | Safety for all | Safety for all: Jodi ReadAssociate for Migration and PeacebuildingWest Coast Mennonite Central Committee |
| > > > Migrant Trail | Migrant Trail | On May 23, Mennonite Central Committee staff and constituents will participate in the Migrant Trail - a 75 mile walk from Mexico to Arizona that retraces the journey taken by many migrants. |
| > > > Just Coffee | Just Coffee: Caffeine with a Conscience | The Just Coffee’s Company Mission is to deliver the highest quality, organic, environmentally consciousness fresh roasted coffee to our customers at a price that fair and just. |
| > > > Exercising our voice | Exercising our voice: Speaking about just immigration policies and practices to 2008 candidates | Through June 30, anyone may sign the letter shown below. Your name and position will appear on the signature page of this campaign for justice for immigrants. |
| > > > Learning Tour 2008 | MCC Learning Tour – MEXICO - Women and Immigration | MCC Learning Tour – MEXICO - Women and Immigration / October 2008 |
| > > Vietnam | Mennonites in Vietnam | The Mennonite Church in Vietnam has appealed to Mennonites in North America and in the Mennonite World Conference to pray on their behalf, and in particular for Nguyen Hong Quang, Mennonite Church leader who was arrested on June 8. |
| > > > Fax from Exec Board | Fax from Mennonite Church USA Executive Board | Fax from Mennonite Church USA Executive Board to Raymond F. Burghardt, Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| > > > Writing letters | Action: writing letters of support to Vietnamese Mennonites | If you and/or your congregation would like to visibly show support to Vietnamese Mennonites, you may write letters of comfort. |
| > > > Letter from Jim Schrag | Letter to congregations from Jim Schrag, Mennonite Church USA Executive Director | Letter to congregations from Jim Schrag, Mennonite Church USA Executive Director regarding Mennonites |
| > > > Financial Support | letter from Nhien Huu Pham, President of North American Vietnamese Mennonite Fellowship | We are also concerned about the daily living expenses of the prisoners and their families. I would like to call upon your generousity to help them. |
| > > Zimbabwe | Prayer for Zimbabwe | During an adult delegate session at Charlotte 2005, Janeen Bertsche Johnson, of the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board, presents about 200 prayers to Nancy Heisey, president of Mennonite World Conference, to be sent to brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering economic, physical and spiritual hardship in Zimbabwe. |
| > > New York Shootings | Call to Justice: A Response to New York Shootings | On Saturday, November 25 Saturday, November 25, 2006 NY Police shot Sean Bell, Joseph Guzman, and Trent Benefield. The New York City Council of Mennonite Churches, in cooperation with Mennonite Central Committee East Coast and Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA , is calling for a response from our people. |
| > > Native American | Native American Apology Resolution | At the request of our Native sisters and brothers, delegates at the July 2007 San Jose convention supported the joint U.S. Senate and House bills commonly called the Native American "apology bill." Following are resources to help you and your congregation take follow-up actions. |
| > > > Handout | Handout: Native American Apology Bill | Handout about the Native American "apology bill." |
| > > Iran | Iran | |
| > > > Created from one jewel | Created from one jewel | Welcome to my journal as I prepare for, travel to, and return from Iran with the Fellowship of Reconciliation on a two-week grassroots civilian diplomacy trip. The phrase "created from one jewel" comes from lines gracing the entrance to the Hall of Nations at the United Nations in New York. Saadi, Iran’s greatest Persian poet, reminds us all that we are one. |
| > > Why we do advocacy | Why we do advocacy | |
| > > Talking Faith | Talking your faith with others | Many people of faith who stand against a war with Iraq have viewpoints the media want to hear and need to heed. Here are hints for effective communication. |
| > > Faith and Politics | Faith and Politics | The Bible contains contrasting images of government. One image highlights government's potential, the other its pitfalls. |
| > > Action Alerts | Action Alerts | Immediate needs for help with advocacy. |
| > > Basis For | The Reason for our Advocacy | By raising our voices on behalf of those who are struggling to overcome poverty, oppression and violence, advocacy responds faithfully to Jesus' command to "love our neighbors as ourselves." |
| > > CPWI DC witness 09 | Mennonites and Christian Peace Witness for Iraq 2009 | Christian Peace Witness for Iraq is an ecumenical, ad hoc group of Partners, including Mennonite Church USA Peace and Justice Support Network and MCC Washington Office, who are called and committed to raising a Christian voice for peace. Together we can do more and better than we can alone. We share resources, time, prayers, sorrows and joys. Join us! |
| > > Healthcare Access | Healthcare Access | Wondering how to connect your faith, the healthcare resolution passed at Mennonite Church USA Convention 2009 and the current health care debate in our country? |
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| > Legacy of Hope | Legacy of Hope | We have hope, not that the events of the world will turn out "right," but that God is who God claims to be. Read a weekly inspiring quote. |
| > > Archive | Legacy of Hope: Archives | Archive of quotes from our Legacy of Hope page. |
| > > Hope Cards: B&W | Mini-Posters to Quench your Thirst for Hope. | Further quench your thirst for hope by downloading these mini-posters. Stick one on your refrigerator, one on your computer, one on the dashboard of your car, one in your church bulletin. Share these widely; this harvest of hope is plenty for all. |
| > > Hope Cards: Color | Mini-Posters to Quench your Thirst for Hope. | Further quench your thirst for hope by downloading these colored mini-posters. Stick one on your refrigerator, one on your computer, one on the dashboard of your car, one in your church bulletin. Share these widely; this harvest of hope is plenty for all. |
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| > Links | Links to Peace Sites | |
| > > Peace Centers | Mennonite Peace Centers | List of the area peace centers with Mennonite connections. |
| > > P&J Orgs. | Peace and Justice Organizations | List of other peace and justice organizations. |
| > > Menno P&J Orgs. | Mennonite Related Peace and Justice Organizations | List of Mennonite related peace and justice organizations |
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| > Menno Search | Mennonite USA search | |
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| > Prayer For Peace | Weekly Prayer For Peace | Weekly Prayer For Peace mailing list. Sign up today. |
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