Author John Paul Lederach and Civil Rights Leader James Lawson to Speak at Peace Conference, April 11-13
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 5, 2007/GBOD/ -- The United Methodist General Board of Discipleship (GBOD) and the JUSTPEACE Center for Mediation and Conflict Transformation will co-sponsor “Imagination and Peacebuilding,” April 11-13, 2007 at The Upper Room in Jackson Hall Auditorium, located at 1908 Grand Ave., Nashville, Tenn.
Among those scheduled to participate are John Paul Lederach and the Rev. James Lawson.
John Paul Lederach
Lederach, (http://kroc.nd.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/lederach.shtml) author, professor and leader in the field of moral imagination, will give the keynote address at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 12 in Jackson Hall Auditorium.
“Imagination is the key missing ingredient in the church and the world in our responses to conflict. This conference is an opportunity for the community to understand the role of the imagination in peacebuilding and to develop practices that unleash our creativity as ministers of
reconciliation," said the Rev. Thomas W. Porter, executive director of JUSTPEACE.
The Rev. James Lawson
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 5, 2007/GBOD/ -- The United Methodist General Board of Discipleship (GBOD) and the JUSTPEACE Center for Mediation and Conflict Transformation will co-sponsor “Imagination and Peacebuilding,” April 11-13, 2007 at The Upper Room in Jackson Hall Auditorium, located at 1908 Grand Ave., Nashville, Tenn.
Among those scheduled to participate are John Paul Lederach and the Rev. James Lawson.
John Paul LederachLederach, (http://kroc.nd.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/lederach.shtml) author, professor and leader in the field of moral imagination, will give the keynote address at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 12 in Jackson Hall Auditorium.
“Imagination is the key missing ingredient in the church and the world in our responses to conflict. This conference is an opportunity for the community to understand the role of the imagination in peacebuilding and to develop practices that unleash our creativity as ministers of
reconciliation," said the Rev. Thomas W. Porter, executive director of JUSTPEACE.The Rev. James Lawson
United Methodist pastor and civil rights justice leader, will lead a plenary session on "Moral Imagination and Nonviolence" from 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 12. http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/witnesses/james_lawson.html
“These powerful plenary leaders will help us explore with one another not only method and technique, but the art and soul of peacebuilding and conflict transformation, including metaphors and stories that can help us break free of destructive cycles of violence to imagine new possibilities,” says the Rev. Stephen Bryant, associate general secretary of GBOD and world editor of The Upper Room daily devotional guide.
The peacebuilding conference, which explores the role of imagination and the arts when engaging conflict, begins with registration at 4:00 p.m., April 11 and ends at 12 noon April 13.
The registration fee is $185. To register online visit http://justpeaceumc.org or e-mail justpeace@justpeaceumc.org.
JUSTPEACE Center for Mediation and Conflict Transformation is a mission of The United Methodist Church to engage conflict constructively in ways that strive for justice, reconciliation, resource preservation and restoration of community in and through The United Methodist Church and with the Church universal to the world in which we live.
GBOD’s mission is to support annual conference and local church leaders for their task of equipping world-changing disciples. An agency of The United Methodist Church, GBOD is located at 1908 Grand Ave. in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, call the Media Relations Office toll free at (877) 899-2780, Ext. 7017.
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