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Peace with Justice

 
 
~Peace with Justice Sunday~
Witness to God's hope for a faithful, loving world.
"Making Things Right"
May 18, 2008
 
 
PEACE with JUSTICE SUNDAY -is a time that United Methodist can respond to God�s call to be peacemakers. It is a time that we renew our commitment by advocating and witnessing for peace and justice for all  God�s Creation. By observing Peace with Justice Sunday, you give hope and voice to the wounded and vulnerable who are in crisis situations, such as the war in Iraq, genocide in Darfur, torture, violence, poverty in the local and global community, global warming, and much more. 
 
.PEACE WITH JUSTICE OFFERING -Your offering on Peace with Justice Sunday is at work beyond the walls of the local church helping children of God throughout the world.
 
Half of the offering remains in our Annual Conference for peace with justice, and environmental justice ministries. The remaining half helps support peace with justice programs nationally and internationally through the General Board of Church & Society.

If the designated date of May 18th conflicts with your church�s calendar, please select another date that is meaningful for your church.
 
The total 2007 offering was $27,809.06.Thanks to your generosity, 17 grants were given in 2007 to assist local churches and others engaged in peace and justice advocacy ministries.

 Please continue to observe this �Special Sunday� and give generously to the Peace with Justice Sunday Special Offering

FREE RESOURCES. Bulletin inserts/envelopes, and posters, are available in Korean, Spanish, and English from UM Communications, by calling toll free (888) 346-3862, or at www.UMCGiving.org , and at the General Board of Church & Society�s website at www.umc-gbcs.org.

To help put a human face on Peace with Justice Sunday a video clip with sound is available at the site below. After you open this click "Forgive the World" in light blue.    

 http://www.umcgiving.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=qwL6KkNWLrH&b=3945895&content_id={B7045FE2-2F29-4379-AFD0-408E6A88B425}&notoc=1

INSTANT CONNECTION Articles on Peace with Justice Sunday:

    April 17th - http://www.calnevumc.org/news_detail.asp?pkvalue=586 -

    April 24th - http://www.calnevumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=600

Peace with Justice Grants
2007
  • California Church IMPACT (Moral economy and food security project)
  • Pine UMC, San Francisco, CA (Bible Study for Asian American LGBT - will also address civil & human rights issues for all regardless of sexual orientation)
  • Sebastopol UMC, Sebastopol, CA (Habitat for Humanity Faith Build)
  • Foodhill House Hospitality, Grass Valley, CA (For compassionate care for homeless people and advocacy for affordable housing)
  • East Bay Housing Organization, Oakland, CA (Interfaith Action in Housing Program)
  • Filipino American Ministries, CA & NV (Fact Finding Mission to the Philippines)
  • Noel Estes, Easter Hill UMC, Richmond, CA & The Edge (SFSU) (Participation in GBCS Ethnic Young Adult Intership Program - Washington DC)
  • Pricilla Barton, Reno, NV (Production of video of "Rachel's Voice", a play about organizations working nonviolently to stop demolition of Palestinian homes)
  • South Hayward UMC, Hayward CA (Peace Camp)
  • Temple UMC, San Francisco, CA (Translation to Spanish of "Making Access Happen: Promoting and Planning Transport for All")
  • Island United Church of Foster City, Foster City, CA (Community Garden Project)
  • San Ramon Valley UMC, Alamo, CA ("In Martin Luther King's Footsteps" education project and interfaith peace service)
  • Glide Memorial UMC, San Francisco, CA (Emerging Leaders Internship Program for University Students)
  • Paradise Center for Tolerance and Nonviolence, Paradise, CA (STARS "anti-bullying" program for elementary school children)
  • Jose Arcellana, Buena Vista UMC (Peace for Life "interfaith Peace Pilgrimage and Solidarity Visit to Palestine-Israel)
  • Clovis UMC-Hmong Ministry, Clovis, CA (CHRIST Ministry Leadership / Conflict Management Training)
  • The Edge Campus Ministry, San Francisco, CA (Frederick Douglass Jubilee Center for debt relief for impoverished countries)

California-Nevada Grant Application and Guidelines

Download the Guidelines (PDF coming soon) and Application (PDF coming soon) for Peace with Justice Grants in the California-Nevada Annual Conference.  The applications will be reviewed at the Fall meeting of the Confererence Board of Church and Society.  Please pass this info onto churches, or other groups working with the regligious community.

For Info: Adrienne Fong by email at afong@jps.net or by phone at (415) 651-4910 after 10:00 a.m.

Guidelines for Peace with Justice Grants

Board of Church and Society, California-Nevada Annual Conference

The United Methodist Church 

The BOOK of DISCIPLINE 2004, OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

    � 264.5 Peace with Justice Sunday� has been celebrated with an offering on the First Sunday After Pentecost. Congregations are to observe Peace with Justice Sunday on this date or on another date appropriate to the local church�. 

    � 264.5a)  The annual conference treasurer shall retain 50 percent of the receipts for Peace with Justice ministries in the annual conference, to be administered by the annual conference board of church and society or equivalent structure. 

The typical grants award is $500.00 to $1,500.00. Funds are not be used for salaries.  

Funding requests shall be considered for programs/projects of the following agencies or organizations, with preference given in the following order: 

1.  Projects/programs of the Conference Board of Church and Society that enhance the goals of the Peace with Justice Program (The BOOK of RESOLUTIONS 2004, pages 826 - 830), or that furthers the work of the Board of Church and Society on other advocacy and justice issues.

2. Local Churches of the Annual Conference that address peace, justice, and environmental justice issues � may be through education, advocacy, political action, Biblical witness etc. New projects/programs will be given priority.

3.  Ecumenical based organizations or agencies that seek funding for programs or projects that do one or more of the following:

      a) Enhance the ministry of the Board of Church and Society;

      b) Invite and encourage public advocacy;

      c) Invite and encourage participation of and/or provide resources for people, local districts, or program agencies of our annual conference. New projects/programs will be given priority.              

Incomplete applications will be returned.

For an application contact: Adrienne Fong, Peace with Justice Coordinator; by e-mail at afong@jps.net or call (415) 651-4910.

Applications received shall be forwarded to the Chairperson for the Conference Board of Church and Society.  

Funding requests will be taken to the next scheduled meeting of the full Board of Church and Society. The Executive Committee shall act on urgent requests received in between meetings. 

Notification of the decision on applications will be made within two weeks of the meeting of the Board of Church and Society, or of the Executive Committee making the decision. 

Applications for funding shall be submitted to: Adrienne Fong, Peace with Justice Coordinator; 750 Presidio Avenue, #207; San Francisco, CA 94115; or by e-mail at: afong@jps.net 
 

APPLICATONS ARE DUE BY:  September 1st and January 1st. 

ADOPTED:  January 28, 2006  - California-Nevada Annual Conference, Board of Church and Society