Peacemaking Conference Schedule

Thursday, June 11

8:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. Hospitality with Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons

Friday, June 12

1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Welcome to the Block
5–6:45 p.m. Simple dinner at North Avenue Presbyterian Church
7–9 p.m. Dessert and conversation

Conversation topics include:

• Palestine and Israel
• Iraq
• Presbyterian witness in your local and state governments
• Faith-based efforts to increase the minimum wage in Georgia
• Sustainability: a matter of faith
• Immigration
• Singing for peace
• Combating racism
• The proposed New Form of Government
• Peacemaking through a new hymnal
• A conversation with the PC(USA) moderator/vice-moderator

9–9:30 p.m. Pray for peace

Saturday, June 13

9–11:45 a.m. In the neighborhood

Tours will travel into Atlanta neighborhoods to see peacemaking efforts and guest speakers will present models of peacemaking in Atlanta at the Hyatt.

Peacemaking Tours

• Wage Peace, Fight Disease and Build Hope: Carter Center
• Nonviolence: Martin Luther King Center
• Combating Racism: Martin Luther King Center
• Urban Plunge: A Walking Tour of Atlanta
• International Health: Centers for Disease Control and Villa International
• Peacemaking Models
• World Pilgrims
• Women’s Action for New Directions
• Atlanta Ministry with International Students:
• Mission at our Doorstep

2–4:00 p.m. Won’t You Be My Neighbor

Conference participants will debrief their morning experiences, consider their next steps and ponder how to engage their home neighborhoods.