Keep Making Peace

 

Central United Methodist Church, Capitol at Ottawa (northeast of State Capitol)

Jointly sponsored by the Boards of Church and Society in the Detroit and West Michigan Conferences

United Methodist Church

 

     Last May, Bob Edgar became the CEO of Common Cause, a national non-partisan, non-profit citizens' lobby organization to make government at all levels more honest, open, and accountable.  He served several years on CC's governing board before becoming its president.

     Bob spent 12 years in the U.S. Congress, and seven years as the general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Christ, following his presidency at Claremont School of Theology, a United Methodist seminary in California.  He is a graduate of Lycoming College and Drew University School of Theology, and the recipient of four honorary degrees.

     His major concerns include public funding of political campaigns, election reforms, improved government ethics, an open media, and a clean environment.

     Simon & Schuster recently released Bob's book Middle Church -- Reclaiming the Moral Values of the Faithful Majority from the Religious Right.

 

 9:00 a.m.      Check-in

 9:30 a.m.      Bob Edgar: "God's Peacemakers"

10:45 a.m.     Standing break

11:00 a.m.     Bob Edgar: "God's Call to Love the Poor"

11:45 a.m.     Lunch

12:45 p.m.     Resource groups

 2:15 p.m.      Bob Edgar: "God's Good Earth"

 3:15 p.m.      Conclusion

 

Peace: Rich Peacock and Ellen Brubaker (sanctuary)

Poverty: Faith Fowler and Valerie Mossman-Celestin (dining room south)

Planet Earth: Keith Pohl and Ada Kidd (chapel off library)