 Peace Fund – Building for the Future “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. See, I am doing a new thing.” Isaiah 43: 14-21.

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 Peace Fund – Building for the Future “Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. See, I am doing a new thing.” Isaiah 43: 14-21

Peace Offering 2016 Together -  Empowering Advocacy  Supporting Justice

Peace Fund - Serving the Prophetic Call of Our Conference  Being faithful followers of Jesus Christ  Advocating for justice

Martin Luther King Sunday January 18, 2016 Or another Sunday that is appropriate for the work of or convenience of your congregation) (Check your UCC desk calendar: examples include, Ecumenical Sunday; First Day of UCC Women’s Week, Racial Justice Sunday, Amistad Sunday, Integrity of Creation Sunday, Immigrant Rights Sunday OR Holocaust Remembrance Day)

Letter from A Birmingham Jail – MLK, 16 April 1963 “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

Peace Offering  25% stays in your congregation for local justice initiatives  75% empowers others in the Minnesota Conference with grants of up to $2500!  2013 Grant focus – Prophetic Voice Advocacy  Information, Justice & Witness Team page of the Minnesota Conference website:

APPLY for Peace Fund Money. Grants Available for up to $2500!  Building Capacity for Justice Advocates / Congregational based organizing  Grants for empowering congregational advocacy  Grants based on the availability of funds and after full evaluation of the purposes for which the grant is being requested.

Examples of recent Peace Fund Grants  Supporting a new generation of Advocates  $2500 sent three MN Conference members to Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington DC  $2000 paid for training MN Conference members to become faith based justice organizers (Weeklong training by ISAIAH)

Peace Fund Offering MLK Sunday January 18, 2016