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DESCRIPTION:Rally, March, & Prayer Vigil\nWhen: March 16, 2007\n3:00 pm\n\nWhere: 
 Boedekker Park\nJones St. @ Eddy St.\nSan Francisco, CA 94102\n\nContact 
 Person: Mathias Leroy\n\nEmail Address: yeshuakid@yahoo.com\n\nFor more 
 information on PCPF San Francisco, go to www.pcpfsf.org .\n\nWe invite you 
 to join thousands in a “Christian Peace Witness or Iraq.” As followers 
 of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, our faith compels us to make our 
 voice heard—to repent of our complicity with the invasion and occupation 
 of Iraq and to renew our commitment to peacemaking.We ask you to join us in 
 praying for peace, studying the scriptures, learning nonviolence, lighting 
 candles of hope, and gathering together for an ecumenical public witness on 
 March 16, 2007, the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq. While Christian 
 Peace Witness for Iraq is a coalition of primarily Christian peace 
 organizations, all people are welcome to attend and participate in these 
 events.\n\nJust as Jesus wept over Jerusalem because it did not know the 
 things that make for peace, we weep over Washington,D.C., because of the 
 tremendous human suffering and loss of life that have resulted from our 
 government’s policiestoward Iraq. We are convinced that peace in Iraq 
 cannot be won militarily. It is time to bring the troops home and to 
 support a comprehensive peace process there. We believe, with Martin Luther 
 King, Jr., that “the ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a 
 descending spiral, begettingthe very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of 
 diminishing evil, it multiplies it. … Returning violence for violence 
 multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of 
 stars. … The chain reaction of evil—hate begetting hate, wars producing 
 more wars—must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of 
 annihilation.” \n\nPeace Witness Focus \n\n1. End the U.S. Occupation. 
 Like Isaiah, we are called to raise our prophetic voice, saying that 
 security cannot be achieved through military domination of one people over 
 another. We call on one another to find genuine security in God, who 
 insists that we build just relationships with all people. We call on the 
 President and Congress to bring our troops home from Iraq, to remove our 
 military bases and to stop threatening Iran and other nations. \n\n2. 
 Support Our Troops. Like Jesus, who healed the sick and preached good news 
 to the poor, we are called to be a pastoral presence to our country. We 
 callon one another to care for soldiers and their families who give so much 
 of themselves in times of conflict.We call on the President and Congress to 
 provide generous support for veterans and active-duty soldiers and their 
 families as they seek to rebuild their lives. \n\n3. Rebuild Iraq. Like 
 Paul, we are called to love our neighbors as ourselves and to care even for 
 our enemies.The lives of our sisters and brothers in Iraq, Afghanistan, 
 Iran, and across the Middle East have been turned upside down by the war. 
 We call on one anotherto financially support relief efforts in Iraq through 
 our denominations. We call on the President and Congressto lead the way in 
 funding international reconstruction of Iraq and providing humanitarian aid 
 for shattered Iraqi families, for our experience in other conflicts 
 hastaught us that such assistance is the most effective path to real 
 security for all people around the world. \n\n4. Say NO to Torture. Like 
 the disciple who learned to put away the sword, we are called to treat 
 others as we want to be treated. We call on one another to learn and 
 practice the discipline of active nonviolence: to resist violence and 
 injustice and to construct the culture of peace and reconciliation that we 
 all desire. We insist that our government treat all enemy combatants 
 humanely and take decisive action to ensure that torture is banned by all 
 agencies of the United States government. \n\n5. Say YES to Justice. Like 
 Mary, who praised God for lifting up the lowly and filling the hungry with 
 good things, we long for a world free from hunger, homelessness, 
 environmental destruction, injustice, and oppression. We call on one 
 another to do justice and show mercy to make our vision plain. We call on 
 the President and Congress to create a federal budget that puts priority on 
 meeting basic human needs instead of on making war. Let us together begin 
 to fashion a just peace dividend that is both renewable and lasting. 
 \n\nPreparation \n\nWe invite you to join in a Christian witness against 
 the war in Iraq, taking at least one of these forms: \n\n• praying daily 
 for the end of the war and occupation \n\n• studying the Bible and its 
 implications for U.S. foreign policy \n\n• learning about and practicing 
 active nonviolence \n\n• fasting toward grounding our security in 
 God\n\n\n• forming groups for prayer, study and action\n\n\n• inviting 
 your neighbors to join in public witness against the war \n\n• lighting 
 candles in the windows of your home andhouse of worship\n\n\n• 
 participating in a weekly peace witness in your town center \n\nThese 
 preparations will culminate in public Christian witnesses for peace on 
 March 16 in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and elsewhere. We will share 
 in an evening ecumenical worship service at the Washington National 
 Cathedral, a candlelight procession to the White House, and a late night 
 peace vigil, during which some participants may engage in “divine 
 obedience” (civil disobedience) and risk possible arrest. We invite you 
 to come to Washington, D.C. or to join similar public witness events in 
 your community.We will provide resources for this invitation on our website 
 www.christianpeacewitness.org. \n\nWe invite you to register your 
 participation on the website.We believe that until the Christian community 
 is willing to take risks for peace, to put its words into action, to 
 publicly witness that the war in Iraq is wrong, more people\nwill die, more 
 violence will shatter more lives, and we will all be less secure. Let us 
 commit to the fullness of the Gospel vision of justice, peace, inclusive 
 community and wholeness. Let us choose life that we and our children and 
 the people of Iraq may live! \n\nScriptural references: Luke 19:41-42, 
 Isaiah 31, Luke 7:22, Galatians 5:13-15, Romans 12:19-21, Matthew 26:51-52, 
 Matthew 7:12, Deuteronomy 30:19, Luke1:46-55, Micah 6:8 
 \n\nPartners\nBaptist Peace Fellowship of North America • Catholic Peace 
 Fellowship • Christian Alliance for Progress •Disciples Peace 
 Fellowship • Episcopal Peace Fellowship •Every Church a Peace Church 
 • Kairos: A Time to Speak • A Time to Act • Kirkridge Retreat & Study 
 Center •Leadership Conference of Religious Women • Lutheran Peace 
 Fellowship • Methodist Federation for Social Action • Maryknoll Office 
 for Global Concerns •Mennonite Church USA Peace and Justice 
 SupportNetwork • No2Torture • Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service • Pax 
 Christi USA • Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship • Presbyterian 
 Peace Fellowship •Sojourners/Call to Renewal.      \n 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/01/18371153.php
SUMMARY:Christian Peace Witness for Iraq- Anti-war March and Rally
LOCATION:Boedekker Park\nJones St. @ Eddy St.\nSan Francisco
URL:http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/01/18371153.php
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