Canon David Porter will present a Cross of Nails to the Evangelische Versoehnungskirche (Protestant Reconciliation Church) and Katholische Seelsorge (Catholic Pastoral Care) in the Memorial Site of the Concentration Camp Dachau on the 8th May 2012. The service will take place at 7pm on the 8th of May. You are all warmly invited. Please find more information here.
The 2012 Duke Summer Reconciliation Leadership Institute takes part form the 28th May to the 2nd June and is recommended by Canon David Porter. It will include an in-depth seminar led by Peter Story of South Africa (who worked closely with Desmond Tutu) along with a former member of the Truth and Reconciliation on the theme “Unfinished Business: Healing the Wounds of History”. They will focus on the question “What is needed to facilitate healing and new life amidst and after deep conflict in a country’s history?” The seminar is designed for leaders who are attempting to help the church and their people to move into a new time while still struggling with the unfinished business of history—whether post-apartheid, post-sectarianism, post-Communism, post-genocide, or post-civil rights movement. They had 120 participants from 24 states, 15 countries and 6 continents last year. There are scholarships that can be applied for. The application deadline is the 1st April. Please find more information here.
The ‘EVA PEACE ACADEMY 2012′ with the topic ‘PEACE MAKERS – From the kitchen table to a conflict area’ takes place in Dresden from the 25th to the 28th of Mai. The ‘Peace Academy’ aims to further the cause of peace at the Frauenkirche. The idea is for young people to come together at this highly symbolic site, to enter into discussion about peace and to take part in all kinds of events revolving around sharing and practising peace with others – plus, of course, celebrating together. The organisers of EVA have put together a great and interesting programme. There will be plenty of participants coming to the Frauenkirche from Germany and all over the world. That alone makes a visit to the Academy an experience of peace. You can find more information here or under Facebook: www.facebook.com/EVA.Peace.Academy.
On Saturday 12 November 2011 CCN Partner, the Martin-Luther-Memorial Church, will hold a Day of Reconciliation from 10 am to 6 pm.
