Christian Peace Witness for Iraq
WORSHIP and WITNESS
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
National City Christian Church
Convocation begins at 12:30 p.m.
Worship service begins at 7:00 p.m. followed by procession and action.
Featured Preachers & Speakers include:
Noah Baker Merrill — Quaker, Cofounder of Direct Aid Iraq, a humanitarian and peacebuilding effort working with Iraqi refugees
Kathy Kelly – Catholic, traveled to Iraq 24 times and lived in Baghdad throughout the “shock and awe” bombardment of March 2003
Tony Campolo - Author, pastor, social activist, sociologist and passionate follower of Jesus
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. - Minister, community activist, president of the Hip Hop Caucus and U.S. Air Force Reserve Veteran
Sr. Dianna Ortiz - U.S. born survivor of torture in Guatemala, founder and past executive director of Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International
Elizabeth McAlister - Peace activist and co-founder of Jonah House
Najlaa Al-Nashi — Iraqi displaced by war and Middle East Coordinator for Direct Aid Iraq will send a special video address from Jordan to the CPWI
Rev. Raphael Warnock – Senior Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the spiritual home of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
WITNESS and NONVIOLENT ACTION
Wednesday evening worship will be followed by an 8:30 p.m. procession to the White House, and nonviolent direct action.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Continuing the witness for Iraq with Congressional visits on Capitol Hill.
See the CPWI website: http://christianpeacewitness.org for more information.
See CPWI 2009 schedule here: http://christianpeacewitness.org/system/files/cpwi-brochure-bread.pdf