26: Speaker on: Is Peace Possible in Northern Ireland
“An Evening with Doug Baker”
Monday, June 26, at 5:30 p.m.
Grace Hall, Westminster Presbyterian Church,
1506 W. 13th Street,
Wilmington, DE 19806
Rev. Doug Baker is an American Presbyterian Church (USA) clergyman who has lived in Northern Ireland and engaged in reconciliation work since 1979. He was Christian Education Coordinator for the Corrymeela Community – a renowned
center for cross-community work -- from 1979 – 1997. He now
lives in Belfast where he continues his peacemaking ministry.
He will offer much information about the situation in
Northern Ireland and the hopes for peace.
A light supper will be available for those who wish to partake at 5:30.
The cost is $5 and reservations can be made by calling 302-654-5214.
This program is co-sponsored by the Church in the World Committee of Westminster Presbyterian Church and Pacem in Terris. For more information, call Pacem in Terris at 302-656-2721.
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27: Monthly Peace Vigil, 11 am – 12 noon, at Concord Square, on Route 202 (Concord Pike). Peace signs will be available or you can bring your own. For more info, call 302-656-2721 or e-mail peace4june@gmail.com
27: Celebration with Omar Rashada, from 3 – 6 pm at the Rosehill Community Center, 19 Lambsons Lane, New Castle, DE 19720. Lots of live entertainment, instrumental and vocal music, poetry, comedy, and short speeches to mark 11 years of Mr. Rashada’s cable Channel 28 monthly talk shows that highlight community events and local artists. A good will offering will be taken. For more info, call 302-743-2067 or e-mail omarrashada@yahoo.com
27: Reception to Welcome the Northern Irish, 7 pm in Grant Hall, St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, 809 S. Broom St., Wilm., DE 19805. This is a chance to meet the Northern Irish and local participants and leaders in UPD 2009. Sponsored by Ulster Project Delaware. Free, for more info, call UPD at 302-656-2721.
July
7: Showing of “The Eleventh Hour” 7 pm in Community Hall, Westminster Presby. Ch., 1506 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806. This documentary, directed by Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Peterson, is narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. It is the first session of the Pacem in Terris Summer Series, “Making Peace with the Planet.” 92 min. Free, for more info, call 302-656-2721.
9: 2009 Catherine Rooney Irish Pub 5K Run/Walk for UPD, 5:30 registration, 6:45[, race starts. Registration on line at wwwraces2run.com Registration fee is $16 until July 6 and $20 on Race Day. For more info, or registration forms, call 302-656-2721.
11: Carwash to Benefit UPD, from 10 am to 2 pm at Limestone Presby. Church, 3201 Limestone Rd., Wilm., DE 19808 and from 9 am to 1 pm at St. Paul’s United Meth. Church, 1324 Foulk Road, Wilm., DE 19803. The two groups of teens are in friendly competition. No set fee for the carwash, patrons just give as much as they can. For more info, call 302-656-2721.
11: Caravan to Cuba Stops in Newark, 11:30 am at New Ark United Ch. of Christ, 300 E. Main St., Newark, DE 19711. Sophie Ziner, who has participated in lots of the caravans, will speak. The small group of caravanistas will lunch at a local restaurant with interested members of the public. Co-sponsored by Pacem in Terris and the Social Concerns Committee of the New Ark United Church of Christ. For more info, call 302-656-2721.
11: Jazz Concert to Benefit Pacem in Terris,
7 pm in the Church Hall at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew & Matthew, 8th and Shipley Streets, Wilm., DE 19801. Harry Spencer will perform with the following line-up: Ronny Smith (saxophone), Vernon James (flute and saxophones), Karen Rege (piano), Val Dobson (bass), and Michael Brown Carty (drums). Students of Harry Spencer will also perform. Tickets for the concert cost $10, which includes refreshments, and children six and under are admitted for free. To order tickets or for more information, call the Pacem in Terris office at 302-656-2721 or send a check payable to “Pacem in Terris” with the memo, “Jazz Concert,” to Pacem in Terris, 1304 N. Rodney Street, Wilmington, DE 19806-4227. Tickets will also be available at the door.
11: 11:45 am meet 2 members of the 20th US-Cuba Friendshipment
Meet Sophie Ziner, a 25 year-old social justice activist and Caravan spokeswoman, and a couple of her associates who will arrive in a Caravan school bus. Join us in taking them out to lunch in Newark: leaving New Ark United Church of Christ, 300 E. Main St., Newark, DE 19711. Over lunch, they will talk about their mission and current U.S.-Cuba relations.
Sophie has been on four caravans to Cuba and has been a speaker on the last three. Originally from Vancouver Island, she now lives in Connecticut. In Vancouver she was deeply involved in both Cuba solidarity work and campaigning against the war and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine.
Organized each year by Pastors for Peace, the Caravan for Cuba consists of 15 different Caravan groups, traveling on 15 different routes, visiting 130 U.S. and Canadian cities. They are
carrying with them building supplies and tools for hurricane reconstruction, as well as medical, educational, and cultural supplies.
This event, which is open to the public, is co-sponsored by the Social Concerns Committee of the New Ark United Church of Christ & Pacem in Terris. For more information call, 302-656-2721. To learn more about the Caravan, go to www.ifconews.org/Cuba.caravan20
12: Peace Community Potluck, 5 – 7 pm in Classroom #6, Westminster Presby. Church, 1506 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806. Please bring enough food to share with eight people. For more info, e-mail June at peace4june@gmail.com or call 302-475-0407.
14: “A Climate at Peace,” a lecture by Dr. John Byrne, Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy and Distinguished Prof. of Energy and Climate Policy at the U. of DE, at 7 pm in the Meeting Room, Westminster Presby. Church, 1502 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806. Session 2 of “Making Peace with the Planet,” Free, for more info, call 302-656-2721.
15: John Flynn Benefit Concert for Eric Hall Foundation, 8:00 PM at the Baby Grand at The Grand Opera House, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware. Cost: $20, tickets available at the door. Join John at his CD Release Concert for AMERICA’S WAITING. John will be playing in this beautiful and historic venue with a FULL BAND. The show is also a benefit concert for The Eric Hall Foundation. All profits to go to the foundation whose goal is to work with those dealing with PTSD issues after returning home from war. Please join us. For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.grandopera.org/
So, who is Eric Hall? U.S. Marine Eric Hall has become a poster child for the internal war men and women face when the fighting ends. But his tragedy was merely the beginning, according to a national recording artist who will release a song about post-traumatic stress disorder based on Hall's story. Folk singer John Flynn highlights Hall's struggles with mental illness, and the veterans who continued the exhaustive search for the 24-year-old Indiana native when others stopped.
The song, "Semper Fi," takes listeners to the filthy drainage pipe in Deep Creek where Hall's body was recovered, as well as the patrol in Iraq that changed his life forever. Above all, Flynn's lyrics serve as a wake-up call to those who turn a deaf ear to the issue, he said. "The song is about love and brotherhood, but basically, it should be a challenge to folks like me to show the same love," Flynn said.
Hall, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, was severely wounded in June 2005 when a roadside bomb tore through his left leg and killed his best friend. During his recovery, Hall was diagnosed with PTSD, which affects thousands of returning troops.
Eric's mother, Becky Hall, was overwhelmed with emotion when she heard the lyrics. "It's just so moving," she said. "(John) put it together in a way that tells the story so beautifully." [Mrs. Hall will speak at the concert.]
Hall moved to Charlotte County in January to help with his rehabilitation. But he couldn't escape the war within. He disappeared from his aunt's home a month later, following a flashback. The manhunt lasted until March 9, when Gulf Cove resident and Vietnam veteran Charlie Shaughnessy discovered Hall's body 50 yards inside a drainage pipe, near the roadway where his motorcycle had been abandoned. Flynn makes references to the discovery in his song, noting Shaughnessy "found the tip of the iceberg," as the disorder reaches far beyond county lines. ”It was pretty touching," Shaughnessy said.
For more information and to purchase tickets go to www.grandopera.org/ Visit John’s website at www.johnflynn.netThis concert is endorsed by Delaware Pacem in Terris.
16: Portadown Night, a talent show presented by the Northern Irish teens and leaders, 7 pm at the Wilmington Drama League, 10 W. Lea Boulevard, Wilm., DE 19802. Free. For more info, call 302-656-2721.
21: Showing of “Flow: For Love of Water” at 7 pm in Community Hall, Westminster Presby. Ch., 1506 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806. An award-winning documentary directed by Irena Salina investigates the world water crisis and builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply. Interviews experts, as well as the people and institutions that are providing practical solutions to the water crisis. It is the third session of “Making Peace with the Planet.” 84 minutes. Free, for more info, call 302-656-2721.
25: Monthly Peace Vigil, 11 am – 12 noon, at Concord Square, on Route 202 (Concord Pike). Peace signs will be available or you can bring your own. For more info, call 302-656-2721 or e-mail peace4june@gmail.com
28: Showing of “A Crude Awakening: Oil Crash,” at 7 pm in the Meeting Room at Westminster Presby. Church, 1502 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806. This documentary by Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack tells the story of the world’s shrinking oil supply and how our industrial society, built on cheap and readily available oil, must be re-imagined and overhauled. It is the fourth session of “Making Peace with the Planet.” 90 minutes. Free, for more info, call 302-656-2721.
August
4: “Reconciling Mother Earth and Her People,” a lecture by Marie Dennis, director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns and Co-Pres. Of Pax Christi International, 7 pm in Community Hall, Westminster Presby., Church, 1506 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806. Dennis was an organizer of the “Faith, Economy, and Ecology” Conference in Washington in May 2009. She was founder of the successful Jubilee movement in the U.S for debt cancellation for the world’s most impoverished nations. It is the fifth session of “Making Peace with the Planet.” Free. For more info, call 302-656-2721.
also on Aug. 4th:
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Legacy Photo/Poster Program
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
From 6 - 7 pm and 8:40 – 9:30 pm in Classroom #6
a U.S. Representative of
The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation at 6:30 pm
Westminster Presbyterian Church
1506 W. 13th St. , Wilmington, DE 19806
The focus of the exhibit is not about why, or if nuclear weapons should have been used against Japan in 1945. The exhibit simply shows what happened and what could happen again. If you would like to review the exhibit on line and learn more about its purpose, go to the museum website, http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/images_e/poster/us07.html. We hope you can join us for this informative display which has been generously given to us by the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, whose mission is to ensure that no city ever has to endure such an experience and to work for the global abolition of nuclear weapons.
The Exhibit is free and open to the public before and after the Pacem in Terris Summer Series
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9: Peace Community Potluck, 5 – 7 pm in Classroom #6, Westminster Presby. Church, 1506 W. 13th St., Wilm., DE 19806. Please bring enough food to share with eight people. For more info, e-mail June at peace4june@gmail.com or call 302-475-0407.
11: Showing of “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil,” 7 pm in Community Hall (see entry above for location details.) This documentary by Faith Morgan tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people as they made the transition from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. Cuba, the only country that has faced the massive reduction of fossil fuels, provides us with examples of options and gives us hope. 53 minutes. Free, for more info, call 302-656-2721.
29: Monthly Peace Vigil, 11 am – 12 noon, at Concord Square, on Route 202 (Concord Pike). Peace signs will be available or you can bring your own. For more info, call 302-656-2721 or e-mail peace4june@gmail.com
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