[Peace-discuss] Fw: CPT Processions

Tue Jan 10 09:03:13 CST 2006

The Christian Peacemaker Team organization is holding some
vigils/processions in Washington DC the week of Jan 15 to protest torture,
hostage taking, and abuse of detainees at the federal buildings where the
policies are developed.

Michael Smith of East Bend Mennonite will be going and is offering to take
along as many people as can fit (his wife is Char Smith, who went to
Palestine on CPT mission 2 years ago).  Contact him if you are interested.

Dan

From: Michael  <mailto:crna_mike at prairieinet.net> & Char Smith

Date: 01/08/06 17:10:18

To: First Mennonite, U-C <mailto:fmc at prairienet.org> ; Normal Mennonite
Church <mailto:normal.mennonite at verizon.net> ; PJI List
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<mailto:joyer at prairieinet.net> ; Michael <mailto:crna_mike at hotmail.com> ;
Pastor Jeff <mailto:ebassocpastor at earthlink.net> ; Pastor Mike
<mailto:eastbend at earthlink.net> ; Sandy Miller
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<mailto:ekeiths43 at juno.com> ; Milton  <mailto:mrcen at arends-sons.com> & Ruth
Cender

Subject: Fw: CHICAGO/DC CALL TO ACTION: Shine the light--a call to witness
in a time of war

FYI-  I am planning on going to D.C. on Sat Jan. 14th - 20 or 21st. Once in
D.C. there will be homes to stay in and transportation to and 

        from areas in D.C. that we will be going to pray and "shine the
light". 

        I am willing to take anyone wanting to go, sharing gas and driving.
If you are interested let me know or pass on to someone who  

        might be interested in going.

PEACE,

Char Smith

        217 784-4061  or char_link at hotmail.com 

"True evangelical faith cannot lie dormant.  It clothes the naked, it feeds
the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves
those that harm it, it binds up that which is wounded, it has become all
things to all men."  Menno Simons

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Webster, NY

Date: 12/30/05 15:59:56

To: menno.org.cpt.news at MennoLink.org

Subject: CHICAGO/DC CALL TO ACTION: Shine the light--a call to witness in a
time of war

CPTnet

30 December 2005

CHICAGO/DC CALL TO ACTION:  Shine the light--a call to witness in a time of

war

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) invites supporters around the world to

help "Shine the Light" on torture, hostage-taking and abuse of detainees

in an effort to expose the shadowy scourge of war and end the U.S.

occupation of Iraq.

Beginning January 15 - the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. --

through January 29, 2006, CPT will carry out a series of processions in

Washington, DC starting at institutions that bear key responsibility for

war-making and ending with a brief prayer service at the White House.

Each day, candle-carrying participants will walk in prayerful silence

guided by a torchbearer shining the light on a hooded detainee who

symbolically represents all persons held captive by war and occupation.

In 1967, reflecting on the U.S. war in Viet Nam, Dr. King exhorted those

gathered at the Riverside Church in New York: "I speak as a citizen of the

world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken. The

great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to stop it must be

ours." In that spirit CPT encourages supporters to join this effort in

Washington and beyond.

COME TO DC:

Church groups, youth groups, seniors, university students, peace clubs,

community groups - -join CPT's team in Washington for a day, two days, or

the entire two weeks. Bring battery-powered candles and "shine the light"

around the Pentagon, the State Department, the U.S. Capitol, the CIA, and

other government and private institutions complicit in torture,

hostage-taking and abuse of detainees.

Every morning, the DC team will gather for prayer and preparation. Each

afternoon's two-mile procession will march around the institution chosen

for that day. Those participating will be mindful of the biblical

encirclements of Jericho when the walls came tumbling down. Participants

will then convene at the White House for a concluding prayer service.

For more information, contact Cliff Kindy at 312-933-0546 (cell phone) or

by e-mail at light at cpt.org.

SHINE THE LIGHT AT HOME:

Organize processions led by a torchbearer illuminating a hooded "captive"

to expose the institutions in your community that sponsor, support, or

benefit from torture, abuse of detainees and war-making. Challenge

legislators, government officials, and corporate executives to change

course. Highlight the devastating cost of this war sustained by victims on

many fronts.

Register your "Shine the Light" actions at

www.cpt.org/iraq/shinethelight.php.

Sample prayers, leaflets and media releases are also available at that site.

DON'T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT:

Cindy Sheehan galvanized worldwide attention when she camped out at

President Bush's Texas ranch for weeks insisting that he explain why her

son Casey had to die fighting in Iraq. Throughout the fall, CPTers set up

similar encampments in Northern Indiana towns as an ongoing challenge to

the war. The "Shine the Light" campaign builds on those "Camp Casey"

experiences in an effort to reignite the forces of truth for building a

worldwide culture of nonviolence.

While the DC portion of this campaign contemplates an ending date of

January 29, local communities may wish to "Shine the Light" throughout the

Lenten season or the period leading up to March 19-20 - the third

anniversary of the war. (See www.aglobalcall.org for details about "A

Global Call for Nonviolent Civil Resistance to End the U.S.-Led Military

Occupation of Iraq.")

Since the four CPT workers went missing in Iraq on November 26, CPT has

been overwhelmed by the expressions of support it as received from people

all over the world.  We hope this campaign might provide a framework by

which Christians, Muslims, Jews, and people of other faiths can continue

to use that supportive energy on behalf of justice for all those detained

and victimized by the war in Iraq.

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