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SUMMARY:OCCUPY PEACE!
DESCRIPTION:OCCUPY PEACE!\n \nIn keeping with the spirit of Mother's 
 Day which was created as a day of peace,\non Sunday, May 6, (the week
  before Mother's Day)\nat The First Unitarian Church (170 Dundurn St. 
 South, Hamilton)\nyou are invited to a PEACE VIGIL\nWe will send hea
 ling, loving energy to ALL in the Middle East\n3:30 - 4:30pm\n \nR
 egardless of faith connections, politcial affiliations, opinions, ALL 
 ARE WELCOME\nTogether we will create a safe place for all to gather wi
 thout debate, discussion, or description of the situation in the Middl
 e East.\nThe complexity of the issues can be overwhelming and paralysi
 ng to groups who want to help to bring peace to all.\nSimply \"being t
 ogether\" is one way that members of Christian, Muslim and Jewish fait
 hs are making connections with one another.\n \nAllowing peaceful ene
 rgy to flow among people, can have an effect that is beyond rational e
 xplanation.\nA growing body of evidence states that meditation and pra
 yers for peace not only benefit individuals, but our communities and u
 ltimately the whole world.\nSome of this research, conducted by a grou
 p called the Intention Experiment, saw crime rates in Washington, D. 
 C. one summer fall by 25%,\nand injury and death rates drop dramatical
 ly for a period of time during the civil war in Sri Lanka.\n \nThis 
 is a FREE event!\nSponsored by the Social Justice and World Outreach 
 Committee of Hamilton Presbytery of the United Church of Canada\n \nf
 or more information, contact Linda Nash\nmichaelandlindanash@shaw.ca\n
  \n \nMother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe 1870\nArise, the
 n, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts,whether our bapt
 ism be that of water or of tears!Say firmly: \"We will not have great 
 questions decided by irrelevant agencies.\nOur husbands shall not come
  to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause.\nOur sons sha
 ll not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach
  them of charity, mercy and patience.We women of one country will be t
 oo tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained 
 to injure theirs.\nFrom the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes
  up with our own.It says \"Disarm, Disarm!\nThe sword of murder is not
  the balance of justice.\"\n\nFor more information visit https://fixou
 rworld.ca/events/occupy-peace
DTSTART;TZID=America/Anguilla:20120506T153000
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CATEGORIES:peace, vigil
LOCATION:The First Unitarian Church
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CONTACT:michaelandlindanash@shaw.ca
ORGANIZER:Sponsored by the Social Justice and World Outreach Committee
  of Hamilton Presbytery of the United Church of Canada
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