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HMT 164
Restorative Justice & Peacemaking Seminar

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” (2nd Corinthians 5:17-20)How do we work with Jesus to undo oppression? How do we live the gospel within a violent context or war-zone? How do we build just communities of faith that are good news to the poor? How do we challenge the status-quo while reconciling communities?The Let Justice Roll Down Seminar is in many ways a response to these questions. A response to the ever growing awareness of young people entering the missions field who are overwhelmed with the realities of Human Trafficking, Poverty, Violence and War. It's a response to an ever growing cry within the margins of society from oppressed peoples who are singing liberation songs and for people young and old who want to learn those songs but don't know where to start.For the truth is that in the wake of a world ripe with injustice most of us feel at a loss when it comes to actually doing something about it. We read the gospels and see Jesus creating holy mischief all over Palestine and feel inspired, but when it comes to our own communities and nations struggles, we can't connect the dots. Into this tension, The Let Justice Roll Down Seminar will connect young missionaries with veteran faith-based activists and peacemakers in order to transfuse a vision of practical peacemaking and works of justice modeled after Jesus! Through a three week intensive workshop and seminar series participants will find themselves rooted within the vast history of faith- based activism and peacemaking, learn a biblical vision of justice, craft a practical tool- belt for engagement and return home ready to insight holy mischief within their communities, nations or missions field.

Credits: to 3
Q1 = Jan-March | Q2 = April-June | Q3 = July-Sept. | Q4 = Oct.-Dec. | TBA = to be announced