Category: Peace

Candlelight Vigil on International Day of Peace

In recognition of International Day of Peace, Sunday, September 21, we will host a candlelight vigil at 6:00 pm to lament and remember the 100+ victims of gun violence in Lancaster County over the past 10 years. Everyone is welcome to attend.
We worked with Heeding God’s Call to create this Memorial to the Lost, with t-shirts that have the name of a victim who died by homicide in Lancaster County. These individuals were someone’s child, father, mother, sister, brother, and someone’s beloved. The ripples of gun violence stretch out far and wide.
Please add your voice to the community of care as we pray together that God’s peace would prevail on earth.

Pinwheels for Peace Vigil

On September 21, 2023, at 7 PM. everyone is invited to participate in International Peace Day.

Mountville Church of the Brethren will “plant” 216 children’s pinwheels on the lawn of the church. Each pinwheel represents one of the 216 children who die of gun violence in the United States every month.

Pinwheels for Peace seeks to raise awareness of the magnitude of this national tragedy, and to follow the biblical admonition in Proverbs 34:14, “…seek peace and pursue it.”

On Thursday, September 21 an outdoor vigil will be held at 7:00 P.M. to remember the child victims of gun violence. The public is invited to attend.

The Pinwheels for Peace remembrance week will begin during worship service on September 17, when members of the congregation will bring forward a child’s pinwheel which will be “planted’ on the church lawn after the service.

As one of the historic peace churches, the Church of the Brethren has pursued peace since its inception. Recognizing the complexity of peacemaking, the church seeks peace as not merely the opposite of war. Its Annual Conference has called for its members to be powerful witnesses to the tragedy of gun violence in statements since 1978.

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