Cultivate Seattle: a one-day conference on peacemaking & mission (discount!)

Last updated on: March 20, 2014 at 10:56 am by Kurt Willems

Cultivate Seattle: a one-day conference on peacemaking & mission (discount!) 2014-03-20T10:56:24-07:00 Kurt Willems

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Having just returned from a peacemaking trip to Israel/Palestine, under the leadership of the Global Immersion Project, I’m thrilled to have them in my city! I’m hoping you will come hang out with us on April 24th (as a pre-seminar for the Inhabit Conference).

Peacemaking has been disintegrated from the Church’s understanding of God, His mission, and our vocation. As a result, we misunderstand who God is, what God has done, and what God is seeking to do here and now. So, rather than embracing peacemaking as central to God’s heart and critical to who we are as His family, we speak of it as an esoteric theory or a subjective feeling. Rather than embracing peacemaking as an everyday, costly way of life, we both contribute to and run from conflict while outsourcing the work of peace to others. Organizationally, we place peace and reconciliation in our values, but have no idea what it looks like nor how to lead, train, or disciple to it.

Cultivate Seattle is a one-day tailor-made intensive designed to practically shift peacemaking from esoteric theory and aspiring value to costly, embodied reality. Through a fusion of engaging content, dialogue-based learning, simple experiments, and communal reflection you will:

form a robust theology of peacemaking as the mission of God
learn how to cultivate the interior world of a peacemaker
awaken to the everyday spaces of peacemaking
develop practices that help you pay attention to what’s beautiful and broken within your everyday spaces
discover how to humbly and compassionately enter into the radical center of conflict
imagine costly, creative ways to contribute to the flourishing of the “other”
understand how to use resources and networks to reintegrate the hurting and the healing back into society
know how to mobilize a peacemaking movement by identifying, equipping, and mobilizing influencers

As the peacemaking movement gains momentum around the world, it is time that the US American Church invests her best attention and resources on this costly and strategic work and embraces her vocation as an instrument of peace.

SCHEDULE:

08:30 am – 09:00 am :: Registration
09:00 am – 10:15 am :: Session 1 – Mission of God is Reconciliation
10:15 am – 10:30 am :: Break
10:30 am – 11:45 am :: Session 2 – Everyday Peacemaking Practices: SEE & IMMERSE
11:45 am – 01:15 pm :: Lunch (we will walk to nearby restaurants)
01:15 pm – 02:30 pm :: Session 3 – Everyday Peacemaking Practices: CONTEND & RESTORE
02:30 pm – 02:45 pm :: Break
02:45 pm – 04:00 pm :: Session 4 – Charting a Way Forward in Your Community

TICKET PRICES:

$49 PRE-SALE, $59 AT THE DOOR

Also, use the promo code: “willems” for a discount of $10!

Here is the link to register for the event!

Here is the link to the Cultivate: Seattle Facebook event page.

Here is a link to an expanded description of Cultivate Seattle and what we hope to accomplish through the intensive.

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