| We are a group of mostly Mennonite Christians who meet every month or two to focus on peace concerns from a Christian point of view. ?(We also have a few Catholics and Lutherans). ?The Mennonite Church is one of ?the ?historic peace churches? that has maintained for more than four hundred the belief that war is wrong. ? The ?Just Peace? part of our name is to contrast with the common ?Just War? ideas. ?The ?Outreach? part is intended to indicate our interest to reach beyond our own group of Christian peace activitists. Our meetings are very informal and range in attendance from 6 to 30. ?We meet in various places, usually in Mennonite Churches around Washington, Kalona, or Iowa City. ?We don?t have a website, a budget, or 501c3 non-profit status. ?What we DO have is a small group of peace activists AND an email list. Contact person: ?Roger Farmer ?????????????????2830 Coppock Road ?????????????????Washington, Iowa 52353 ?????????????????319-653-2547. ?? |
| Our next JPOG meeting is scheduled for SATURDAY evening, September 8, 2007, at Kalona Mennonite Church, 902 6th Street, Kalona, Iowa 52247. ?As usual, we will have our finger foods potluck at 6 pm and our program at 7 pm. ?Our program will be a presentation by the Mennonite Church Peace/Justice Support Network Leadership Team (website: http://peace.mennolink.org). |