DSF Mission and Peace Education

02/06/2020

Join us on Friday, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. Pacific / 7 p.m. Eastern for this FREE training on the 4 Essential Priorities for a Just Peacemaking Church with Rev. Paul Tché, President of Christian Unity and Interfaith Ministry at Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Register at https://www.dsf.edu/justpeacemaking

As followers of Jesus, we know that we are called to justice and peacemaking in our churches – but how do we go about making that happen? The problems are SO big, and our churches are just one congregation. Where in the world do we start?

We invite you to get some clarity on the 4 Essential Priorities for a Just Peacemaking Church with Rev. Paul Tché, He will introduce you to some focused, actionable steps to help create a more just and peacemaking church – so you’ll know where to begin.

Replays will be available but only if you register first!

01/24/2020

We invite you to the very first event of DSF Fellowship for Mission and Peace in 2020!

Speaker: Pastor YaNi Davis
Title: "Hip-Hop, Healing and Wholeness: A push towards peace for the present-day Beloved Community"

Date: Friday, February 7, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM
Venue: Great Room at DSF (300 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711)

YaNi Davis, a graduate of CST/DSF (M.Div.), is the founder of The Peace People's movement and hopes to continue impacting the world with spirit-filled messages of freedom, love, liberation, communalism and peace. YaNi has already been a featured speaker, preacher and teaching-artist around the United States, throughout Europe and in Hyderabad, India. She has always been passionate about the impact of words, storytelling and truth-telling and the power they possess.

Luncheon will be provided and CEUs are available.
Please RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/5eKoG2WrgkQpYJHE9

01/07/2020

10/22/2019

DSF Fellowship for Mission and Peace invites you to a special lecture by Dr. John B. Cobb Jr.!
Title: Our Need for a New Civilization
Date & Time: November 8th (Friday) from 12 pm to 2 pm.
Location: Great Room at DSF (300 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711)

Dr. John B. Cobb Jr. is a world-famous theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Cobb)
He co-founded the Center for Process Studies with David Ray Griffin at the Claremont School of Theology. The Center for Process Studies is the leading institute on the process philosophy and process theology. Most of his books have been translated into many different languages. Cobb has taken a leadership role in bringing process thought to the world, to help develop a more ecological civilization. He will speak of an Eco Civilization for us.

Please join this special lecture and learn of possibilities to develop a new civilization and share your thoughts and ideas for each other.

If you want to attend the lecture, rsvp here: https://forms.gle/2w9cRcqKD52DynNq7

Lunch will be provided. CEUs are also available.

If you have any questions about this event, contact Rev. Jinseok Cheon, DSF Director of Mission and Peace Education ([email protected] / 909-358-5457). — with Jinseok Cheon.

09/03/2019

It is an exciting opportunity to have fellowship with our CST/DSF students, PK Thompson and RJ Lucchesi, who recently traveled to Hawai'i and were in solidarity with the Native Hawai'ian community, which is standing against the unwelcomed construction on top of their sacred mountain, Mauna Kia. Join this special event to learn their experiences & knowledge and share your thoughts for each other.

Date and Time: September 5th (Thursday) from 4 pm to 6 pm
Location: Great Room in DSF, Claremont
The Title: “Kū Kia’i Mauna – Protect Mauna Kea!”

Please make your reservation at https://forms.gle/5eZ5oeTidYQ56EDcA.

Fellowship for Mission and Peace!
Date: September 5th (Thursday)
Time: 4 PM to 6 PM
Location: Great Room in DSF, Claremont
The Title: “Kū Kia’i Mauna – Protect Mauna Kea!”
Speakers: Pausa Kaio Thompson and RJ Lucchesi

RSVP Here: https://forms.gle/5eZ5oeTidYQ56EDcA

08/27/2019

08/24/2019

Commission of the Churches on International Affairs is organising a series of webinars on the issue of racism and racial justice. The webinars aim to explore how racism manifests itself in the respective regions, learn about the work that churches and ecumenical partners are doing in this respect, identify synergies and, when possible, avenues for potential collaboration.

Go to https://fuze.me/95966118 on 26 August at 9am CEST and follow the first webinar with a focus on the Asian context. More information at https://www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/events/regional-webinars-on-racial-justice

08/09/2019

This Sunday, pray for the reunification of Korea!

National Liberation Day of Korea spurs us to celebrate the past and work for a united future.

National Liberation Day of Korea spurs us to celebrate the past and work for a united future.

08/08/2019

“Gun Violence Must End Now:" WCC stands in solidarity with USA churches.

WASHINGTON: The news that two massacres took place this past weekend, one in El Paso, TX and the other in Dayton, OH, in which 29 people lost their lives within a span of 13 hours leave us numb, horrified, and in grief. These, the latest of 251 mass shootings this year, are clearly acts of domestic....

07/05/2019

DSF is hosting a 1 hour training with Disciples Peace Fellowship on July 8 at 4 pm. Pacific.

General Assembly is just around the corner! Whether or not you are attending, it is time to be informed and take action around the resolution about female peacemaking. Yes, you read correctly, female peacemaking. Why are women so important in the process of global peacemaking? Studies show that when women and non-binary people are included at the beginning of a peacemaking process, it is much more likely to be long lasting and successful.
You deserve to be informed about GA 1930. Find out how YOU can support female peacemaking around the world and become a peacemaker in your local community.
We are hosting a 1 hour training with Disciples Peace Fellowship on July 8 at 4 p.m. Pacific / 7 p.m. Eastern. Replays are available but registration is required: register at https://www.dsf.edu/women-peacemaking

04/30/2019