Peacemaking Trips
The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program invites you to travel abroad and learn more about peacemaking and reconciliation as part of peacemaking travel study seminar opportunities our denomination is hosting next year.
Upcoming 2013 Peacemaking Trips
Application Forms | Contact Information
Peacemaking in the Philippines:
Environmental Devastation
and
Human Trafficking Connection
February 12–22, 2013
This peacemaking travel study seminar in the Philippines will offer participants a chance to explore the history and current struggles of Filipino people; to meet with church partners working in the areas of peace, human rights, and climate change; and to be immersed in the environment of the mountain villages and local farms of these islands.
Details and an application form are available on the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program web page.
Web resource: gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/peacemaking
Seminar leaders: Bruce Reyes-Chow and Nancy Eng MacNeill
Applications due: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Application forms are available here.
Estimated cost: $1,750 plus round-trip airfare to Manila, Philippines
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Northern Ireland:
Peacemaking and Reconciliation in the Celtic Context
April 1–12, 2013
This peacemaking travel study seminar in Northern Ireland will introduce participants to Irish Christian history, offering opportunity to explore significant Celtic Christianity sites, visit with local Protestant and Catholic people, and meet with representatives from organizations involved in conflict mediation and intercommunity reconciliation.
Details and an application form are available on the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program web page.
Web resource: gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/peacemaking
Seminar leader: Kiran Young Wimberly
Applications due: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Application forms are available here.
Estimated cost: $1,395 plus round-trip airfare to Dublin or Belfast
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Application Forms
Application forms for both peacemaking travel study seminars are available on the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program web page.
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For More Information
Contact Vicky Curtiss
Associate Pastor for Mission, Fourth Presbyterian Church
vcurtiss@fourthchurch.org
312.981.3598
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