Description
One of the core values in many faiths is to love your neighbor. Who is your neighbor and how do we join with our neighbors to create better neighborhoods? The Presbyterian Peacemaking Resource, “Building a Neighborhood Together” was originally designed to be a congregational intergenerational event. However, it can easily be adapted to provide a Children’s Interfaith Peace Camp. Drawing on his experience from four years of an Interfaith Children’s Summer Camp program, the leader will share practical tools for you to plan your own interfaith event. This alternative to traditional VBS explores themes of cooperative decision-making, conflict resolution, building empathy, and cultivating community leadership. Children are given tools and materials to create their own mini neighborhood while learning how to work together.
Workshop Leader: Jon Brown
Jon Brown is pastor of Old Bergen Church; a multicultural congregation in Jersey City, NJ. He has worked on staff of the Presbyterian Church (USA) as Senior Editor of Mission Education and Director of Mission Interpretation. In that role he helped produce the Children’s Mission Yearbook and other resources. He has written curriculum for “Feasting on the Word” and “We Believe” as well as various devotional publications. Jon has also served as program director at Montreat Conference Center.
Co-Leader: