Our national Church body, the United Church of Christ, is very involved in social justice issues. The UCC encourages local churches and individuals to increase their involvement in a variety of issues. To find out more, go to www.ucc.org and click on the Big Things and/or the Change the World tabs.

Interfaith Peace Walk for a nuclear free future in respect of Mother Earth, Monday, July 26 to Monday August 9, 2010.  Beginning in Toppenish (Yakima Nation) and ending at Ground Zero (Bangor), each step will be a prayer towards world peace and a nuclear-free future.  This physical and spiritual walk commemorates the 65th anniversary of the nuclear explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  The walk also calls attention to the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference at the United Nations, and encourages President Obama to abolish nuclear weapons.  You are welcome to join the walk at any point and for any length of time.  Walkers will average 17 miles per day.  Walkers should bring a water bottle and their own dishes and cups for eating and drinking; no alcohol or drugs are allowed. Flyers about this walk are posted in the church. 

For more information, contact: Br. Gilberto Perez at (206) 419-6272 or gzperez@juno.com; Br. Senji Kanaeda at senji@nipponzan.net; or the Nipponzan Myohoji, Bainbridge Island Dojo, 6154 Lynwood Center Rd., Bainbridge Island, (206) 780-6739.

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Bainbridge Island, WA  98110

Phone: 206-842-4657