From 8:00-3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 21st, A Peace Vigil will be held in the Tillman Chapel at the Church Center for the United Nations. The Vigil will feature artists, religious leaders, NGO leaders who will consider the “Things that Make for Peace”. Participants will be invited throughout the day to write their prayers and hopes for peace upon luminaries which will then be taken to the Central Park Bandshell on Sunday the 23rd for the International Vigil for Peace and Ecology. Friday the 21st event will be organized in ½ hour blocks from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and 1:00-3:00 beginning with the sacred ringing of the bell. Constituency will be invited to quiet prayer from 11a.m.-1:00p.m.
The “Things that make for a sustainable peace” are the cornerstone of all reflections and artists. What actions, what thoughts, what ways of life need to be part of everything we do? What do we need to change? How do we change it?
LITANY 1: 8:00-8:29
8:00 a.m. Ring the bell Crystal Bowls
Speaker: Rev. Lyndon Harris (Gardens of Forgiveness)
Speaker: Ven. Dr. TK Nakagaki (Buddhist Community)
Artist: Ann Mimi Simmis
Time for written hopes and prayers
LITANY 2: 8:30-8:59
8:30 a.m. Ring the bell Ven. Dr. TK Nakagaki
Speaker: Rev. Petero Sabune (Episcopal Church)
Speaker: Salwa Kader (US Federation for Middle East Peace)
Artist:
LITANY 3: 9:00-9:29
9:00 a.m. Ring the bell Crystal Bowls
Speaker Danny Garcia
Speaker Dorothy Davis, (Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund)
Artist:
Time for writing prayers and hopes
LITANY 4: 9:30-9:59 Ven. Dr. TK Nakagaki
9:30 a.m. Ring the bell
Speaker Jude Nnorom (Religions for Peace)
Speaker Doug Hostetter (Mennonite Central Committee)
Artist
Time for Writing Prayers and Hopes
LITANY 5: 10:00-10:29 Crystal Bowls
10:00 a.m. Ring the bell
Speaker: Carl Murrell (U.S. Bahá’í Community)
Speaker: Mary Anne Feeney (International Peace Institute)
Artists
Time for Writing Prayers and Hopes
LITANY 6: 10:30-10:59
10:30 a.m. Ring the bell TK Nakagaki
Speaker: Children from the Plainfield School District
Speaker: Their teacher, Sentheia McCloud – dancer and poetic reader
Artist:
11:00-11:45 p.m. SILENCE and Candlelight
11:45-12:15 p.m. Interfaith Center of New York and CONNECT FAITH NY
12:15-1:00 SILENCE and Candlelight
LITANY 7: 1:00-1:29
1:00 p.m. Ring the bell Crystal Bowls
Speaker Christine Mangale (Lutheran Office for World Community)
Speaker: Khadijah Matin (One Learning Spirit Alliance)
Artist
Time for written prayers and hopes
LITANY 8: 1:30-1:59
1:30 p.m. Ring the Bell TK Nakagaki
Speaker: Rosa Lizarde (Global Call to Action Against Poverty)
Speaker: Rochelle Rawls-Shaw (Presbyterian Church USA)
Artist:
Time for written prayers and hopes
LITANY 9: 2:00-2:29
2:00 p.m. Ring the Bell Crystal Bowls
Speaker: Youth from 2nd floor
Speaker: Dara Barlin (Big Project.org)
Artist: “Imagine”
Time for written prayers and hopes
LITANY 10: 2:30-2:59
2:30 p.m. Ring the Bell TK Nakagaki
Speaker: Indigenous Declaration
Speaker: Permanent Forum
Artist
Time for written prayers and hopes
3:00 p.m. Ring the Bell–
Crystal Bowls
END
Possible NGO speakers
Global Policy Forum – Jim Paul
International Indian Treaty Council-
Gender, Peace and Security — Sarah Taylor
Christine Mangale – Lutherans
Jackie Ogega
GCAP – Rosa Lizarde
Mennonites – Doug Hostetter
Caritas International – Joe Donnelly
Amnesty International- Renzo Poma or Natalia
Senthia’s 7th graders from Plainfield, NJ
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund – Dorothy Davis
Mennonites – Doug Hostetter or Kayon Watson
Presbyterians – Rochelle Rawls Shaw
Hague Appeal for Peace – Betty Reardon, Tony…?
Episcopals – Petero Sabune
CSW-NGO?
US Federation for Middle East Peace – Salwa Kader
Lutherans – Christine Mangale
Gardens of Forgiveness – Rev. Lyndon Harris
Interfaith Seminary – Rabbi Roger Ross
Youth from luncheon
Bahais – Carl Murrell
Buddhists — Rev. Dr. TK Nakagaki 5th Graders from Plainfield
Dara Barlin, A Big Project.org
Possible Religious NGO speakers:
Rev. Doyeon Park – Buddhist
Jasminder Singh – Sikh
Masafumi Nakanishi – Shinto
Sarah Sayeed– Muslim
Swami Parameshananda – Hindu or Swamini Sri Lalitambika Devi
Possible Artists
Crystal Tones/crystal bowls
Christian Mardones percussion, wind instruments
James Cunnings Guitar
Sharon Benson Violin
Wayne guitar and percussion
John Blond, Peace songs,flute
SuPolo Dulcimer, song
George Poppe, organ
Harry, Poetry
Carmela Music /reflection about Peace
Jason will bring singer Angie Bocca to perform
*Anne Mimi Sammis – sculpture/dance…….
Paul Sladkus and Chris Vander Essen will get young people teams to carry flags
