The official day set to celebrate Peace with Justice Sunday 2023 is June 4, 2023. All are encouraged to celebrate this Sunday on any Sunday throughout the year.
WHAT IS PEACE WITH JUSTICE SUNDAY?
United Methodists relate to this special Sunday by seeking peaceful solutions, creating and supporting peace-related ministries in their conference and learning about peaceful, just efforts around the world. Our Social Principles call us to love our enemies, seek justice, and serve as reconcilers of conflict. We insist that the first moral duty of all nations is to work together to resolve by peaceful means every dispute that arises between or among them.
The United Methodist Church, with its historic commitment to peace and justice, can and should provide leadership to this social transformation. The General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) holds a non-governmental, consultative status with the United Nations. This status allows us to participate in UN meetings, consultations and conferences. We recognize and renew our call for social transformation, for the quest to open the doors of opportunity for all, to distribute resources more equitably, and to provide better care for persons in need.
Donations for this special Sunday support programs and ministries to educate, equip and mobilize actions in support of identified Economic, Health, and Gender Justice Priorities.
Half of the funds collected on this Special Sunday remain in the Annual Conference to strengthen social justice ministries within the local conference. Within most Annual Conferences, a Peace with Justice Coordinator works with the Church and Society to provide educational resources, building and sustaining relationships, and help mobilize networks to engage in social advocacy and action.
The other half of the donations collected fund national and international peacemaking ministries and grants. We achieve peace with justice efforts by working with the World Council of Churches, interfaith and ecumenical bodies, and secular organizations for social-justice policies and programs that seek the wholeness of shalom for all of God’s people. Three different grants are created and made available to United Methodist congregations and organizations that support BIPOC Local Church ministries, and programs related to the Peace with Justice Sunday. Church and Society awards these grants annually.
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Peace With Justice Sunday: Did You Know?
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