On August 24th Hillside UMC, Kids4Peace, and local volunteers came together as part of the Peace Pole Project. Pastor Durwood and eight speakers, one per language written on the Peace Pole, shared personal stories and witness about the power of peace. No matter what language the message was the same: May Peace Prevail on Earth.
Included in the dedication were representatives of the 2014 Kids4Peace - New Hampshire Chapter: Rabbi Robin Nafshi of Temple Beth Jacob, Concord, NH, Lola Ackerman from Temple Beth Jacob, Concord, and Tyler Baker of Bow Mills United Methodist Church. Kids4Peace is an interfaith youth movement founded in Jerusalem in 2002. Their mission is to build interfaith communities that embody a culture of peace and empower a movement for change (click here to learn more about Peace4Kids).
Blessings and Thanks to everyone who participated in this dedication:
* All who attended
* All of our speakers
* Korean - Kil Lee, Bedford, NH
* French - Cindy Dandrea, New Boston, NH
* Arabic - Ahmad Aissa, Aissa Sweets Concord, NH
* Spanish - Reverend Geisa Matos-Machuca, 1st United Methodist Church, Manchester, NH
* Norwegian - Harry Tobiason, Nashua, NH
* Hebrew - Rabbi Robin Nafshi, Temple Beth Jacob, Concord, NH
* Swahili - Honore Murenzi, with New American Africans
* English - Lola Ackerman and Tyler Baker
* All who volunteered to be greeters and stewards
* Our Facilitators - Church Council
* The pole designers and builders - Kurt Lauer, Roz and Jerry Spiller
* Luncheon - Roz and her faithful feeders of the Grateful Fed.
* Mersedeh Netto - Peace Cake Creator
* Our language plate sponsors
* Roz and Jerry Spiller - Spanish - In Memory of Eleanor A. Darby Stearns (Roz's Mom)
* Kurt and Toby Lauer - Norwegian - In Memory of Olaug Tobiason (Toby's Mom)
* Pauline Harden - French
* Betsy Dixon - English
* Nancy Garneau - Hebrew
* Murrary and Barbra McKay - Arabic & Swahili
* Pastor Durwood - Korean - In Memory of his wife, Jean
* All who spread the word
Included in the dedication were representatives of the 2014 Kids4Peace - New Hampshire Chapter: Rabbi Robin Nafshi of Temple Beth Jacob, Concord, NH, Lola Ackerman from Temple Beth Jacob, Concord, and Tyler Baker of Bow Mills United Methodist Church. Kids4Peace is an interfaith youth movement founded in Jerusalem in 2002. Their mission is to build interfaith communities that embody a culture of peace and empower a movement for change (click here to learn more about Peace4Kids).
Blessings and Thanks to everyone who participated in this dedication:
* All who attended
* All of our speakers
* Korean - Kil Lee, Bedford, NH
* French - Cindy Dandrea, New Boston, NH
* Arabic - Ahmad Aissa, Aissa Sweets Concord, NH
* Spanish - Reverend Geisa Matos-Machuca, 1st United Methodist Church, Manchester, NH
* Norwegian - Harry Tobiason, Nashua, NH
* Hebrew - Rabbi Robin Nafshi, Temple Beth Jacob, Concord, NH
* Swahili - Honore Murenzi, with New American Africans
* English - Lola Ackerman and Tyler Baker
* All who volunteered to be greeters and stewards
* Our Facilitators - Church Council
* The pole designers and builders - Kurt Lauer, Roz and Jerry Spiller
* Luncheon - Roz and her faithful feeders of the Grateful Fed.
* Mersedeh Netto - Peace Cake Creator
* Our language plate sponsors
* Roz and Jerry Spiller - Spanish - In Memory of Eleanor A. Darby Stearns (Roz's Mom)
* Kurt and Toby Lauer - Norwegian - In Memory of Olaug Tobiason (Toby's Mom)
* Pauline Harden - French
* Betsy Dixon - English
* Nancy Garneau - Hebrew
* Murrary and Barbra McKay - Arabic & Swahili
* Pastor Durwood - Korean - In Memory of his wife, Jean
* All who spread the word