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The 26th<\/sup> annual Baptist Peace Fellowship Summer Conference will be held on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) July 4-9.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America\u2019s (BPFNA) annual conference, which we affectionately refer to as Peace Camp, gathers together hundreds of ordinary people of all ages who are interested in living a life of peace rooted in justice,\u201d program coordinator Rev. LeDayne McLeese Polaski said. \u00a0\u201cThe week offers us the spirituality, inspiration, skills, knowledge and community to live peacefully in the midst of a culture that is violent in both obvious and subtle ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conference is sponsored by the BPFNA and will feature several prominent speakers and workshops throughout the six days including Monday\u2019s keynote speaker, Kim Phuc.<\/p>\n

Phuc\u2019s village of Trang Bang, South Vietnam, came under attack during the Vietnam war on June 8, 1972.\u00a0 Planes mistakenly dropped napalm on the Buddhist pagoda with several children perishing in the attack, while others, including Phuc, sustained injuries.<\/p>\n

In fleeing from the attack, Phuc\u2019s picture was taken by Pulitzer Prize winning Associate Press photographer Huyng Cong Nick Ut.\u00a0 The image became a symbol of the Vietnam War and the tragedy that ensued in Trang Bang.<\/p>\n

Rob Voyle, whose work is based on Appreciative Inquiry (AI) will serve as the guest leader for the week.\u00a0 Voyle, a native of New Zealand, uses unique teaching styles that focus on being helpful, humorous and healing.\u00a0 There will be morning sessions with Voyle and an optional intensive afternoon workshop.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing together in this way nurtures, affirms and equips each of us to do the particular work of peace to which God calls us,\u201d Polaski added.<\/p>\n

Admission is free to the public.\u00a0 Tickets for the Jennifer Knapp concert Friday evening are $15.<\/p>\n

For more information on the conference contact Rev. LeDayne McLeese Polaski, 704-521-6051; e-mail: ledayne@bpfna.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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