{"id":8132,"date":"2017-09-22T12:33:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T16:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/?p=8132"},"modified":"2017-09-22T13:03:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T17:03:09","slug":"why-do-you-support-cjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/2017\/09\/why-do-you-support-cjp\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do You Support CJP?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I asked a handful of CJP supporters why they give to CJP. I think you may be as amazed by the breadth and depth of their responses as I am! <\/b><\/p>\n

Belief in the mission. <\/b>\u201cEducation is key to changing the world. And when you educate people in peacebuilding, they can change the world wherever they are … whether it\u2019s in the United States or around the world, working in schools, small communities, cities or nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Big impact. <\/b>\u201cOne of my most important mentors said, \u2018Facilitate the edges and back of the room. That is where the wisdom resides.\u2019 I figure I should look at where I invest my money for real change in the world the same way. CJP is small in size and resides on the margins of the Washington D.C. power center. But the program and its graduates are mighty in wisdom and powerful in their impact on the world. A great investment of my resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

Transformational experience at CJP. <\/b>\u201cI am who I am today because of CJP. The courses were both practical and inspiring, the professors were so dedicated to walking with me, and my classmates shared their journeys and wisdom. I am so grateful for the education and the values that CJP gave me.\u201d<\/p>\n

To honor an inspirational peacebuilder. <\/b>\u201cI know personally or have been acquainted with several individuals, including the late Tom Fox, who have studied at or otherwise been associated with CJP. I tremendously admire and respect their personal life commitment to on-the-ground peacemaking and reconciliation and feel it is important that I support in a tangible way what the CJP is doing to empower people like Tom.\u201d<\/p>\n

To walk the talk. <\/b>\u201cI think of the phrase \u2018put your money where your mouth is.\u2019 We talk peacebuilding, we try to act as peacemakers, but are we also willing to put our dollars into making it happen? Every day our tax dollars go to support war and violence. Can we send a different kind of message with contributions toward peacebuilding around the world?\u201d<\/p>\n

Motivated by faith. <\/b>\u201cThe lyrics to this hymn speak to me: \u2018In Christ there is no East or West\/ In Him no South or North\/ But one great fellowship of love,\/ Throughout the whole wide earth.\u2019 My contribution to CJP is my contribution to loving the whole wide earth. CJP has the potential to grow people who become the hands and feet of Jesus around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Does one or more of these reasons resonate with you? If so, I invite you to join our community of supporters and make a gift today. Thank you! <\/b><\/p>\n

THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS!
\n<\/b>FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016-17, ENDING JUNE 30, 2017<\/b><\/p>\n

PARTNERS IN PEACEBUILDING <\/b>($1,000+ TO CJP ANNUAL FUND) <\/b><\/p>\n

Anonymous (6)
\nEmily & James Akerson
\nRichard Alper & Kate Herrod
\nRick Augsburger & Jane Rutt
\nRose Ann & Gerald Baer
\nMurl Baker
\nRobert & Elva Bare
\nIan & Beverly Birky
\nBrenda Bowman
\nLena & Michael Brown
\nDavid & Martha Brubaker
\nE. Lynn Brubaker & Debra Hutchinson
\nHero Brzw
\nDavid Bucher & Sharon W. Hoover
\nJoel & Clair Cannon
\nEldon & Esther Christophel
\nJayne Docherty & Roger Foster
\nJohn & Sandra Drescher-Lehman
\nErma Edwards
\nBill & Diane Elliot
\nJohn & Kathryn Fairfield
\nPeter & Virginia Fitzner
\nBruce & Jeanette Flaming
\nMargaret & Donald Foth
\nJoseph & Barbara Gascho
\nBob Gillette
\nStan & Susan Godshall
\nCarol Hess & Nelson Hoover
\nHerb & Joanne High
\nKevin & Cynthia Hockman-Chupp
\nDave & Cathleen Hockman-Wert
\nLiz & Ralph Hofmeister
\nHorace W. Goldsmith Foundation
\nBob & Eloise Hostetler
\nAlden & Louise Hostetter
\nHelen & Elvin Hurst
\nRuth & Timothy Jost
\nLois Kenagy
\nPhoebe Kilby & Barry Carpenter
\nKline May Realty
\nAllison Kokkoros
\nNorman & Rhoda Kraus
\nJohn & Martha Kreider
\nBruce & Paula Brunk Kuhns
\nWayne & Kathleen Kurtz
\nJennifer & Gregory E. Larson-Sawin
\nNancy Lee
\nJ. E. & Emma Lehman
\nRuby Lehman
\nRuth & Emerson Lesher
\nAllen & Sara Jane Lind
\nJoe & Constance Longacher
\nJoseph & Rachel Martin
\nLois M. Martin
\nTom & Barbara Melby
\nHerb & Sarah Myers
\nLarry & Janet Newswanger
\nElmo & Ella Pascale
\nJames & Marian Payne
\nSherri & Gary Peters
\nAlice & Norman G. Raiford
\nMarvin & Darlene Rohrer-Meck
\nHenry & Charlotte Graber Rosenberger
\nJames & Gloria Horst Rosenberger
\nLynn & Kathleen Roth
\nClarence Rutt
\nVerne & Carol Schirch
\nMelinda Scrivner
\nSewickley Presbyterian Church
\nJerry & Ethel Shank
\nRuth & Ray Shepherd
\nMargaret Squier & Larry Levine
\nDonald & Mary Sundberg Stirling
\nBarbara & David Swan
\nTelemachus Foundation
\nVaughn & Inga Troyer
\nUnited Service Foundation Inc.
\nLois & Paul Unruh
\nValley Friends Meeting
\nSamuel H. Weaver
\nMary & Raymond Whalen
\nClaire Whiting
\nCalvin & Sharon Yoder
\nMarilyn Yoder
\nMarshall & Julie Yoder
\nMartha Yoder
\nScott Yoder & Lindsay Thrasher
\nPearl E Zehr
\nDonald & Priscilla Ziegler
\nCheryl Zook
\nRoger & Evelyn zumFelde<\/p>\n

DONORS TO OTHER CJP FUNDS OF $1,000+ <\/b><\/p>\n

Anonymous (2)
\nRichard Alper & Kate Herrod
\nAlper Family Foundation Inc.
\nDaryl & Cynthia Byler
\nKlingstein Foundation
\nShorsh Mustafa
\nRodney & Miriam Nafziger
\nJames & Marian Payne
\nNorm Rittenhouse
\nFeryl & Connie Souder
\nKris Stoesz
\nTelemachus Foundation
\nThe Austin E. Knowlton Foundation
\nJay & Nancy Yoder
\nHoward & Ruby Zehr<\/p>\n

IN MEMORY OF MJ SHARP \u201805 <\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Michael J. (M.J.) Sharp <\/span>\u201805 took to heart EMU\u2019s mission to serve and lead in a global context. His work with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the United Nations took him all over the world, building bridges between people in conflict. On March 12, 2017, M.J. was ambushed and murdered by unknown assailants in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As a UN expert on armed groups, he was on his way to meet with leaders of a new militia group in central DRC. M.J. had previously worked for MCC as Eastern Congo coordinator, collaborating with the Congolese Protestant Council of Churches\u2019 peace and reconciliation program to convince rebel fighters to lay down their weapons and return home.<\/p>\n

The M.J. Sharp Endowed Scholarship Fund <\/span>will honor M.J.\u2019s memory by providing need-based aid to CJP graduate students with priority given to students from the Democratic Republic of Congo. We welcome your contributions to this scholarship at emu.edu\/giving\/endow\/mjsharp<\/span>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lindsay Martin<\/p>\n

CJP associate director of development<\/p>\n

(540) 432-4581<\/p>\n

lindsay.e.martin@emu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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