Events

Does a quiet December loom with no prospect of hanging out with your family due to the rising costs of travel?  Are you looking for ways to spread the warmth this season?
 
Join us for a letter writing bash!  We will be gathering to write letters to Conscientious Objectors who are far from home and family this holiday season.  Profiles of conscientious objectors will be available for you to review.  Other opportunities to support resisters will also be presented, such as petitions and donation envelopes.

Your letters to them will boost morale and relieve some of the isolation and stress of their situation.  Letters are a personalized and tangible form of support for those who refuse fire their weapons in Iraq or follow other illegal orders.

Child care, unfortunately, is not available but there is a play area just for children in R&B.  If your child is interested, we would love to send artwork to our resisters!

Greeting Card Drive for the time-impaired!
There is also an option to participate in a greeting card drive – if you are unable to join us during this very busy time but still hold these resisters in your hearts, you can send greeting cards to these resisters.  This month we plan to send "Happy Holidays" and "Happy New Year!" cards to our prisoners of conscience.  Simply let anna know in your RSVP.

Call for material support in a material world:

We also welcome your gifts of handmade cards, postage, or other supplies.  Mostly, though, we want you to join us!  If you can't join this time, keep an eye out for future notices.

 
When:  Sunday, 14 December 2008 1:00-3:00 pm

RSVP, please:  annapreble@gmail.com

A Celebration of Peace 2008: A concert to benefit PDX Peace and the St. Luke Lutheran Church's Veterans Bridge Fund

Sunday Afternoon Dec 28th, 2:30 p.m., The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., Portland.

Suggested Donation $10 or more -- All Are Welcome, no one turned away

With:

RAINA ROSE

"If a bottle of champagne could sing, it would sound a lot like Raina Rose: positively effervescent and sparkling with youthful enthusiasm. She's a joy"

-- Tracy Grammer

"Portland native Raina Rose is everything a young female folksinger should be... From her late duo the Gypsy Moths to her latest and best-yet C, The Prophet, the Panhanldler and the Moon, her vocal, guitar and songwriting chops continue to flourish."

-- Jeff Rosenberg, Willamette Week

"Her music is joyful, buoyant, exhilarating, and radically silly. It's smart, grin-inducing artistry that's thankfully grounded in the real world."

-- D. R. Scott's Pulp Culture blog

MO MACK AND THE PEACEMAKERS

Portland folksinger and peace activist Mo Mack is joined by the Peacemakers, John and Cynthia Boelling, in some classic peace folk songs and original pieces. Expect smooth, three part harmonies, stylish guitar playing, and high quality tunes. They will be joined by Scott Bickford of Schwing Daddies on bass.

And special guests: THE SUMMER QUARTET

Four fabulous voices: John and Cynthia Boelling, Patrick Scofield, and Mel Downey. Yes, the four part blend is luscious, and they sing Bach, Beatles, madrigal, musical theater, and pop, but it's the fun and emotion that they sing with that makes them special. Yum!

After a year of blockades keeping vital medical supplies and aid from reaching Gaza, Israel has launched days of air raids against Gaza. Nearly 300 have died and several hundred more are wounded.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the operation "is liable to continue for some time, perhaps more than can be foreseen at the present time."

We need to send a message that the slaughter of civilians is unacceptable.