How Do We Nurture
Our Young Adult Peacemakers?
A gathering of 10 young adults took place on October 18-20,
2002 in Louisville, Ky. to brainstorm how the Peacemaking Program
can nurture and equip young adults to continue working for peace
and justice. The following three-fold plan for implementing
a young adult network was created:
- Leader/Leadership Development - This network should
be led by a core group of young adults. The network is the
space in which young adults can share openly about their needs
and desires. They will manage the direction of the network.
- Reflection - Young adults are seeking spiritual
nurturing in addition to the doing of peacemaking. The Peacemaking
Program needs to provide avenues, activities, and resources
that can answer the question: How does one's faith relate
to their desires to work for peace and justice?
- Action - These are "how-to-steps" that
will empower young adults to act and how to do that work within
the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). They can be connected with
different partners in the social justice arena of the Presbyterian
Church.
This three-fold plan will be extremely helpful in ministering
to young adults through the Peacemaking Program. |
