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| Peace-making Skills Emphasized by Karen Tillery, Camp Director Twenty-three children attended a Peace in Action day camp July 23-27 at Kid’s Bible Club congregation, Jonesboro, Arkansas. The daily themes evolved around learning ways to improve personal peace, peace with family and friends, peace at school, peace in the community, and peace in the world. Each day the children advanced their knowledge of peace-making skills and conflict resolution tools in the classes, which included: theme class, music, crafts and choose peace. In the Choose Peace class, campers learned ways to choose peace and also practiced by using humor to diffuse criticism; apologizing; talking about problems; getting advice; walking away; making deals; asking others to stop and waiting until they cooled off for confrontations. They also learned the importance of getting help from a trusted adult for any illegal, frightening, or dangerous conflict. The idea for a Peace in Action camp came from Karin Franklin Peter, Southern Field Missionary Coordinator. Pastor Lou Ann Lasley was instrumental in promoting and supporting the event by coordinating transportation, meals, and the Sunday celebration. Katie Weston and Kaycie Tillery completed their summer of serving as interns for the South Central States Mission Center by teaching the craft class at the camp and helping t he children paint a peace mural on the wall. Other staff included: Dia Sawyer and Jessica Keasler, music; Jimmie Turner. nurse/assistant; Janet Darty, meal preparation; Dennis Lasley and Ken Anderson. Choose Peace class. The SCS Mission Center supported the peace camp and is planning to sponsor another one in 2008. Follow-up Activities By Lou Ann Lasley, Pastor Kid's Bible Club Congregation It's amazing what a kids really hear when you think they're not hearing anything. The Peace In Action Kids have learned that kids can and are changing the world everyday just by getting involved in their own communities. Since camp, we've done a class on "How the dove became the bird of peace," about thinking of the consequences of war before entering into it. The kids drew peace pictures for the cover of the Sunday Bulletins. We're in the process of working on a wall banner with Kids around the world pictured on it. It will be called "Let's make peace together. Let's make peace forever." This will be the focus of an upcoming event for the community that we will be calling, "Celebrating Peace, with kids around the world." The kids will be doing a program for the community with skits and songs all about peace. |
| Peace in Action Camp Attended by 23 Children at Kid's Bible Club, Jonesboro |
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| Peace Mural created by kids. |
| Giving the sign of peace. |
| Mission Center interns Katie Weston (left) and Kaycie Tillery. |
| Photos: Lou Lasley and Kaycie Tillery |