Peace Seeds

In 1986, the United Nations had their International Year of Peace. During that year, a Day of Prayer for World Peace where leaders from each of the twelve recognized religions got together and prayed for peace in Assisi, Italy.

This summer, the Micah Corps focused one of their prayer practices on the Peace Seeds, in the hope that they could get an international perspective and inter-religion perspectives on the efforts for peace around the world.

We are giving a link, so that, you too, can pray the peace seeds and see how much each religion hopes for peace.

http://people.umass.edu/nates/prayers.html

Micah Corps Leaves the Building

Well, this is it, folks, the last official day for the Micah Corps internship. We have had a blast this summer learning about immigration, environmental stewardship, and children in poverty in Nebraska. We enjoyed all of our trips and visiting churches all around our great state of Nebraska.

While the internship will officially be over, we will still be around. Expect more blog posts in the coming months, so check back often!

We would like to say thank you to all of the people who hosted us this summer, to all of the churches that invited us in, to the Risk Taking Mission and Justice Ministries team, to the Nebraska Annual Conference, and to anyone and everyone who made this summer possible for us. We appreciate all you have done!

There will be a final thank-you video here shortly that we made to show how grateful we are for the amazing experience we were given this summer and to all the amazing and wonderful people who made it possible!

Thank you again,

The 2012 Micah Corps Team

Micah Corps at School of Christian Mission

Last weekend, the Micah Corps had the pleasure of attending and teaching at School of Christian Mission in Kearney. We attended classes on Immigration and the Bible, Haiti, and Poverty as well as teaching the youth about Haiti and Poverty.

Everyone except Adam and Elizabeth, the two teachers, attended the Immigration and the Bible class taught by Stephanie Ahlschwede. They learned how immigration is not just a current issue, but was an issue in Biblical times as well. They learned how they need to listen to the stories of immigrants and why they came to our country before judging them.

A few women take a break from listening to be in a picture.

The audience listens as Stephanie speaks.

Katie, Jonathan, and Elena attended the class on poverty. In the class, the teacher, Roger Selley, taught about breaking down stereotypes and structures. The spoke about the reasons people end up in poverty and some of the effects of working for minimum wage. One fact they learned was that it takes 72 hours of working for minimum wage pay to be able to afford a fair market value 2-bedroom apartment in Omaha.

Tim makes a sign for the parade around the room.

Tori decided to take the class on Haiti.In the class, the teacher, Dr. Jacques Pierre, taught about challenging stereotypes of Haitian with a focus on Haiti and the culture of Haiti. They learned what some of the common stereotypes were about Haitians and how to challenge those stereotype snad find the truth of the person instead of their original culture.

Adam and Elizabeth spent the weekend teaching the youth about Haiti and Poverty. They taught about the culture of Haiti and about the effects of the earthquake on the country. In teaching about poverty, they taught about homelessness and how the children could help with others who are in poverty.

The children pose around their quilt of homes.

The children and Elizabeth and Adam take a break for a picture.

We also attended workshops on music, centering prayer, caring ministries, and child welfare. The weekend was a great time and very informative for all.