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 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ACTIVE COMMUNITY EFFORTS
P.E.A.C.E. is a congregation-based community organization charged with the mission of effectively fighting injustices in the communities of Palm Beach County. Through the power of large numbers of organized people, our members identify problems of mutual concern, research solutions to those problems, and hold public officials accountable to implementing these solutions. We are an affiliate of DART (Direct Action & Research Training Center), a network of twenty-two organizations just like ours located throughout the country.
OUR HISTORY
In the early 1990s, clergy from various communities in the West Palm Beach / Riviera Beach core areas started meeting to explore the idea of joining forces powerfully to combat injustice. Their group and idea grew. In 1991, the group held its first Annual Convention, and P.E.A.C.E. was born! OUR VISION
In Micah 6:8, it is clear that there are three things required of us as people of faith - to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God. P.E.A.C.E. focuses on being a vehicle by which people can powerfully come together to effectively fulfill the first of the three requirements - TO DO JUSTICE. The vision we are working towards, as congregations, is to turn out our average worship attendance once a year for a large Nehemiah-style Action Assembly. P.E.A.C.E. exists for the following reasons:
- To link congregations together so that they might be a powerful force in bringing about justice to the communities of Palm Beach County.
- To train leaders in the work of building Justice Ministries.
- To assist clergy and community leaders in strengthening the internal lives of their own congregations and organizations.
MEMBERS
Justice NETWORK MEMBERS agree
to do two things:
1. Attend four meetings a
year. They are:
- The community problems
assembly in November, when issues are identified.
- The rally before the
action, in March.
- The Nehemiah action when
PEACE presents issues and solutions to officials who can deal with them, in
April.
- The celebration dinner and
kickoff to the annual investment drive, in June
2. And to being three others
to the Nehemiah Action.
Justice ministry TEAM MEMBERS
do what the Network Members do, plus help to organize and turn out the
Network. Team Members and Network
Members may both, if they wish, serve on PEACE committees that research and
develop the issues. MEMBER CONGREGATIONS (subject to change)
Calvary United Methodist Church (Lake Worth)
Christians Reaching Out To Society (C. R. O. S.) (Palm Beach County)
First Haitian Church of God (Palm Beach County)
First Hispanic United Methodist Church (Lake Worth)
First Unitarian Universalist Congregation (North Palm Beach)
Harvest A.M.E. Church (Pahokee)
Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church (West Palm Beach)
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church (West Palm Beach)
Macedonia A.M.E. Church (Boca Raton)
New Bethel A.M.E. (South Bay)
Payne Chapel A.M.E. (West Palm Beach)
Pentecostal Church of God in Christ (West Palm Beach)
St. Andrew Episcopal Church (Lake Worth)
St. Ann Catholic Church (West Palm Beach)
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (Riviera Beach)
St. John Missionary Baptist Church (Boynton Beach)
St. Luke A.M.E. (West Palm Beach)
St. Paul A.M.E. (Boynton Beach)
St. Paul A.M.E. (Delray Beach)
St. Rita Catholic Church (Wellington)
Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church (Riviera Beach)
Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church (West Palm Beach)
Temple Beth Torah (Wellington)
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton (Boca Raton)
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