VIRTUAL / Beating guns into plowshares: A challenging conversation with Shane Claiborne
This free, virtual webinar is hosted by Pax Christi. Please join us!
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwucu2gpzwuG9RP2TGTt-znQm1ND3_rkHjf#/registration
Delmarva North Conference
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Shane will bring the forge and there will be an opportunity to surrender guns. Sponsored by the “Youtherans” group of the Delmarva North Conference of the Delaware-Maryland Synod, all are invited to join hands and voices against gun violence, as we witness to the hope and peace we find in God.
Festival of Nonviolence & Peacemaking
Location: Akron, Ohio
This weekend will be a celebration of nonviolence and peace through music and festivities. It will also provide nonviolence and peacemaking trainings, amplify the work of nonviolence being done in our cities, and conclude with a beautiful ceremony where we turn guns into garden tools.
Learn more here: https://www.togetherneo.com/#:~:text=The%20Festival%20of%20Nonviolence%20and,peace%20through%20music%20and%20festivities.
Pastors, Priests and Guides
Location: Wallingford, PA
Shane will be speaking at the Monday evening session.
Learn more here: https://pastorspriestsandguides.com/schedule-info-philadelphia
Harry Rankin Lecture Series @ Memorial Drive United Methodist Church
Location: Houston, Texas
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
Join Shane & Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, for a discussion on the economics & the ethics of military spending & the war economy.
A Better World is Possible: April event series
Location: various sites in Philadelphia, PA
Join us for conversations about gun violence, opportunities for gun surrender, and activities that help remind us that A Better World is Possible! We’ll be gathering every Saturday in April at rotating sites in Philadelphia.
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
Join Shane for a panel event on the Death Penalty and Restorative Justice.
Beating Guns: Hope for People Who are Weary of Violence
Location: Our Lady of Angels Convent - 609 S. Convent Rd. Aston, PA 19014 (next to Neumann University)
REGISTER HERE (in-person or virtual)
Gun violence is a public health crisis. It is also a spiritual and moral crisis. God changes hearts, but people change laws.
The biblical prophets Micah and Isaiah imagine a world where God’s people beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning hooks, building a world free of violence. Come hear Shane Claiborne speak about his community's work transforming hearts, laws and guns - turning tools of death into garden tools and other instruments of life!
Another World is Possible, Beating Guns @ University of Pennsylvania
Location: The Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral - 19 S 38th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Biblical prophets Isaiah and Micah speak of a time where people will “beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning hooks” – it is a vision of a world where we turn from war to peace, and transform tools of death into tools of life. More than a decade ago, Shane began taking this literally, turning donated guns into garden tools as part of a national movement called “RAWtools” (which gets its name from flipping “WAR” around). This event will involve a blacksmithing demonstration with the forge and anvil, where participants will be able to take the hammer and beat on the barrel of a gun.The program will feature a presentation on gun violence by Shane, a live blacksmith demonstration transforming a gun into a garden tool, music from Common Hymnal, and guest speaker Reverend Sharon Risher - daughter and cousin to three victims of the Emanuel 9 murdered by a white supremacist at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. There will be a variety of other local organizations who will invite people to take concrete actions to address gun violence in Philadelphia and around the country. Find more information here.
Bridgeway Community Church - Columbia, MD
Join Shane on Sunday, February 18th for the 9am & 11am services at Bridgeway Community Church (9189 Red Branch Road, Columbia, MD). Find more details online!
Shalom Summit - San Antonio, TX
Join Shane with the Transformational Communities Network ( Travis Park Church, 230 E. Travis Street, San Antonio, TX 78205).
Tickets and event information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-shalom-summit-registration-694382866847
Jusice Conference - Atlanta, GA
Find more information on the conference here! Shane will be speaking at 10am on July 29th.
Death Penalty Vigil in DC
Each year abolitionists against the death penalty gather for a fast and vigil outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC from June 29th - July 2nd. Find more details here!
UK Tour
You can find Shane at all of these events in the UK! For more information visit RLC UK.
June 2nd and 3rd: ‘Empowering People’ Conference, Nettle Hill Venue, Coventry*
June 4th: Gas Street Church, Birmingham, 9:30AM, 11:30AM, and 6PM services
June 5th: Oasis Church Waterloo, London, 7:30PM–9:30PM**
June 7th: Newbigin Public Lecture, Lodge Road Community Church, Birmingham, 7PM–9PM** (Featured Red Letter Christians UK event)
June 9th: Malvern Link with Cowleigh, Malvern, 7PM (Details forthcoming)
June 11th: Kings Cross Church, London, 10am and 12pm
*Event requires payment and pre-booking
**Free event but requires pre-booking
RAWTools Event - Milton, PA
Join Shane for a RAWTools event at Bethany United Methodist Church (107 S Front St. Milton, PA 17847) from 2pm-4pm on May 27th.
This event will be a time of worship, special music, and message on gun violence. Then we will walk down the street to the Milton Veteran’s Park, where Shane will melt down guns and repurpose them into gardening tools.
Special music by Derek Sandstrom
Camp Washington - Lakeside, CT
Middle School and High School Youth are invited to this weekend retreat at Camp Washington!
The weekend begins on Friday at 6:00 pm with an evening of engaging conversation and discussion with Shane, beating of guns into plowshares around the forge, group art projects, and time to chill and talk around the campfire. Saturday morning, we will wake up to breakfast and time to wrap up our work from Friday night, as we welcome the larger community to join us for a day of testimony, reflection, experience, and ACTION! Our day will end with a time of worship, prayer, and a picnic lunch.
RAWtools event - Newport News, VA
Join Shane to beat guns into plowshares at St. John’s Church of God in Christ in Newport News, VA at 2pm ET. It is open to the public!
Star of the North Retreat Centre - St. Albert, AB, Canada
Shane Claiborne appears as part of the spring module of the Aurora Living: Formation Through Word & Creation© program offered by The Star of the North Retreat Centre. The theme of this module is Truth-Telling: Finding Our Prophetic Voice featuring presenters such as Ron Rolheiser, Jennifer Henry, Karyn Gagnon, and Shane Claiborne. To find out more about this program visit www.starofthenorth.ca/truth .
Love Goes Conference - Tulsa, OK
Event: LOVE GOES - A Faith-Based Social Services Conference
When: Fri, Mar 31, 2023, 9:00 AM –Sat, Apr 1, 2023, 8:30 PM CDT
Tickets: Purchase Tickets for $50 HERE
Who Should Attend: Everyone! Those inside and outside the faith community. We can all agree there are social issues that affect our lives as well as our loved ones.
To put agencies, phone numbers and contacts into the hands of those who may encounter a friend, family member or neighbor struggling in one of these areas and have the resources to help.
LOVE GOES will be held at the International Gospel Center – 555 South Memorial Drive in Tulsa, OK. 74112 Thursday Evening March 30, 2023 – Attendees will have an opportunity to volunteer at a local ministry/agency (TBA)
Friday, March 31, 2023 – 9am to 5pm (Speakers, Videos, Lunch)
6:30pm to 8pm – Shane Claiborne
Saturday, April 01, 2023 – 9am to 4pm (Speakers, Videos, Lunch)
6pm to 7:30pm– Concert and Altar Call - TBA
Registration: The early bird registration of $50/person has begun and will run through February 28, 2023. Beginning March 01, 2023 the registration fee will be $60/per person. The cost covers the entire two days. Scholarships are available. Lunch and snacks are included in registration fee.
Child care will be provided for children under `10 years of age. All registration fees will be donated to Isaiah 58, In His Service, Inc.; if you cancel the registration, fees will not be refunded, but will be counted as a donation.
Exhibitors from various non-profits, ministries and agencies will have tables set up to provide information and volunteer opportunities. (Table set up on Thursday evening)