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Peace Education Speakers

The following resource people are willing to speak Sunday morning or in an evening workshop setting. We ask that meetings cover the travel costs if they invite a speaker to come from a distance. If your meeting is also able to give a small honorarium, that is always appreciated, but don’t let money limit you from requesting a speaker. Write to us at peaceeducation[at]nwfriends.org for the contact information for these individuals.

    Ralph Beebe

    • Conscientious Objection
    • Biblical basis for peacemaking
    • Friends history
    • History of the peace testimony throughout Christian history
    • Ralph is an experienced speaker on all topics relating to peace. He is especially adept at speaking and leading discussions regarding Friends history, biblical basis for peacemaking, the USA and the Middle East, and conscientious objection.
    Cherice Bock

    • Quaker History
    • Christian Peacemaker Teams – Israel/Palestine
    • Conscientious Objection
    • “I can speak on biblical basis for peacemaking, early Friends, Christian Peacemaker Teams & Israel/Palestine, or if people have other ideas I could work with them. I can preach, teach or lead discussions…whatever is most helpful.”
    Karrie Brothers

    • Personal Conflict Resolution, Mediation
    • “I’m willing to act as a resource for training people in biblical responses to conflict. Additionally, I can do facilitator training and mediation.” (Karrie works as a mediator, so has a wealth of practical experience to share.)
    Tim Burdick

    • Historical Quaker peace testimony and how we can practically implement it today.
    • Sharing his personal experience of “wrestling with this concept and trying to figure out ways that my everyday actions become a social microcosm for creating violence and/or peace around the world.”
    Mike Huber

    • Quaker History: Mike is an excellent speaker and teacher, but as the pastor of West Hills Friends, he would need advanced notice if he needed to miss a Sunday morning at his meeting. He’s available other days of the week, however, and can speak on biblical basis for peacemaking, Friends history, or lead discussions.
    John Lamoreau

    • Non-Violence & Pacifism: “I am very available if anyone would like to invite me to their church. Most of my outreach has been to conservative evangelicals and discussing the Biblical basis of Christian non-violence. I have taught Sunday school classes, led workshops and also worship services on the subject. I have worked with youth and older adults on the subject.”
    Retha McCutcheon

    • Peacemaking and the Friends school in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine
    • NWYM group’s trip to Israel/Palestine last Peace Month, January 2010
    Ron Mock

    • Non-Violence & Pacifism
    • Personal Conflict Resolution, Mediation
    • “I am willing to be on the list. I can preach or teach. I can do a workshop if there is something going on that promises good-sized attendance — 15 or more, say. I could do workshops on conflict and reconciliation, mediation, or Christian pacifism and responses to international or civil war. I am available in the Willamette Valley — for outside it, I’d recommend that churches go with a more local resource unless there is some special reason to think it would be worth the fossil fuels and the time to get me there.”
    Colin Saxton

    • Quaker History
    • Personal Conflict Resolution, Mediation
    • “I am equally inept at teaching or preaching…so either works for me.” (Colin knows a lot of Friends history and information about the biblical basis for peacemaking, and is a good discussion leader.)