As we continue to prepare for the training tour in Australia, Ambassadors of Reconciliation is in the final stages of publishing a new resource for churches, schools, and other organizations. Cultivating Lifestyles of Reconciliation is a short book that describes basic teachings from Scripture on peacemaking and how to establish a Reconciliation Ministry in a church, school, or other Christian organization. The new book will debut in Australia. Each participant in the 3-day and 5-day training events will utilize it during training.
Cultivating Lifestyles of Reconciliation summarizes how to encourage reconciliation as a way of life within families, among members, within a staff, and with students. Each short chapter begins with a true story of people teaching peacemaking, coaching others in conflict, mediating between two people, or arbitrating a dispute.
Discussion questions guide leadership groups (such as elders or council members) and provide directions for viewing video clips from the DVD Lifestyles of Reconciliation. Practical suggestions for establishing a ministry include an outline for action and job descriptions for various roles.
Although our friends in the Lutheran Church of Australia will be the first to see and use this new resource, others will be able to order it on our web site www.hisaor.org (available in May 2009).
Pray that God brings together everything needed for this new book in time for the training in Australia, including financial gifts to help support this project. (Supporters can make a tax-deductible gift on-line at www.hisaor.org.)
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