[act-ma] 11/9: JOHN SCHUCHARDT - "War: The Bridge to Nowhere"

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, Novdember 9, 2008 at 11:00am

Honoring Veterans for Peace
JOHN SCHUCHARDT
"War: The Bridge to Nowhere"

John Schuchardt was co-founder in 1990, with his wife (Carrie), of The House
of Peace in Ipswich, MA--to care for victims of war. An attorney and former
Marine officer, he has been active in the Plowshares nuclear abolition
movement, Veterans for Peace and peace initiatives in Viet Nam, Nicaragua,
Japan, Yugoslavia & Iraq.

John has stated that he wants to "have a conversation with the congregation
about the foundations of 'endless war against invisible enemies' (Howard
Zinn): the allure/myth/attraction of the false picture of war; "waving the
bloody shirt", so that aggression may be called defense; the move to
extermination bombing in World War II; the embrace of genocide at Hiroshima
& Nagasaki; the destruction of the World Trade Centers; the schisms in the
peace movement and our resulting failure to address the deepest illusions
continuing to hold us in thrall to the evil of mass murder."

Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
www.communitychurchofboston.org


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NEXT WEEK'S COMMUNITY CHURCH FORUM (11/16)

SURESH NAIDU
"The $700 Billion Question: What is Going on with the Economy?"


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On Sunday after our morning programs, we have lunch with one another in the
Guatemala Room (3rd floor), prepared by our cook Luis Alonso Guzman. Enjoy a
delicious lunch with friends! A small contribution is requested to help
cover lunch expenses.


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DIRECTIONS/PARKING

The Community Church is located at 565 Boylston Street in Copley Square,
between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets.

Parking is available on Sunday mornings at the Back Bay Garage (entrances on
Clarendon Street or St. James Ave.). We can provide a sticker to affix to
your parking receipt, and you will be charged $5.00 for 3 hours of parking.

By public transportation, take the Green line to Copley or take the Orange
line to Back Bay station. Community Church is a 2-minute walk from either
station.


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A PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGREGATION SINCE 1920

The Community Church of Boston is a free community of human beings united
for the study and practice of universal religion, seeking to apply ethical
ideals to individual life and the democratic and cooperative principle to
all forms of social and economic life.


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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT US

Jason Lydon, Congregational Director
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617)266-6710
(617)266-0449 (fax)
info at commchurch.org
http://www.communitychurchofboston.org