{"id":6560,"date":"2017-07-05T10:13:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=6560"},"modified":"2017-07-05T10:13:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:13:08","slug":"youth-invited-to-explore-reconciling-relationships-at-new-cmu-peace-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2017\/youth-invited-to-explore-reconciling-relationships-at-new-cmu-peace-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth invited to explore \u2018reconciling relationships\u2019 at new CMU peace event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of its popular Peace-It-Together event, and together with a range of ministry partners, CMU is launching a brand-new gathering for high-school youth this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Titled <em>sixpointeight: equipping peacebuilders<\/em>, the event takes place from 2:00 to 8:00 PM on Sunday, October 15, 2017. Youth in grades 9 to 12 from across Canada are invited to gather around the theme, \u201cReconciling Relationships in the Way of Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/sixpointeight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/uploaded\/title_sixpointeight.png\" alt=\"Six Point Eight Promotional Image\" width=\"391\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>In addition to featuring keynote addresses by Kathy Giesbrecht, Associate Director of Leadership Ministries at Mennonite Church Manitoba, and Lloyd Letkeman, Mission Mobilizer at MB Mission, sixpointeight will feature worship, inspiring workshops modelled after TED talks, and diverse opportunities for youth to reflect on, and respond to, what they have learned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event extends CMU\u2019s commitment to educate for peace-justice,\u201d says Terry Schellenberg, Vice President External and head of the <em>sixpointeight<\/em> planning committee. \u201cAs with many of CMU\u2019s initiatives, we\u2019re gratified to bring together a diverse range of church, church school, and service agencies to offer this significant peace-equipping youth gathering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planned to coincide with Mennonite Church Canada\u2019s Special Delegate Assembly in Winnipeg October 13-15, <em>sixpointeight<\/em> takes its name from Micah 6:8: \u201c\u2026to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Together with CMU, MB Mission, Mennonite Church Manitoba, Mennonite Brethren Church Manitoba, Mennonite Central Committee, Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute, and Mennonite Collegiate Institute are all co-sponsoring and planning the event.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sixpointeight<\/em> will replace the long-running Peace It Together conference, which was held for the last time in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/sixpointeight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cmu.ca\/sixpointeight<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of its popular Peace-It-Together event, and together with a range of ministry partners, CMU is launching a brand-new gathering for high-school youth this fall. Titled sixpointeight: equipping peacebuilders, the event takes place from 2:00 to 8:00 PM on Sunday, October 15, 2017. Youth in grades 9 to 12 from across Canada are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[464,60,880,465],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6564,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6560\/revisions\/6564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}