Project Strait Gate and Coloradans for Justice in Palestine (CJP) will stand together in a vigil for life, and for the freedom of the Palestinian people from Israeli occupation and systematic genocide. Resurrection Fellowship Church, Loveland, Colorado, is hosting a 3-day event entitled Israel Summit-Stand Firm, that unconditionally supports Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Our vigil will take place prior to the first session of the summit. We invite you to join us —just bring your love for peace!
Please share this invitation with leaders of other area churches and persons who want peace and justice in the Holy Land and might wish to participate.
Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 @ 5:00pm-7:30pm
Location: Resurrection Fellowship church,
6202 Crossroads Blvd, Loveland, CO, 80538
Directions from Denver: Take 1-25 North, Exit Highway 34 East, turn left on Centerra Parkway, follow north to just before Crossroads Parkway light, church on right.
Parking: on Crossroads Parkway, North Fair. Please, DO NOT PARK AT CHURCH.
PROJECT STRAIT GATE HAS LED OVER 100 VIGILS
Appropriate signs, hand-out material, lights and candles will be provided. If you have a battery lamp, please bring it along. You may bring your own signs as well—just be sure they are large and easy to read. Provided signs:
“PALESTINE” (on a bloody cross)
“INNOCENT BLOOD, GAZA”
“BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS”
“WHO WOULD JESUS BOMB?”
“CHOOSE LIFE, NOT WAR”
“CHRISTIAN ZIONISM KILLS PALESTINIANS”
“JUDEO-CHRISTIANITY ENABLES WAR”
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You will be addressing the drive-in churchgoers and those who come, stop, or walk out to talk to us.
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Please give space to those who come out to talk, try not to interrupt or argue, even if you are provoked
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Stay spaced so all the signs may be read.
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Feel free to talk to the press if you wish, but please refer official inquiries to the sponsors.
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Make it fun! Stop a war! Save an innocent Gaza child created in God’s image.
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For our safety, Loveland Police will be alerted.
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Let’s all sit down and have a meal together afterwards.
Contact: We Hold These Truths, Chuck 602 741 4650, or Coloradans for Justice in Palestine, Kelly Baker: 904 866 2671 kellymbaker83@gmail.com
Information and References:
- Letter to the pastor of Resurrection Fellowship Church from We Hold These Truths detailing the reasons for our vigil: https://whtt.org/resurrection-fellowships-israel-summit-stand-firm-event-challenged/
- Resurrection Fellowship Church is conducting the “Israel Summit: Stand Firm” event at the church: http://www.israelsummit.org/
- Leaders of 15 mainline churches asked members of Congress to make U.S. military aid to Israel contingent upon its government’s “compliance with applicable US laws and policies” since it results in Palestinian children’s deaths. Oct. 5, 2012: http://blogs.elca.org/peacenotwalls/files/2012/10/12oct5letteraboutaid.pdf
