Sunday service with guest speaker Henry Cervantes

Henry Cervantes will present on the power of nonviolent peacemaking and its role in social change. His talk will explore the power that nonviolence, forgiveness and reconciliation play in greater social justice movements. Throughout history everyday people have tapped into the creative power of peacemaking to win human rights and political freedoms. Cervantes will share strategies based on his experiences in working with communities, schools, jails and prisons.

Henry Cervantes serves as Manager for The Peace Exchange, Holy Family Ministries an organization that engages youth in leadership training and international travel to study nonviolent social movements. Cervantes has trained youth activists from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America. Cervantes volunteers as a nonviolence trainer at the Cook County Jail in Chicago as part of the Sheriff’s Anti-Violence Effort (SAVE) and is also an adjunct professor for North Park Theological Seminary at Statesville Correctional Center, a Maximum Security…