Authors Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin will forge guns into garden tools as they release their new book, "Beating Guns: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence." On the first day of their book release tour, Saturday, March 9, Claiborne and Martin will visit Neffsville Mennonite Church, 2371 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, at 6:30 p.m.
The 90-minute event will feature music, art, and stories of people impacted by gun violence, culminating with an invitation for the audience to take the hammer and transform a gun into garden tools.
Tickets are free but must be reserved on the tour's website, http://www.beatingguns.com/tour. A freewill offering will be collected to cover the expenses of the event.
The event is sponsored by Atlantic Coast Conference of Mennonite Church USA, Eastern Mennonite Missions, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster Mennonite, Landis Communities, and Mennonite Central Committee East Coast. It is part of "Following Jesus, Living Out Peace," a series of events promoting past and contemporary peacemaking as an aspect of living as disciples of Jesus.
Other events in the series will include "Peaceable Kingdom: An Evening of Storytelling" at Akron Mennonite Church on Monday, April 15, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. During this event, people will hear from storytellers whose identity as a disciple of Christ has shaped their response in times of conflict and crisis.
"Yellow Bellies," a production of Theatre of the Beat, will be presented at Lancaster Mennonite's Lancaster Campus Fine Arts Center on Sunday, May 5, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The historical drama highlights the experiences and public response to Mennonite conscientious objectors during World War II.
"Peace Witness, the Military, and Selective Service: Exploring the Anabaptist Peace Stance in the 21st Century" will be held at Forest Hills Mennonite Church, Leola, on Sunday, June 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
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