BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//67.205.7.227//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Lakewood Presbyterian Church X-WR-CALDESC:The website of Lakewood Presbyterian Church in Lakewood\, Ohio X-FROM-URL:http://www.lakewoodpresbyterian.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20271107T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20270314T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12283@www.lakewoodpresbyterian.org DTSTAMP:20260616T094828Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and annual offering had it s start at LPC in the late 1970s during the ministry of the Rev. Richard W atts. The “cold war” was heating up and came near to a boil between Presid ent Ronald Reagan and USSR President Gorbachev. With a small group of LPC members and other local Lakewood residents\, Dr. Watts started to explore ways the church could promote peace during an anxious time. The group grew into “Swords into Plowshares” (see Isaiah 2:4)\, a ministry endorsed by N ortheast Ohio Presbytery of the Western Reserve. By January of 1980\, Watt s concluded his ministry at LPC in order to pursue peacemaking ministry an d eventually became the first coordinator of the Presbyterian Church’s Pea cemaking Program.\nTo celebrate this 45th anniversary\, we have invited Dr . Watts to return to LPC and share his memories of how it all unfolded. He will speak in Wright Chapel at 11:20 a.m. after the World Communion Sunda y service and coffee hour. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T112000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T120000 RDATE;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T112000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Adult Faith Formation – Peacemaking with Dr. Richard Watts URL:http://www.lakewoodpresbyterian.org/archives/event/adult-faith-formatio n-peacemaking X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and annual offering had its start at LPC in the late 1970s during the ministry of the Rev. Ri chard Watts. The “cold war” was heating up and came near to a boil between President Ronald Reagan and USSR President Gorbachev. With a small group of LPC members and other local Lakewood residents\, Dr. Watts started to e xplore ways the church could promote peace during an anxious time. The gro up grew into “Swords into Plowshares” (see Isaiah 2:4)\, a ministry endors ed by Northeast Ohio Presbytery of the Western Reserve. By January of 1980 \, Watts concluded his ministry at LPC in order to pursue peacemaking mini stry and eventually became the first coordinator of the Presbyterian Churc h’s Peacemaking Program.

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To celebrate this 45th anniversary\, we have invited Dr. Watts to return to LPC and share his memories of how it all unfolded. He will speak in Wright Chapel at 11:20 a.m. after the World Communion Sunday service a nd coffee hour.

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