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Remembrance Day Lecture
Sun 9 Nov 'Who will sing the anthem? Who will tell the story?' Michael Morpurgo will give the annual MAW Peace Lecture at the Imperial War Museum in London. Michael, author of the best-selling book War Horse, has voiced concerns over the tone of many of this year's World War One centenary events. He said recently: "During these next four years of commemoration we should read the poems, stories, history and diaries and visit the cemeteries - German cemeteries as well as ours - they were sons and brothers and lovers and husbands and fathers too." ----------------------------------------------- Songs for Choirs for 2014 As the centenary of the start of WW1 approaches, MAW is offering 14 peace songs free to choirs. See the words and music for each one here: A climate for peace; Go down fighting; The firing of the heart; The ones who said No; The time; Turn our hands; We are for peace Christmas in the trenches; Foolish notion; Moonshine; Mothers, daughters, wives; Music of healing; Scarecrow; Tyne Cot at night. You can download the whole set here or go to the music part of the Downloads page. Hear audio extracts on Soundcloud! ------------------------------------------------ |
![]() QPSW, ICAN-UK and Religions for Peace invite you to Friends House, Euston, London for an afternoon of training and discussion on the humanitarian initiative on nuclear weapons 1.30pm - 5pm, on Saturday 25th October 2014 Download the flyer here. There is no charge for attending this training afternoon, but places are limited so booking is required - at infouk@icanw.org or 020 7663 1067 |
Commemorating the Peacemakers 1914 and 2014
A day's event offering an alternative history of WW1 and those who tried to prevent it. Saturday 15th Nov 2014, 10.30am – 9.30pm, Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LW , a fully accessible venue. Keynote speaker: John Gittings, Author of 'The Glorious Art of Peace', and former Guardian journalist To book a place, go to www.for.org.uk/commemorate or phone 01865 250781 To help us cover costs, we suggest a donation of £10 when you book, lunch and refreshments are included. For more information about the day's programme, contact commemoration@oxfordquakers.org Down load the poster and the programme leaflet. Organised by a group representing FoR, MAW, Ruskin College, and Oxford Quakers. ----------------------------------------------- ![]() We Will We Remember Them: a resource for commemorating the death and suffering brought by war. The new edition has a forward by Michael Morpurgo, with services, reflections, prayers, songs & readings for Remembrance Sunday. As we commemorate the tragedy of the First World War, We Will Remember Them reminds us that to honour the dead, and care for the living, our most important task is to work for the prevention and elimination of war - what we say in remembrance should reflect this. The booklet is available from the MAW shop ------------------------------------------------- |