May 2013

Walk and Bike Challenge: Bike Newberg
The Center for Peace and Justice participates in the Bike Newberg challenge.

This challenge is meant to promote walking and biking to school,
work, and church throughout the month of May.  All interested individuals,
businesses, churches, and school groups can track their mode of
transportation for each day. Tracking sheets can be found on the
Bike Newberg website or can be picked up at City Hall.

May 29
Salt Lake City, Utah

ZipCode Calling: A Gathering for Christians Engaging the
Built Environment
Co-sponsored by Christianity Today's "This Is Our City" and the
Center for Environmental Leadership with support from GFU through the
Center for Peace and Justice and the Center for Global Studies

ZipCode Calling is a one-day event for Christian pastors and leaders to
discover the principles of great placemaking and also provide them with
tools to help design and build great places, or redesign, retrofit, and redeem
hurting places in our communities.

Founded in late 2010, the Center For Environmental Leadership is a joint
project led by the Creation Care Study Program (CCSP), Houghton College
and George Fox University through Clint Baldwin and the Center for Peace
and Justice and the Center for Global Studies.

Click here for more information on the event.

June 15 - July 6
Romania and Moldova

Summer Serve 2013

George Fox University is sending a team of students and faculty on a Summer Serve trip to Romania and Moldova to partner with Word Made Flesh and David and Lenuta Chronic. The trip will be co-led by CPJ/CGS director Clint Baldwin and university pastor, Sarah Baldwin.  

The team will work alongside Fall 2010 Missional Practitioners In-Residence David and Lenuta Chronic. 

Watch this video to find out more about the GFU team going to Romania and Moldova.

George Fox joins the President's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge
Facilitated by the Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

The Center for Peace and Justice/Center for Global Studies director Clint Baldwin wrote a proposal that was accepted by the campus challenge project. He and Joel Perez, Dean of Transitions and Inclusion, traveled to the initiative's national kick-off event Aug. 1-2, 2011, at the White House. This initiative is encouraging institutions of higher education to make the vision for interfaith cooperation and community service a reality on campuses across the country.

Click here for more info