Peace Bubble in Naperville

The peace bubble came to First Congregational UCC, Naperville, IL on August 1, 2007 at 11:30 am-1:30PM!! We heard a concert, sang along, blew bubbles, prayed for peace and held a peace procession to our peace poll (donated by Rev. Greg Schneck-Skiba). Read peace prayers and statements written by the attendees.

The "Sing Out for Peace at Noon" 2007 US tour is a "nonsectarian, nonpartisan effort to celebrate the ideals that make for peace in the heart and peace in the world," says singer/songwriter Jerry Leggett. "What if we all paused for a moment of peace at noontime and pondered another world? What if the world we imagine is possible?" Check out his website at http://www.peacebubble.org.

The cross-country peace tour began on January 12, 2007 in Phoenix AZ and has already made 110 stops. The stop August 1st at First Congregational Church of Naperville featured an intimate tear-shaped vintage RV that has been christened "The Peace Bubble". The musical menu will included classic peace standards from artists like the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman and a mix of soul-stirring Leggett originals.

The Peace Bubble serves as a Listening Post for recorded interviews that will be modeled on National Public Radio's "Story Corps" project. Everyone was invited to conduct live interviews asking the simple question: "What would a more peaceful world be like?" Featured interviews will appear on the tour's Peace at Noontime VBLOG on uTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/seawallsinger.

This event was very uplifting. Click on a thumbnail to see a bigger picture!

God made us - to be smart. God wants us to stay smart. Peace is smart.		A prayer to have one day the world over where no one dies in the violence of war or ethnic conflict.
Make peace by not making war.		I hope that someday, there will be peace and no wars.
"I gave you what you need. Let there be peace." - God		Peace has to be possible for all our survival. We have to make it a reality.
Ban guns!		May peace reach around the world (including the Muslim world).
God, please help the children of the world to be filled with your peace and grow up to change the world.		God - I pray we will use our resources not for war but to ease the suffering throughout our world. How much more good we could do in a world at Peace!
Peace Is the light at the end of the tunnel. The reason for hope. The subject of dreams.	Peaceful People Are those who care, who help, who share.	People in harmony Eternal peace on earth Amazing grace throughout the whole world Continuous peace Everybody in a peaceful world Hurray for PEACE!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if people would listen to each other?
Everyone should celebrate who they are and what makes us different. We can learn from each other!
Peace is more than just the absence of war. It is harmony. It is understanding most of all. It is the refusal to resort to forms of physical violence to solve disagreements or problems. So how do I recognize peace? A more peaceful world would mean more understanding between peoples, and less if any judgment based on culture. Every idea would be tolerated no matter how eccentric though perhaps debated and resolved, they would not be immediately rejected. Peace would mean no 5 year olds being taught how to hold and fire a gun to kill or indeed any form of army at all. And peace would mean more communion between the members of the world. We need to make this a reality.

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