For the last 30 years EPF has joined our brothers and sisters of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship (APF) to witness for Peace during the Lambeth conferences.

Here is the schedule as of early March, with more details in the May issue of The Anglican Peacemaker.  [Read the February issue at http://www.cloud-ten.co.uk/apf2/newsletters/TAPFEB08.pdf]

Anglican Pacifist Fellowship AT AND AROUND LAMBETH

Tuesday 22 July: 11.00AM service in the Dick Sheppard Chapel at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, with the pilgrimage starting from there.

Tuesday 22 July - Thursday 24 July: Walking portions of the Pilgrims’ Way, arriving at The Friars, Aylesford, mid afternoon Thursday.  Transport provided for baggage and between walking points, accommodation with churches along the way.

Thursday 24 July - Sunday 27 July: APF annual conference at The Friars, Aylesford

Saturday 26 July: Travel by coach to Canterbury to meet others there, returning in the evening.  Walk from the Old Leper Hospital of St. Nicholas on the outskirts of Canterbury to the Cathedral.  There will be a service in the Eastern Crypt at noon, a short witness at the Martyrdom, and a visit to the grave of Dick Sheppard in the cloisters, followed by a lunch at the Greyfriars House gardens.  

Sunday 27 July: Final day of the conference including Eucharist, closing             after lunch.

Monday 28 July, 2.30-4.30PM: APF fringe meeting ‘The Church’s response in areas of military conflict’ at the University of Canterbury.

Tuesday 29 July, 8.15AM-4.30PM: APF musical fringe event ‘Caught in the crossfire: sounds for peace and justice’ at the University of Cambridge.

Week beginning Monday 28 July: APF will have a stall ‘Peace is the Church’s business’ in the Lambeth Conference “marketplace” at the University of Canterbury, open from 10.00AM to 6.00PM.

Cost of the annual conference, including room and board, at The Friars is estimated at $260-$300.  Additional expenses would include accommodation in London and Canterbury, and pilgrimage expenses.

For more information and to sign on to be a part of the pilgrimage, contact Donna Hicks at 919.688.3419 or djhicks2790@earthlink.net.

A note from Donna Hicks: Seasoned APFers say that the only thing on which they agree is NO WAR.  In this time of division, fear, anger, and mistrust, this says to me that APF can model for the Anglican Communion a way to acknowledge common ground, stand on it, and work together in spite of other differences to reach a common goal.  I invite you all to come to stand with me and others at Lambeth this year.