May 22, 2000

Dear Missionary Cenacle Family Member,

May the Grace and Peace of the Holy Spirit be with us forever!

I am writing to you to ask for your help in a critical project, which I feel deserves the attention of all of us. A day does not pass, without headlines in the papers, news stories oii the radio or on the TV, depicting over and over again, incidents of violence in our society. Violence of man against woman, parent against child, brother against brother is so common place, that many of us can hear the announcement or read the story, and not blink an eye. Many in our society have become so insensitive to the presence of violence, that they can completely tune it out,

Obviously, this is not the solution. What, then, is the solution? We believe that this problem cannot be solved until we turn to the solution, for all those seei-ningly unsolvable problems, our Creator. We inust.lift up this problem to God and stand ready to follow His guidance. Herein lies the purpose of our request. We are beginning a campaign, from within our church, to hopefully bring people to a level of consciousness each day, to recognize the reality and horror of violence and to place that before God, seek His help and be prepared to carry out His guidance. We ask that you help us in this effort. The following paragraph is a brief message that explains what to do and how to do it.

TAKE A MOMENT EACH DAY. We all know there is much, too much violence in our world today. It must end, and it must end now. But what can I, just one person, do? We believe, that the more we are aware of this horror in our world, and the more we make a concentrated effort to place that before God, the sooner it will end. So we ask you to "Take a Moment Each Day" to remind yourself that there is violence in our societv. raise that consciousness to God, ask for His help to do something to end it, and speak think the following phrase, "PEACE NOT VIOLENCE".

The following suggestions are practical ways to get the word out:

• Print this paragraph in your church bulletin or newsletter, on a periodic basis.
• If you have a church sign or billboard, put the phrase, "PEACE, NOT VIOLENCE" on it for a while.
• Start a "Chain Mailing" campaign and mail it to all of your friends and ask them to pass it on.
• Use the Email of the INTERNET to pass along this message along to all those for whom you have addresses, and ask them to do the same.
• Make "PEACE NOT VIOLENCE" the theme of one of your church services.

Please help us in this critical task. We can solve this problem with God's help and by working together. For answers to your questions or further information, please call me at (850) 453-1081.

Thank you for whatever you can do.

Blanche Baker, MCA

Living Waters Missionary Cenacle

Pensacola, FL