• The Gospel and Restoration vs
• The Rush to Punishment and Vengeance
• Implications for the U.S. at Home and Abroad

October 11-12 Spiritual Life Center in Winslow Maine

Featured Rev. Dick Snyder is Founder and Chair of the Board of the Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast; Former Maine Council of Churches’ Restorative Justice Advisory Board; Professor emeritus of theology and ethics and former academic dean at New York Theological Seminary, and author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment

Join us in examining the roots, practices, and costs of the punitive orientation of our culture; the roots, practices, and results of restorative justice; the implications of the alternative for U.S. policy and practice at home and abroad; and some ways in which communities of faith can become involved.

Cost for the weekend is $120 (Saturday, 9am (after breakfast) - Sunday, 3pm).

To include Friday, 4:30 pm—Sunday 3pm, is $185 (or $200 to include dinner).

Costs for commuters vary. (Please indicate scholarship needs.)

To register, send a $25 deposit to: Mary Ellen Quinn, 91Baker Road, Winterport, ME 04994.

Mary Ellen can be reached at 223-4992.

For information call Bill at 773-6562

Full payment is required by Sept. 29.