COLOMBIA
(2003
World Peace Prayer Society Report)
BOGOTA,
COLOMBIA
Un Curso De Milagros Internacional
"Sirviendo a La Humanidad con el Poder Curativo del Amor que Perdo"
A Course in Miracles International hosted a peace vigil in Bogota.
The whole event came together miraculously in just a couple of weeks:
First off, we went to work on the stage, sound, flowers, tents, t-shirts,
permits, fliers, banners, booklets, brochures, and invitations all
of which we ended up getting donated to us.
Our stage was beautiful.... with flowers, Shakira's sound gear (which
came with 10 sound engineers and roadies, BIG SOUND!). A huge 16-meter
banner that said "Dia Internacionale de la Paz" sponsored by UN, Curso
de Milagros and "serving humanity through the healing power of forgiving
love" with our logo on it, tons of food and drinks, and the stage
came with it's own bouncers and event/stage coordinator who was just
awesome!!!! Oh, and 17 tents to put materials, videos, food, t-shirts,
etc.
The event was so beautiful and incredible that at some points I just
had to pinch myself: Here we were in the middle of a square in downtown
Bogota!
So we had a marching band to start with that was a HUGE band and they
were phenomenal! Salsa and Sousa... wow! Other music was 3, yes 3
choirs, the singer Lukas who is a real kick, a traditional drum and
flute band, a woman named Davey corn singing beautiful ballads, two
stars of Colombia, Xiomi, and Anna Sol, who sang songs with a techno
flavor.... really good, and then we had a childrens' group sing as
well.... and to top it off Brother Alejandro wrote this beautiful
song especially for the day, and he and I and a bunch of other artists
got up and sang it at the end. It was really spectacular!
In between the music we had different speakers doing prayers from
the peace book and readings from the Course in Miracles.
Our speakers were all awesome! And we gave all of them a prayer to
read. It was a trip to see the Minister of Defense of Colombia up
there reading "My Heart is Beating in the Peace of God" with her whole
security entourage everywhere!
We probably had 20 different speakers ranging from the Representative
Catholic Priest who read the St. Francis prayer and the Lord's Prayer
and was just beautiful. Then came The Rabbi and the Arab representative
and they both sang traditional prayers. Lovely! We had native Indians
singing peace songs. We had the guys from Sai Baba come and say a
prayer and talk and sing... they were beautiful... and then this really
amazing woman from the Brahma Kumaris came and did a peace meditation
and it was all Light!
At the end six of us got up and read these outrageous passages from
the Course as everyone lit candles and stood and prayed for peace.
And then we danced....And then and then.......
I love you all and thank you for your help and Light! I LOVE YOU!!!!
John Christenson
2003
World Peace Prayer Society Compilation
PICTORAL
ARCHIVE OF PREVIOUS PEACE DAY EVENTS
Africa | Asia
| Europe |
North America
| Oceania
| South
America | UN
& Global
May
Peace Prevail
On Earth
