Disciples Peace Fellowship

…the 2026 Peace Interns will also have alternative service weeks where they work with Disciples Justice Ministry groups, Local Congregational Partners, and/or Ecumenical Peace Organizations to develop specific, pre-defined projects.

DPF Peace Interns spend the summer serving as Ambassadors for Peace and Justice. In addition to serving on Program Staff at Church Camps throughout the United States and Canada…

The DPF Peace Intern Program provides a paid position ($3,000 grant for the 12-week program) where DPF takes care of all the scheduling and pays for all of the travel arrangements. It is a life changing experience!

Apply Now to be a Peace Intern! — Disciples Peace Fellowship Apply Now to be a 2025 DPF Peace Intern! Spend your summer serving as an Ambassador for Peace and Justice. You'll be working on staff with Disciples Church Camps throughout the United States and Canad...

SPREAD THE WORD: Disciples Peace Fellowship is now accepting applications for the 2026 Summer Peace Intern Program!

Learn more and apply at:
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Coming Home — Disciples Peace Fellowship 2025 DPF Peace Intern Ella Johnson reflects on what it means to return home to the church camp where she grew up.

In her latest blog post, 2025 DPF Peace Intern Ella Johnson reflects of what it means to return home to the church camp where she grew up.

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June 2025 "Peace Notes!" from DPF: Read DPF's Statement in Response to the US Bombings in Iran, Follow the Peace Interns, Learn about DPF Opportunities at General Assembly in Memphis!

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We encourage all Disciples of Christ in the United States and Canada to call their elected leaders and urge them to demand an immediate ceasefire and the resumption of negotiations to avoid further cycles of destruction.

For 90 years, DPF has sought to help individuals and congregations live out the gospel imperative for peace and justice.

While we are in opposition to all warfare, we recognize that many Christians believe that some wars can be necessary and just. However, one essential criterion for a supposedly just war is that it is a last resort. The attack on Iran reflects military opportunism and impatience instead.

…the peace that God brings is one not accomplished through military domination or overwhelming force (John 14:27).

Disciples Peace Fellowship (DPF) condemns the United States’ entry into open conflict with Iran through its direct bombing of its military and nuclear sites. Even as God seeks to break the weapons of war (Psalm 76:3)…

Blessings on their work!

Blessings on the beginning of their Peace Intern summer!

The 2025 DPF Peace Interns are all at their first assignments of the summer!

Chrys is at the CYF Conference at Camp Walter Scott in Illinois. Ella is on staff at the CYF Conference at The Retreat at Silver Springs in Florida. And Ruthie is at the Chi Rho Camp at Camp Christian in Georgia.

Monthly Peace Notes — Disciples Peace Fellowship

Sign-up for the monthly "Peace Notes!" e-newsletter from Disciples Peace Fellowship here:
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From this month's "Peace Notes" e-newsletter from Disciples Peace Fellowship: Celebrating the Peace Intern 50th Anniversary! Plans for General Assembly! A Word from Living Coast Ministry! And More!

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Celebratory image with a picture of Ruthie Weeks and the words "2025 Peace Intern"

Ruthie is a senior at Chapman University who will graduate this May with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and Documentary Filmmaking, and a minor in Peace and Justice Studies. A HELM Scholar and a Phillips University Legacy Scholar, she served 2 years as Moderator of Disciples on Campus at Chapman.

Celebratory Image with a picture of Chrys Beckley and the words "2025 Peace Intern"

Chrys is a Master of Divinity student at Lexington Theological Seminary who is currently serving as the Associate Pastor at First Christian Church in Rogers, Arkansas. In describing their call to ministry during their interview Chrys, “When it comes to ministry, I want to be where the youth are.

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Ella is a recent graduate of Texas Christian University with degrees in Religion and Political Science. Ella was a HELM Scholar, a former moderator for the General Youth Council, and has served two summers with Be The Neighbor.

Meet the 2024 DPF Peace Interns — Disciples Peace Fellowship Disciples Peace Fellowship is thrilled to introduce our summer Peace Interns! These amazing young adults will be traveling throughout the country working at Disciples' church camps AND also partnering...

Meet the 2025 DPF Peace Interns: Ella Johnson, Chrys Beckley, and Ruthie Weeks!

They'll spend the summer serving as Ambassadors for Peace and Justice while working at Disciples Church Camps and serving Remote Work Weeks paired up with partner ministries.

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Kirby Page Endowment — Disciples Peace Fellowship

The DPF Peace Intern Program is celebrating our 50th Anniversary this year! Looking for an amazing way to support DPF and the Peace Intern Program? Check out the new Kirby Page Endowment Fund link on the Disciples Peace Fellowship website!

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"In the face of policies and rhetoric that dehumanize, displace, and destroy, the world is watching and waiting for the church to be bold in advocating for an end to the occupation." https://buff.ly/3X9EsEq

Canadian Christian Leader Urges Americans to Rebuke Trump’s Attacks on Canada Over the past few weeks, President Donald Trump laid out a vision for imperialistic conquest.

In light of President Trump’s imperialistic rhetoric and the potential negative consequences for both nations, Rev. Jean-Daniel Ó Donncada, the national pastor for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada, released an open letter “to our American siblings in the family of God.”

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This is how white supremacy works. The parade is to honor the birthday of an historic Marylander. What if the parade were for Samuel Chase or Francis Scott Key? It would be fine. Douglass is defined by the feds only by his Blackness. But they’ll deny it.

Request an Intern — Disciples Peace Fellowship

The DPF Peace Intern Program is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this Summer! Fill out the quick form on our website to Request a Peace Intern as an Ambassador for Peace and Justice for a week at your Church Camp or to partner with your ministry!

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