Plant seeds of peacemaking, community connection, and trust building, and see how hope grows!
Experiment with hope this summer!
Take this short survey to see how hopeful you are feeling for the future. Then choose a few of the ideas below to work on this summer so you’re feeling more prepared to face the future with hope.
Click the + buttons below for ideas, resources, event dates, and more. Or come up with your own activities!
Listen to an episode of the Proclaim Peace podcast.
Read this MWEG devotional and try out the peacemaking process it describes.
Hold a “hopeful history” movie night!
Engage in a meaningful conversation about hope, trust, or community.
Attend an MWEG summer event.
Host a gathering with neighbors to build community and connection.
Read a great book about hope or building community.
Follow or subscribe to one or two reliable local news sources to stay in touch with your community.
Volunteer with a local organization working on issues you care about.
Attend a local event or visit a community gathering place.
Want to make your tracking a little more fun?
Download this coloring sheet to track your activities and watch your hope grow!
"In the spirit of our history’s best political traditions, everyday Americans are demonstrating how a little civic hope can ignite a chain reaction of efforts to restore civic power — the kind of power that humanizes rather than corrupts, because it grows when shared."
