Who could have prepared us, the non-natives in this part of the U.S. for the setting of our Peace Presence on August 6th? We were to be at the Great Lawn for this service which would honor our commitment to Care for the Earth and remember the atrocities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Instead of standing on a grassy lawn, we were seated in a tiered arena in front of a platform framed between two lowsized square turrets. In the framed background we had an ever changing ocean view with sail boats, speed boats and even a far-away tanker passing through.
Alexandra Kovats, Terry Moran and Annie Welch led us through songs, prayers, readings, poetry and a litany of peacemaking, all of which were exceptionally relevant and truly touching. Cindy Zipf of Clean Ocean Action spoke movingly of the imperative to protect the great and beautiful oceans of the world. We sang “We shall overcome” to the wonderment of Boardwalk passersby and completed our liturgy by singing “Peace before us” as we looked at the peaceful and endangered ocean.
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