Join the Western North Carolina Conference, The United Methodist Church, March 13-15 at beautiful Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center for the Peace Conference. Clergy and laity of all ages will gather to fellowship, dialogue and learn with renowned peace builders. Through three days of worship, plenaries, workshops, hands-on shalom experiences, film screenings and fellowship, strategies and hopes will be shared of how people of faith can build bridges of peace across political, theological and social divides.

Through this year’s theme, Disarming Hatred, speakers, worship leaders and participants will explore how to recognize and confront systems that perpetuate hatred and division and how to build practices that unite and strengthen our collective work across differences. In addition, front-line peace practitioners will impart how to put peace into action through hands-on workshop leaders who will teach about skills, practices and organizing that can heal and restore our communities.

Reserve your place today and invite friends and colleagues to join you. ALL are welcome! Scholarships for youth and young adults are also available as we invest to build new leaders in peace building for generations to come.

Conference Schedule

Registration

For other details, visit https://www.wnccumc.org/peace-conference-2026.