Joining the Zen Peacemaker Order

The Zen Peacemaker Order (ZPO) has just (5/28/98) opened for membership by Peacemakers. We are developing a training program and are currently offering various programs. We are also gathering information about programs offered by the various ZPO Training Sanghas and Interfaith Peacemaker Assembly Villages and will be listing them soon. Our website (www.zpo.org) contains the latest information about the Zen Peacemaker Order and Peacemaker Community. All Peacemakers commit to integrating the 16 ZPO Observances into their life and to observing a Day of Reflection on the 4th Saturday of each month. This commitment is ritualized by an Installation Ceremony performed by a Mentor, Senior or Elder Preceptor of the Zen Peacemaker Order. When the ZPO Training Program will be developed, those Peacemakers wishing to participate in the ZPO Training Sangha will be able to do so in affiliation with a ZPO Training Center under the guidance of a ZPO Training Program Teacher. Membership in the ZPO Training Sangha will require another level of commitment, including commitments to a regular meditation practice, peacemaking, and to a practice/study path overseen by their teacher. This Training Program will soon become available to Peacemakers. All Peacemakers are required to pay an annual membership fee of $108 payable to the Zen Peacemaker Order. We do not want financial issues to be a deterrent to membership, so if this fee is a hardship, we invite you to voluntarily submit an annual membership fee that fits your budget. If you would like to explore membership in the Order, please study the 16 ZPO Observances and the Day of Reflection (see www.zpo.org.) If this feels like an appropiate step to make, please fill out the Membership Application and send it to ZPO.