Can you create peace in our troubled world?

Of course you can, so please participate in
The 39th Annual Observance of the
International Hour For Peace
Tuesday, December 31st, 2024, 5:00 to 6:30 A.M.
(That's Noon Greenwich Mean Time and for us, really, really early Sunday morning!)


Join millions of minds all over the planet for the Peacemakers’ Super Bowl!


Create Inner Peace and World Peace for 2025!


All peacemakers and all paths to peace, sacred and secular, are welcome and honored.



Community events include the John Randolph Price World Healing Meditation,
along with music, prayers, speakers, and information from
a wide variety of local faith, humanitarian, and peace groups.


The 2024 Hour For Peace NoCo is dedicated to Carol Skylark who found Eternal Peace April 10th at 79 and Bob Stucklen who joined her August 16th at 89. Carol filmed and presented at the Hour For Peace NoCo for over 17 years, including presenting the Pre and Post Meditations at the 2023 event. A member of the Fort Collins Quakers, Bob and his wife Deb sponsored and helped with the Hour For Peace NoCo for over 18 years. Please click here for Carol’s memorial and here for Bob’s.


2024 Theme



We are pleased to continue our tradition of using the theme of the United Nations’s September 21st International Day of Peace. 2024 is the 25th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the “Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace”. The UNA chose the theme “Cultivating a Culture of Peace” and with all the “culture wars” in our country, we think it’s especially pertinent.


In that declaration, the United Nations’ most inclusive body recognized that peace “not only is the absence of conflict, but also requires a positive, dynamic participatory process where dialogue is encouraged, and conflicts are solved in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation.”  In a world with rising geopolitical tensions and protracted conflicts, there has never been a better time to remember how the UN General Assembly came together in 1999 to lay out the values needed for a culture of peace. These include: respect for life, human rights and fundamental freedoms; the promotion of non–violence through education, dialogue and cooperation; commitment to peaceful settlement of conflicts; and adherence to freedom, justice, democracy, tolerance, solidarity, cooperation, pluralism, cultural diversity, dialogue and understanding at all levels of society and among nations.


Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) starts with the notion that “wars begin in the minds of men so it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed”. It is this notion that framed the theme and logo of this year’s observance of the International Day of Peace. The ideas of peace, the culture of peace, need to be cultivated in the minds of children and communities through formal and informal education, across countries and generations.The International Day of Peace has always been a time to lay down weapons and observe ceasefires. But it now must also be a time for people to see each other’s humanity. Our survival as a global community depends on that.

For more details, visit the United Nations site, International Day of Peace | United Nations and the site of the Culture of Peace News Network  2024 Theme for the International Day of Peace: Cultivating a Culture of Peace - CPNN (cpnn-world.org)



Northern Colorado Locations:

To be determined …

Other Northern Colorado Observances

In your home or community!


We are blessed to also have opportunities and resources for participation via phone, on–line, and small private gatherings. Here are links and information in both Word and PDF format.


Folks in remote areas can have small, intimate gatherings with family, friends, coworkers, and neighbors with others joining them on–line.  Here’s a description of one that was done in 2020 by Susan Crowe. “Seven of us gathered in my home for our own celebration of peace. We prayed and meditated and sent our love and blessings for world peace at the appropriate time. It was a comfortable and loving gathering with no frills, no extras, just peace wishes sent out to the universe. We had a lovely potluck breakfast afterward and went on to the day. This will now be our tradition whether it's 2 or 7 or 15 gathered in our home.”


That’s what we often did in Alaska where the event was at 3:00 a.m. and it was often 40 below zero. It only takes “2 or more” to create synergy when they’re gathered in the name of the Prince of Peace or Jehovah Shalom (which means the God of Peace, God Is Peace and where there is Peace, there is God). Even if you do the John Randolph Price World Healing Meditation alone, you’re connecting with millions of minds all over the planet at that sacred time, and your consciousness does make a difference.


This website contains lots of peace materials, and peace prayers from many different religions are at www.HourForPeace.org/prayers.html. More materials on peace, justice, equal rights, and dignity for all are on our Facebook Page. Please visit, like, and share them. If you need help or ideas to organize a gathering and/or to practice peace all year long, please feel free to contact me at DrVickie@att.net or 970-227-1539.


Peace, Paz, Pacé, Paix, Shalom, Salaam, Shalama, Shanti, Shiwa, Suhl, Solh, Sola, Amani, Ashtee, Fred, Friede, Heian, Heping, Hoa Binh, Mir, Hozho, Wolakota,


Rev. Dr. Victoria Gardner, aka Dr. Vickie,
Area Coordinator, Annual International Hour For Peace, Northern Colorado



CREATE WORLD PEACE AND INNER PEACE ALL YEAR LONG:


Also known as World Healing Day and World Peace Day, the Hour For Peace is a global effort launched in 1986 by John Randolph Price and the Quartus Foundation to offer people all over the world an opportunity to gather together for peace, love, understanding, and forgiveness through a simultaneous global mind–link at noon Greenwich Mean Time on December 31st of each year. Based on the Quantum Physics principle that thought can direct energy and thus create reality, the event is designed to synchronistically join millions of minds around the world in prayer, meditation, music, art, dance, poetry, readings, dialogue, and other ways to focus on and manifest lasting peace on Earth.


In Northern Colorado, our goal is for people to not only gather to pray for and focus on World Peace and Inner Peace during that sacred hour, but also to connect with other peacemakers and peace, faith, and humanitarian organizations, events and activities. That way folks can create and practice peace all year long!


Our paradigm enables us to have numerous observations of the International Hour For Peace all over the area and share the nonprofit covering, website, theme, logo, artwork, posters, publicity, or whatever resources the individual community needs. Whether it’s a large formal program, a simple quiet meditation, or just “two or more gathered” in someone’s home, together we’ll heal our planet and create peace for 2024.


If you're interested in participating in this year's Hour For Peace in any way … by hosting or helping with an event in your home, church or community, please contact the coordinator Victoria Gardner, 970-227-1539, Hour4Peace@att.net. No contribution is too great or too small!


Peace Fellowship

“Creating and Practicing Peace and Restorative Justice All Year Long”

www.HourForPeace.org/fellowship.html


Peace Fellowship is the activist arm of the International Hour For Peace in Northern Colorado. It presents and supports programs and events on peace, social justice, and humanitarian issues, and on the abolition of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. Our goal is to wage peace by educating, enlightening, and empowering peacemakers, lawmakers, and the public.





HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF QUARTUS:


The Quartus Foundation for Spiritual Research was founded in 1981 by Dr. John Randolph Price and Jan Price, and became a tax–exempt, non–profit corporation in 1983. While writing the book The Superbeings, John made contact with a state of consciousness within himself, which he called his Higher Self. During this experience, he asked that the purpose of the book be revealed to him, and the inner voice said: “To reveal the truth that every man and woman on Earth is more than a human being, that each has the Gift and may rise above all limitations of mind, body and affairs. As the fulfillment you are seeking is found by rising in consciousness, you will be demonstrating the Truth, and as you share these experiences with others, and as they share their experiences with you, you will grow together.  You, and others who will join you in the journey, are seeking the Fourth Dimensional Consciousness, which was established within all mankind in the beginning. It is in the depths of your being now, awaiting your rediscovery.”


“Call your group ‘Quartus’ to denote the four–square aspect of each individual: Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, and Physical. It is not to be a church or a religion. It is to be a foundation for continued research and communications on the Reality and truth of Man and his world. It is to be a platform for the free exchange of ideas, for opening minds, for sharing and growth.” And so The Quartus Foundation was established.


In 1986 John wrote the World Healing Meditation and the Quartus Foundation established the International Hour For Peace on December 31st of each year. It was called World Healing Day and World Peace Day — a moment of Oneness to dissolve the sense of separation and return humankind to Godkind.


Since then, participation in the December 31st International Hour for Peace has been a way for millions of people all over our planet to connect at Noon Greenwich Mean Time for prayer, meditation, music, readings, dialogue, etc. focusing on world peace and inner peace for the coming year. When many minds join together with the intention of creating peace in the hearts of all people on earth, miracles happen! As Margaret Mead stated, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”


A correspondent from Italy wrote, “This is our 'Super Bowl', and we plan for the December 31st event just as families and friends in your country anticipate coming together in their homes to watch that media event in January. The victory we see, however, is not one–sided. The prize is peace for all people.”


With the deaths of John and Jan, Quartus closed in 2018. Yet at noon Greenwich time on December 31, people around the world continue to gather to participate in the most comprehensive prayer activity in the history — a planetary affirmation of peace, love, forgiveness, and understanding involving millions of people in a simultaneous global mind link. The purpose: to reverse the polarity of the negative force field in the race of mind, achieve a critical mass of spiritual consciousness, and usher in a new era of Peace on Earth.


John Randolph Price World Healing Meditation



World Healing Meditation Logo


2024 SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS:


The umbrella organization of the Hour For Peace NoCo is the International Association for New Science, a Wellington non–profit corporation (501C3 #84–1152107) dedicated to research and education in both traditional and non–traditional fields of science. Headed by longtime peacemaker Bob Siblerud, IANS brings together scientists, professionals and lay people. New Science includes topics and phenomena which cannot be explained by traditional science, such as the power of prayer and consciousness, yet have the potential for significant benefit to the health of humanity and planet earth.


The Northern Colorado observances of the International Hour For Peace are sponsored and supported by a wide variety of community organizations, both sacred and secular. Corporate/business sponsorship is $250 and completely tax deductible. For nonprofits, sponsorship involves donating $100 or more in money, goods, services, or any combination thereof. To be a supporter … all peaceful and loving contributions are appreciated!


Donations can be made via PayPal.  We also appreciate checks. Please make checks to “Hour For Peace,” 501C3 #84–1152107, and send to Hour For Peace, 2051 Gray Peak Drive, #101, Loveland, Colorado 80538.


Sponsoring Individuals and Organizations:




Supporters:



“The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life in the humility that comes from wisdom … But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, considerate, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.” — James 3:13-18


We are standing on holy ground, and it is holy because we are standing on it.



FOR MORE INFORMATION AND OTHER PEACE ACTIVITIES:


Hour For Peace NoCo: www.facebook.com/InternationalHourForPeaceFortCollins


Paul Gessler, founder of Chapter 178 of Veterans For Peace in Fort Collins, has been an active voice for world peace. He has written two books of poetry, “Peace Pilgrimage” and “Haiku Meds.” You can view selections of his work at VFP Peace&Poetry.


Interfaith Chant & Dances of Universal Peace, 7–9 p.m. every 4th Saturday of the month at Unity of Fort Collins. These musical, embodied prayer practices including sacred phrases from many religious traditions are led by Sára Rain, 970-227-5275, [email protected], trigoddess.org


Polestar Garden Community Kirtan Kirtan | Unity Fort Collins — Wednesdays, 6–7:30 p.m., Unity of Fort Collins Friendship Room. Kirtan songs and chants are a mystical, spiritual, and beautiful way to invoke the Divine. For more information, contact Vina Ketty at 617-571-5740.


worldbeyondwar.org



International Hour For Peace Global Website — www.Quartus.org/WorldHealingDay


John Randolph Price World Healing Meditation — www.quartus.org/world-healing-day/world-healing-meditation/


Locations of events all over the world — www.quartus.org/world-healing-day/locations/


History of the Hour For Peace — www.hourforpeace.org/history.html


Ways To Practice Peace — www.hourforpeace.org/ways.html


Prayers For Peace From Many Faiths — www.hourforpeace.org/prayers.html


Prayers For Refugees — RefugeePrayers.pdf


Prayers for Israel/Palestine/Gaza — PrayersForIsraelAndPalestine_2.pdf


Peace in Many Languages — www.hourforpeace.org/languages.html


2019 International Day of Peace at Peacedoodle.com — www.peacedoodle.com/international-day-of-peace/2019-climate-action-for-peace/.


WORLD PEACE MEDITATION DAY — December 31, 2021 — National Today — “Every year, World Peace Meditation Day is held on December 31 as the whole world contemplates the start of a new year. It bears the promise of ushering in a new era of peaceful relations in the world by making people more mindful of concepts like self–control and personal development. It is commonly known that when people are at peace with themselves, they are more likely to seek out and build peaceful relationships in their community and country. Even in those parts of the world that are affected by war, meditation can help those affected by violence to overcome their loss and avoid being negatively affected by the events taking place around them.”


Dr. Claude Swanson’s books on the power and efficacy of synchronized prayer and the collective consciousness — https://synchronizeduniverse.com. A Ph.D. spiritual physicist, Dr. Swanson spoke at the Hour For Peace several times until his transition in 2022. ClaudeSwanson.pdf


For Christian prayers, music, and scriptures, please visit, like, and share “2 Healing Hearts Ministry: two healing hearts dedicated to healing hearts” at www.facebook.com/2HealingHearts. Our albums “God Speaks!” and “Fearless Faith!” are available at YouTube, Apple/ITunes, Spotify, IHeart Radio, and Amazon (buy an album for $9.49 or individual songs for $.99).


Paul K. Chappell’s work on “Peace Literacy,” “Waged Peace” and “The Road to Peace” Book Series — www.paulkchappell.com, www.peaceliteracy.org, www.peacefulrevolution.com


“Peace Literacy has the capacity to repair our broken parts and create a nonviolent world anchored in dignity, meaning, purpose, and compassion for all. Given the crucial role that Peace Literacy can play, I support the recognition of education in Peace Literacy as a universal human right.” — 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1931-2021.


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Announcement for Bulletins, Newsletters or Radio Spots — Northern Colorado


Mark your calendars for the 39th Annual International Hour For Peace, Tuesday, December 31st, 5:00–6:30 am. Join millions of minds all over the globe at Noon Greenwich Mean Time for the Peacemakers’ Super Bowl to help create inner peace and world peace for 2025. All peacemakers and all paths to peace, both sacred and secular, are encouraged to participate.


This year’s Northern Colorado theme is “Cultivating a Culture of Peace” and live public events will be announced as they’re confirmed. There will also be small private gatherings and on–line events to create peace from home. For more information and resources, visit www.hourforpeace.org or contact Area Coordinator Dr. Vickie, (970) 227-1539, [email protected].





Hour For Peace NoCo Board:



“Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the Children of God.” Matthew 5:9