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Peace Pentecost is

The first national peace sabbath / peace pentecost was held in 1979, with 1000 churches participating. By 1982, 10,000 congregations were participating included bible study, prayer, political discussion, and "witnessing against the nuclear arms race" In 1983, over fifty national denominations planned a national "peace with justice" week culminating in a peace pentecost, with over 15,000 congregations participating https://books.google.com/books?id=K3IWAQAAIAAJ&q=%22peace+pentecost%22&dq=%22peace+pentecost%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTt-LnusrSAhVKSSYKHWBqBRA4ogIQ6AEIGTAA

"invocation of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in our search for peace."

In May 1963, Christians climbed the barbed wire fence and trespassed onto USAF Upper Hayford and performed a liturgy beside the runway of a nuclear bomber as a form of "holy disobedience". This spurred similar actions.

Peace Pentecost was celebrated in London in 1985 with prayer and a march around the embassies of countries with nuclear weapons as well as to the New Agenda Coalition.

In 1985, Sojourners organized Peace Pentecost events at six sites intended to dramatize the breadth of the concerns in a "consistent ethic of life."

Dates
Peace Pentecost was celebrated on the following days: 30 May 1982