Our programs:
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Making a financial contribution:
The Lion and Lamb depends on financial contributions from those who share our vision for peace.
To support our efforts financially, visit our giving site. Or you may make checks payable to Bluffton University and send to:
The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center
1 University Drive - 50
Bluffton, OH 45817-2104
Bluffton Peace Trails - virtual art tour around campus
Listed in the Peace Registry through Peace Alliance Foundation
Listed in the Global Directory of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Programs
Listed in the Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA
Cooperating Academic Program of the Canadian School of Peacebuilding
Listed as site of Peace Monuments
Listed with Friends of Peace Monuments
Listed in Peace Museums of the World
Listed in WeGOPlaces
The founder:
Dr. Elizabeth "Libby" Hostetler, former education professor at Bluffton University, founded The Lion and Lamb Peace Arts Center in 1987 to provide a resource for children to gain skills necessary for developing a vision of peace. Libby served as director of the center until retiring from Bluffton University in June 1999. Through her efforts in various roles as a teacher, professor, principal, founder and director of The Lion and Lamb, Libby is an advocate for peace-learning and peace-living.
The current director:
Louise Matthews received an associate degree from Hesston College, Heston, Kan. (1976) and bachelor's degree in elementary education K-8 from Bluffton University (1978). Louise taught in several school systems before she began teaching her five children at home, taking advantage of resources and programs through The Lion and Lamb when it began in 1987. Louise began her service as director of the center in 2004. Her Anabaptist peace heritage lays a solid foundation for her efforts at the center, complimenting her passion for children, international students and picture books.
