Umbrellas for Peace: A Creative Celebration of Hope
Why All The Umbrellas?
Lamb Umbrellas for Peace is a global art project that invites children and adults to paint, decorate, and personalize umbrellas with images and messages of peace. Instead of focusing on news of war, conflict and aggression, this project encourages people to imagine peace through color, creativity, hope and love.
The umbrella is a powerful symbol because it offers shelter and protection. It welcomes everyone beneath it — regardless of race, age, gender or nationality. The canopy becomes a space for hopes, dreams, prayers and aspirations, making each umbrella both a personal expression and a shared call for peace.
More than 900,000 people in 25 countries have taken part in Lamb Umbrellas for Peace projects, creating a worldwide collection of vibrant, one-of-a-kind works of art dedicated to peace.
On October 4, as we celebrate the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, we remember his call for each of us to become channels of peace. These beautiful umbrella works of art will grace our worship space and building as we remember, celebrate and pray for peacemakers.
