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Presbyterian Peacemaking Program

Presbyterian Peacemaking Program Update

April 2, 2008

FROM THE PEACEMAKING PROGRAM


ONLINE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE

2008 PEACEMAKING CONFERENCE
Sowing Mustard Seeds:
Working for God's Justice — Confronting Poverty
July 15-19, 2008
Chapman University - Orange, CA

This conference is intended to deconstruct the multiple issues that connect and entwine to sustain poverty in our communities and the world. It is designed for participants who want an introduction and participants who seek in-depth understanding and skill building. Peacemakers of all ages will join in fellowship, learn, play and worship together during this time for re-energizing and re-connecting under the warm California sun! http://www.pcusa.org/peacemaking/conferences/2008.htm


DIALOGUE ON ISSUES RELATED TO RACE

Many groups are engaging in dialogues on issues related to race and racism, in the aftermath of Barack Obama's speech.     Read the speech >>

bullet PC(USA) Study Resources on Race

EARTH DAY RESOURCES

The theme for 2008 is the interconnectedness of poverty and climate change.


HUNGER PROGRAM COORDINATOR SOUGHT

Applicants are sought for the position of Coordinator of the Presbyterian Hunger Program. This position requires exceptionally strong staff management experience, teambuilding expertise and strategic visioning. This coordinator will be responsible for a budget of around $3.4 million, 5 full-time staff, and several other staff members. For more information Contact James.Thornton@pcusa.org.


END MODERN-DAY SLAVERY AND SWEATSHOPS IN THE FIELDS

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has launched a Petition Drive to End Modern-Day Slavery and Sweatshops in the Fields.   Sign the petition >>

Learn more about the PC(USA) Campaign for Fair Food >>


GUN VIOLENCE

Join or start a National Lie-in on April 16 with concerned citizens who believe it is too easy to purchase guns in America. This initiative was started by 32 women in Alexandria, Virginia who held a civil protest to express outrage over the shootings that took place at Virginia Tech. The group is not against hunters, guns for private Protection or collectors of guns. They support background checks for gun purchases and keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.   More >>

More on the need for gun control >>


MIDDLE EAST

Aid groups report that the situation for Palestinians living in Gaza is the worst it has been since 1967.   More >>

Stated Clerk Clifton Kirkpatrick is among 28 Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders who sent a letter on March 20, 2008, to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, commending her "active support for current diplomatic efforts led by Egypt to turn what was for several days an informal, temporary and fragile cessation of hostilities between Palestinian forces in Gaza and the Israeli Defense Force into a formal, permanent and comprehensive ceasefire covering Israel, Gaza and the West Bank."   More >>

Churches for Middle East Peace will hold their annual conference on April 20-22.


STOPPING TORTURE

The National Religious Coalition against Torture invites congregations to join in a public witness against torture by displaying a banner outside their place of worship during Torture Awareness Month—June 2008.

More on torture >>


UPCOMING EVENTS

July 28–August 3
Peace and Justice Week at Ghost Ranch

August 4-10
Multicultural Institute at Ghost Ranch


The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Coordinator, Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
(502) 569-5936
(888) 728-7228 ext. 5936 (toll-free)
mark.koenig@pcusa.org
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking
REGISTER NOW for the

2008 Presbyterian Peacemaking Conference

Sowing Mustard Seeds: Working for God's Justice - Confronting Poverty
July 15-19, 2008

Orange, California

[3-12-08]

For complete information >>

Download a conference brochure >> (Adobe Acrobat Required)

Download a registration form >>  (Adobe Acrobat Required)

This conference was created to deconstruct the multiple issues that connect and entwine in sustaining poverty in our communities and the world.

It is designed for participants who want an introduction to participants who are looking for more in-depth understanding and skill building in confronting poverty.

The Joining Hands Against Hunger (JHAH) program, integral to the conference, builds bridges of solidarity between presbyteries and churches in the U.S. and networks of overseas churches, grassroots groups, and nongovernmental organizations. During the morning segment called "Living the Story," some JHAH partners will tell stories of what and where change is happening and how conference participants can engage to make a difference.

The Peacemaking conference is an intentional intergenerational community of people who work toward and hope for justice. People of all ages will fellowship, learn, play, and worship together during this time for re-energizing and re-connecting under the warm California sun!

The conference was created through the collaborative efforts of the Presbyterian Peacemaking and Hunger Programs, the Presbyterian Washington and United Nations Offices, Mission Responsibility through Investment, the Child Advocacy Office, and the Office on Small Church and Community Ministry,

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Anuradha Mittal, executive director of The Oakland Institute and a native of India, is an internationally renowned expert on trade, development, human rights and agriculture.

Roberto Jordan, president of the Reformed Church in Argentina, is a member of the executive committee of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and one of the drafters of the Accra Confession.

Lisa Schirch is professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and program director of the 3D Security Initiative, which promotes conflict prevention and peacebuilding in U.S. security policymaking.

THEOLOGICAL REFLECTOR/ PREACHER

Mark Lomax chartered the First African Presbyterian Church, the first unapologetically African-centered Christian witness in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He is interim dean at Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary and chair of the homiletics department at the Interdenominational Theological Seminary.

MUSIC

Patrick Evans is an associate professor of the practice of sacred music in the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale Divinity School. A recent trip to Africa provided an exchange of learning with church musicians and pastors from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Sudan.

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Cindy Edwards is the radio host for a folk music show, a guide for mountain biking and hiking tours and an avid backpacker. Cindy calls the planet Earth home, but her photo albums and journals live on Baranof Island in Sitka, Alaska.

CONCERT ARTISTS

Creative Planet School of the Arts is a charter school for children in kindergarten through 8th grade. This group will "amaze and inspire." They are based in Baldwin Park in Pasadena, California.

WORKSHOPS

Topics will include Fair Food, Trafficking, Peacemaking, Water Privatization, Child Soldiers, Living Wage and Minimum Wage, Fair Trade, Immigration, Racism, Caring for Creation, Sudan, Enough for Everyone, HIV/AIDS, Iraq, Nonviolent Social Change, Extractives Industry, and Investments

THEOLOGICAL STUDENT WORKERS

Theological Student Workers (TSWs) are current theological students who work behind the scenes to assist with worship leadership, office tasks, and other duties. In exchange, TSWs gather for theological reflection with the conference speakers, General Assembly Staff, and other leaders. Application deadline-April 11, 2008.  Click here for application form.  (Adobe Acrobat Required)

SCHOLARSHIPS

Limited funds are available for scholarships towards registration costs for racial-ethnic persons, first-time participants in a Peacemaking Program event, and young adult participants. Application deadline-April 23, 2008. Click here for application form. (Adobe Acrobat Required)

For complete information >>


From the Rev. W. Mark Koenig, Coordinator
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
(502) 569-5936
(888) 728-7228, ext. 5936 (toll-free)

mark.koenig@pcusa.org
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking

Peacemaking Program Update
December 21, 2007
[12-21-07]


And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom God favors!

Luke 2:13-14

The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program staff wishes you a blessed Christmas and prays that the coming year will see the message of the angels, "on earth peace," more fully realized.


SUDAN AND DARFUR

The Sudan Advocacy Action Forum urges all to call the White House Comment Line in support of legislation that will protect state and local governments' rights to divest from companies that help fund genocide in Darfur.

Thanks to you and hundreds of thousands of other activists around the country, the Senate overwhelmingly approved the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA) last week, and Tuesday, the House of Representatives followed suit.

President Bush has 10 days to sign the SADA into law. Call the White House today and urge President Bush to do so.

In his first year in office, in the margins of a memo on the Rwandan genocide, President Bush wrote, "Not on my watch." Make sure he remembers his promise.

Call the White House Comment Line at 202-456-1111. Tell the staffer who answers the phone that you urge the President to sign the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act and take all steps necessary to implement it.


TORTURE, TERROR, AND SECURITY

Theological Considerations for Tomorrow's Leaders
February 3-5, 2008
Columbia Theological Seminary

All are welcome to attend this conference, which is intended to: catalyze conversation in seminaries and colleges around the issues to which the title points; help build a network of concerned and informed faculty and students; and help generate a body of resources to be shared by those who want to teach and learn about torture and related concerns.

For more information click here, or contact Carol Wickersham at CLWickersham@charter.net

Conference sponsors are Columbia Theological Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, No2Torture, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, and Princeton Theological Seminary.


GAZA

The December 2007 OCHA Special Focus by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports: "Since June 2007, in response to the Hamas take over of the Gaza Strip and the on-going and indiscriminate firing of rockets into Israel, the Government of Israel (GoI) has increased restrictions on access of goods and people to and from Gaza. These have severe consequences for the day-to-day life of the 1.48 million Gazans."

View the report at http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/Gaza_Special_Focus_December_2007.pdf. This is a large file (1.5 Mb) and requires Adobe Acrobat to download.


The BBC reports on clashes near a refugee camp inside Gaza. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7153426.stm

United Nations Organizations for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Territories (UN-OCHAOPT) http://www.ochaopt.org/

OCHAOPT Fact Sheet on Gaza http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/GazaStripHumanitarianFactSheet_2007_11_28.pdf  (requires Adobe Acrobat)

B'tselem on Gaza http://www.btselem.org/English/Gaza_Strip/


INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF BETHLEHEM
(ICB)

The ICB offers Christmas greetings and stories about their ministries and the situation in Bethlehem. http://www.annadwa.org/


CONTRIBUTE TO THE PEACEMAKING OFFERING https://www.pcusa.org/give/online/projectSelectAction.do?numberString=PM999999

The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Coordinator Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
General Assembly Council
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 569-5936
(888) 728-7228, ext. 5936 (toll-free)
mark.koenig@pcusa.org
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking

Selections from the Peacemaking Update, 9 June 2007
[6-13-07]


2007 PEACEMAKING INTERGENERATIONAL CONFERENCE
Jesus: Proclaiming Peace
July 3-8 Montreat, NC

Online registration is closed. Please call Dayna Oliver at 888-728-7228, ext. 8700 to register.



STOPPING TORTURE

Torture Awareness Month is June 2007

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Restore Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo Detainees

Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice
Tuesday, June 26 Washington, DC

The National Religious Campaign against Torture is among the sponsors of a rally and lobby-day to end torture and secret prisons, to restore due process and fairness to treatment of detainees, and to reform the abuses of the Military Commissions Act by enacting the Restoring the Constitution Act. 

Spotlight on Torture

The National Religious Campaign Against Torture has arranged for DVD copies of "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" to be available, on a first come, first served basis, to 950 congregations during the week of October 21-28.



SUDAN Advocacy Works!

The Sudan Advocacy Action Forum reports that China's newly appointed special envoy, who is dedicated to the Darfur crisis, wants Sudan to do more to help put a peacekeeping plan in place in the war-ravaged region, a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said.

But right now ... Help is needed in the US Senate

An urgent message from the Save Darfur Coalition

We need your help. It's been two months since we first wrote you about an important bill that would help end the violence by empowering states to divest their pension funds from companies that help fund the genocide in Darfur.

Unfortunately, this crucial bill is stuck in the Senate Banking Committee. We need your help to push it through to a vote ASAP.

When lives are being lost, two months is far too long to sit on such an important bill!

Please click here now to send your letter asking Senator Dodd to use his position as Chair of the Senate Banking Committee to make sure the Sudan Divestment Authorization Act comes to the Senate floor for a vote without further delays.

Fifteen courageous states have already passed their own divestment policies in an effort to stop the violence in Darfur. The Sudan Divestment Authorization Act would protect these and other states' rights to divest from challenges by the National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), an organization which has already successfully challenged Illinois' divestment policy and aims to challenge others.

We can't afford to let the NFTC play this game any longer - too many lives are at stake. Our government should be doing everything in its power to encourage the states to help fight the violence, not prevent them from acting!

Click here now to urge Senate Banking Committee Chair Dodd to stop delaying and send the Sudan Divestment Authorization Act to the Senate floor for a vote immediately!

Once you've sent your message, please help us spread the word by forwarding this message to your friends, family and co-workers and ask them to join you.

Raise Issues about Sudan and Darfur in the Upcoming Presidential Election


To receive Peace Notes and Leadership Memo by email, send a request to mkoenig@ctr.pcusa.org

The Rev. W. Mark Koenig, Coordinator
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
100 Witherspoon St., #3231
Louisville, KY 40202
888-728-7228, ext. 5936
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking

Peacemaking Update
4 April 2007

[4-4-07]

This update contains a link to an Advocacy Alert from the Washington Office and focuses on Martin Luther King, Jr's. speech, "Beyond Vietnam" and links related to the war in Iraq.


April 4 and 5 have been designated National Call In Days on Immigration Reform

For more information and to contact your representatives in Washington >>



Martin Luther King forty years ago:

Calling for an end to that war – and for "a true revolution of values"


Exactly forty years ago today (and one year before his assassination), Martin Luther King, Jr. preached to Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church, in a speech entitled "Beyond Vietnam." His words speak to our present situation:

There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I, and others, have been waging in America. A few years ago there was a shining moment in that struggle. It seemed as if there was a real promise of hope for the poor-both black and white-through the poverty program. There were experiments, hopes, new beginnings. Then came the buildup in Vietnam and I watched the program broken and eviscerated as if it were some idle political plaything of a society gone mad on war, and I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds or energies in rehabilitation of its poor so long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube. So I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.

I am as deeply concerned about our own troops there as anything else. For it occurs to me that what we are submitting them to in Vietnam is not simply the brutalizing process that goes on in any war where armies face each other and seek to destroy. We are adding cynicism to the process of death, for they must know after a short period there that none of the things we claim to be fighting for are really involved. Before long they must know that their government has sent them into a struggle among Vietnamese, and the more sophisticated surely realize that we are on the side of the wealthy, and the secure, while we create a hell for the poor.

We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.

A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa, and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say, 'This is not just'* A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war, 'This way of settling differences is not just.'

Let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter-but beautiful-struggle for a new world. This is the calling go God's children, and our sisters and brothers eagerly wait for our response. Shall we say the odds are too great? Shall we tell them the struggle is too hard? Will our message be that the forces of American life militate against their arrival as full human beings, and we send our deepest regrets? Or will there be another message, of longing, of hope, of solidarity with their yearnings, of commitment to their cause whatever the cost? The choice is ours, and though we might prefer it otherwise, we must choose in this crucial moment of human history.

Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence    (Adobe Acrobat Required)


A YouTube Video Using Dr. King's Words and Contemporary Images


Use the Presbyterian Washington Office's CapWiz to Contact Elected Officials


PC(USA) Statements on Iraq and Other PC(USA) Resources

Prayers for Those Affected by the War in Iraq Based on the Creation Story in Genesis 1 and 2 (Adobe Acrobat Required)

A Resource to Help Congregations Discuss Issues around the Conflict with Iraq  (Adobe Acrobat Required)

Caring for Those Serving in the Military and Their Families

PC(USA) Office of Racial Justice and Advocacy

The King Center


Where evil throws its weight around,
The Christ rose up to bring it down!
We too must stand on the side of life
and practice love to end the strife.
If the world is to be a blessed place,
We together must run this Christian race.
Say, "Glory, glory, glory."
Say, "Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu!"
Peace!

Presbytery of Coastal Carolina
Sacraments and Seasons:
Peacemaking through Worship Volume III
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program

The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Associate for Resources and Publications
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
100 Witherspoon St., #1624
Louisville, KY 40202
888-728-7228, ext. 5936
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking

Peacemaking Update
22 January 2007

[1-23-07]
 

REGISTRATION AVAILABLE
2007 Peacemaking Program Intergenerational Conference
Jesus: Proclaiming Peace
July 3-8
Montreat, North Carolina


ECUMENICAL ADVOCACY DAYS
March 9-12


CHRISTIAN WITNESS FOR PEACE IN IRAQ
March 16
Washington, D.C.
Worship at the National Cathedral at 7:00 PM
Candlelight procession to the White House
Prayer vigil and witness for peace in Iraq
Pre-witness workshops and training
Post-witness organizing and strategizing


ACTION ALERT
Iraqi Refugees
The displacement of Iraqis from Iraq is now the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world. The UN estimates that nearly 2 million Iraqis have fled violence in


NEW ON THE PEACEMAKING PROGRAM WEB PAGE

O God, Each Day You Bless Us
A Hymn for the Commitment to Peacemaking by Carolyn Winfrey
Gillette

Of Hope and Prayer
A Reflection by Peggy Thomas

NEW PEACEMAKING PROGRAM RESOURCE
Guidelines for Presbyterians During Times of Disagreement *
Pocket Size Version



ECO-JUSTICE
Churches across the country are being encouraged to discuss the links between race and environment. A recently published resource from the National Council of Churches USA (NCC), "Environmental Racism: An Ecumenical Study Guide," is available to congregations for use in their church education programs. Click here to download the resource.   Free registration is required.



IMMIGRATION
New legislation is being drafted by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) and Representatives Jeff Flake ( R-AZ) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL). Ask your elected officials to support compassionate immigration legislation.


PCUSA Resources on Immigration



IRAQ
Statements by the Rev. Dr. Clifton Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly on the "surge" of troops to Iraq.


Department of Defense


Remember Those Serving in the Military and the Families


Implementing the Commitment to Peacemaking in a Time of War



The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Associate for Resources and Publications
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
100 Witherspoon St., #1624
Louisville, KY 40202
888-728-7228, ext. 5936
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking

Peacemaking Update
13 January 2007
[1-17-07]

REGISTRATION AVAILABLE
2007 Peacemaking Program Intergenerational Conference
Jesus: Proclaiming Peace
July 3-8
Montreat, North Carolina


CHRISTIAN WITNESS FOR PEACE IN IRAQ
March 16
Washington, D.C.
Worship at the National Cathedral at 7:00 PM
Candlelight procession to the White House
Prayer vigil and witness for peace in Iraq
Pre-witness workshops and training
Post-witness organizing and strategizing


NEW ON THE PEACEMAKING PROGRAM WEB PAGE
PeaceNotes Winter 2007 Issue

Leadership Memo Winter 2007 Issue

If you would like to receive PeaceNotes or Leadership Memo by email, send an email to mkoenig@ctr.pcusa.org. Files are created in a resolution for reading online rather than printing.

NEW FROM PRESBYTERIAN WASHINGTON OFFICE
November-December 2006 Wrap-up


CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY

The Children’s Defense Fund has announced a proposal to provide all children in the United States with access to health care, including the more than 9 million children who are currently uninsured.


ECO-PALMS PROJECT
The PC(USA) Enough for Everyone Office announces the Eco-Palms Project that provides sustainably harvested palm branches for Palm Sunday. March 14 is the last date to an
order in time for Palm Sunday 2007 (April 1).


FAIR FOOD
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers announces a major mobilization for farmworker justice, April 13-14, 2007, in the greater Chicago area.
- Major rally outside McDonald's global headquarters in Oak Brook, IL, Friday, April 13.
- Carnival and Parade for Fair Food, Real Rights, and Dignity
- Saturday, April 14, in downtown Chicago.


GENEROSITY SUNDAY
April 15, 2007
The Network of Spiritual Progressives (NSP), an interfaith organization has designated April 15 as Generosity Sunday a day to focus on NSP’s Generosity Strategy for Homeland Security and National Defense: The Global Marshall Plan.

Under the Global Marshall Plan the US would take the lead but also try to involve the other G-8 countries in an effort to have each country dedicate 5% of its GDP each year for the next twenty years to eliminate poverty, homelessness, hunger, inadequate education, inadequate health care and to repair the global environment.


IMMIGRATION

New legislation is being drafted by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and John McCain (R-AZ) and Representatives Jeff Flake ( R-AZ) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL). Ask your Senators and Representative to support compassionate immigration legislation.

PCUSA Resources on Immigration


IRAN
Words, Not War Campaign
Sign a statement calling for direct talks with Iran.


IRAQ
Department of Defense

How Many Deaths in Iraq Before U.S. Churches Say Enough?
Robert Parham, Executive Director of the Baptist Center for Ethics

Remember Those Serving in the Military and the Families

Implementing the Commitment to Peacemaking in a Time of War



MINIMUM WAGE
The House of Representatives has now raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25 per hour, which will take effect over 2 years, starting 60 days after the President signs the bill. Now, the attention of minimum wage advocates turns to the Senate, where the effort to give America’s workers a raise will be more complicated.



NONVIOLENCE
Christian Obedience in a Nuclear Age, a policy statement adopted by the 200th General Assembly, considers nonviolent resistance. The statement includes a study guide.    (Adobe Reader required)


NUCLEAR THREAT
Complex 2030

Write a Letter about Complex 2030


STOPPING TORTURE
No2 Torture Gathering in Southern California, January 19-20
Covenant Presbyterian Church (near LAX)


SUDAN
New Update from Sudan Advocacy Action Forum

UN envoy travels to Darfur for talks to help kick-start political process


Sudan backs deployment of hybrid peacekeeping force in Darfur * UN



UPCOMING EVENTS

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
Breaking the Silence
January 18-25
World Council of Churches


Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute


2007 Southeast Regional Conference
Presbyterians for Restoring Creation
St. Simon’s Island, GA
February 15-17


Making a Difference:
Working towards positive changes in Palestine, Israel and the Middle East
Regional Sabeel Conference
February 16-17, 2007
St. Joseph Center
Cleveland, Ohio


2007 Congressional Accompaniment Project Tour to Israel/Palestine
March 31 to April 10
Contact Sue & Darrell Yeaney at sue-dy@avalon.net or 319-354-7877.

2007 Ecumenical Advocacy Days
"and How are the Children?"
March 9-12
Washington, DC
Information is now available at http://www.advocacydays.org/


Peace and Justice Week
July 30 to August 5
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, NM



NEW PEACE AND JUSTICE PROGRAM AREA LINKS

Child Advocacy Office

Mission Responsibility Through Investment

Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association

Presbyterian Peacemaking Program

Presbyterian United Nations Office

Presbyterian Washington Office

The Rev. W. Mark Koenig
Associate for Resources and Publications
Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
100 Witherspoon St., #1624
Louisville, KY 40202
888-728-7228, ext. 5936
www.pcusa.org/peacemaking

To learn more, visit http://www.pcusa.org/peacemaking/

 

 

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You can post your own news and views, or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you.

 

Voices of Sophia blog

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After fifteen years of scholarship and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy, students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and thoughtful community.

 

John Harris’ Summit to Shore blogspot

Theological and philosophical reflections on everything between summit to shore, including kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology, politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian Church in Flushing, NY.

 

John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive

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