March 2, 2022
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February 1, 2022
January climate and creation workshops in Spanish
The new year started off strong with the offering of three workshops in Spanish and English on climate change and creation care resources. These workshops were offered by the Red Latina (a newly formed group of lay and ordained leaders and allies working to create holistic environmental ministries throughout Latinx churches), interfaith partner GreenFaith, the… Read more »
January 31, 2022
Reminder: virtual Presbyterian climate ambassador training this Friday!!
The Presbyterian Hunger Program is partnering with Blessed Tomorrow to provide the Blessed Tomorrow Ambassadors Program, to support our current and future clergy and lay leaders with training. In this training you will be trained and equipped to then write, speak and share: the links between climate, our faith, our personal experiences and priorities, the spectrum of solutions and their… Read more »
November 15, 2021
Equal Exchange: Living Out Matthew 25
As part of the Matthew 25 commitment, congregations and presbyteries pledge to embrace one or more of these three areas of focus: Building congregational vitality by deepening and energizing our faith and growing as joyful leaders and disciples actively engaged with our community as we share the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed…. Read more »
October 27, 2021
New Free Resource for Preaching on Care of God’s Creation
August 10, 2021
Everyday God-talk: Fair Trade and Climate
Everyday God-talk returns for its first official season using the lens of Reformed theology to focus on environmental justice and climate crisis. Everyday God-talk’ will offer four different episodes encouraging those watching to contemplate the everyday realities of God’s Creation. Each is based on the four major book titles of Calvin’s “The Institutes of the Christian… Read more »
June 15, 2021
PHP’s 2020 Impact Report
PHP embraces the PC(USA) vision of Matthew 25 that encourages us to see Christ in those who are hungry, thirsty, imprisoned and oppressed and to engage our work to “alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes” as a central way to live out our calling. Through speaking and teaching, supporting grant partners, producing educational and worship… Read more »
April 1, 2021
Good Friday Reflection: A Face in The Crowd
March 23, 2021
On the Brink of Extinction: The Vaquita’s Lament
Poem written by Beverly R Hampton Harvey Browne Presbyterian Church Louisville, KY March 7, 2021 Background: A small porpoise named the vaquita was declared the most endangered marine mammal in the world in 2006. Vaquitas have long been in decline as they have been caught in nets intended for another fish called the Totaba whose… Read more »
January 29, 2021
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Poor People’s Campaign and Hunger Concerns
While we work on long-term solutions to systemic injustices, we also are called to stay active in our local communities. On January 18, 2021 Rev. Frank Dew and other members of Salem presbytery worked with partners to raise awareness about hunger through a food drive and advocacy, as one of many ways to honor the… Read more »