Use this resource packet with your congregation to observe Worlds AIDS Day on December 1, 2012: Cover letter My Dreams for an HIV Competent Church: HIV and Aids at the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) How a 67-year-old Introverted Presbyterian Came To Be an AIDS Activist Sermon, “Resuscitation” Poem, Doy gracias. …. Read more »
Use this packet with your congregation as you recognize Caregiver Sunday 2012, which occurs on November 11 this year but can be observed at any time during the year. Our theme is “Shelter from the Storm” with a focus on helping family caregivers plan for evacuation events. A Note from the Presbyterian Health Network What… Read more »
On Providing Just Access to Reproductive Health Care (Item 21-03) The 220th General Assembly (2012) approved the following resolution, as amended, with comment and original rationale (not policy).
Our 2012 packet theme is Entering the Brokenness. Whenever the trauma of domestic violence occurs within a faith community, it is a gross violation of not only the victim of the violence and the immediate family; it also violates the spiritual integrity of the whole community of faith and each of its members. This is… Read more »
In 2010, the General Assembly voted to reinstate observance of “Criminal Justice Sunday” in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), as well as approving some funding “to support a broad convocation of interested individuals, to be called by PHEWA, to consider and propose the creation of a Presbyterian Health, Education, and Welfare Association (PHEWA) network on criminal… Read more »
PHEWA’s Presbyterian Health Network (PHN) has developed resources for observing 2012 Health Awareness and Day of Prayer for Healing and Wholeness. This year’s theme is Faithful Care of Our Bodies: Our Most Important Tool for Ministry. Linking Faith and Health Who Cares? How a Congregation Can Help Promote Healthier Living & Eating Ten Commandments of… Read more »
Use this resource packet with your congregation to observe Worlds AIDS Day on December 1, 2011: Cover letter Getting to Zero in the Midst of Advent Sample sermon Planning Services of Worship that Lift Up World AIDS Day “Hazmat Suits and a Funeral” Top Ten Reasons to “Know Your Status” “Save the… Read more »
While this 26 page basic resource manual was last updated in 2000 and is now out of print, this partnership between PSMIN, the then PC(USA) Office of Human Services, and Pathways to Promise contains much timeless information for getting started in this ministry on a congregational level. Worship aids and education models for the congregation… Read more »
Our 2012 packet theme is Entering the Brokenness. Whenever the trauma of domestic violence occurs within a faith community, it is a gross violation of not only the victim of the violence and the immediate family; it also violates the spiritual integrity of the whole community of faith and each of its members. This is… Read more »