Advocacy & Social Justice Archives

Mid-Kentucky Presbytery aids PDA program via local service initiative

Posted April 14th, 2016

Essential hygiene kits assembled with help from congregations by Scott O’Neill | Presbyterian News Service The Mid-Kentucky Presbytery is aiding the PC(USA)Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) program by assembling hygiene kits for… Read more »

PC(USA) Mosaic of Peace conference visits Israel and Palestine

Posted April 14th, 2016

Group asked to accompany region’s Christians in their suffering and hope by Scott O’Neill | Presbyterian News Service For the past week a group of Presbyterians have been witnessing for peace… Read more »

From resiliency to water issues, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance discusses challenges

Posted April 13th, 2016

National Response Team Annual Meeting Concludes after Full Agenda The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team (NRT) treats every annual meeting like a family reunion. More than 100 volunteers and team members gather each year for training, worship, sharing and, in many cases, laughter. There are no strangers, just a close group of Presbyterians eager to meet and greet, catch up on travels and occasionally rib one another.

Presbyterian Peacemaking Program shares the story of a peacemaker

Posted February 12th, 2016

Along the way Kathy nurtured partnerships and continued to build connections with others, leading her to participate, plan, worked behind the scenes at the Peacemaking Conferences. The Peacemaking conference has nurtured three generations of the Runyeon family as they educated themselves and those around about injustice, violence and what people can do to work for peace at home and abroad.

Fighting for help, 36 years after uranium spill

Posted December 17th, 2015

New Mexico community still seeking full cleanup By Rick Jones July 16, 1979 is a day the Navajo Nation in New Mexico will never forget. An earthen dam gave… Read more »

Beyond Expectations: going to Armenia with a mission

Posted December 15th, 2015

Going to Armenia as a tourist has its rewards, however going there with a mission has its special and unexpected rewards.

Unity in a Community Time Bank funded by SDOP

Posted July 28th, 2015

By Clara Nunez/Margaret Mwale Unity in our Community Time Bank in Detroit, MI is a project funded with a grant for $12,701 by the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of… Read more »

El Salvador water systems celebrate 10 years, thanks to SDOP

Posted July 20th, 2015

by Teresa Bidart It has been a long time since the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) first heard from The Community of San Luis, Aguacayo in El Salvador…. Read more »

Earth Day: Celebrating service to the environment

Posted April 22nd, 2015

By Scott O’Neill | Presbyterian News Service Observing its 45th anniversary today, Earth Day has been the catalyst for a number of environmental regulations and laws over the life of… Read more »

Flagstaff Federated Church achieves energy independence with solar power

Posted April 7th, 2015

Conversion won Interfaith Power and Light 2012 Cool Congregation Challenge award By Scott O’Neill | Presbyterian News Service Before Rachel Davis’ current position as program director for the Flagstaff Federated Community Church… Read more »