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PC(USA) congregations urged to support public schools

Posted September 4th, 2020

The Educate a Child, Transform the World initiative is encouraging congregations to find ways to support public education as school districts wrestle with how to best serve students during the global pandemic.

Presbyterians working to help overlooked communities in Laura’s wake

Posted September 3rd, 2020

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina dealt a historic blow to New Orleans, Hurricane Rita churned up to Category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to deliver a second punch to the Crescent City.

Opening hearts and expanding minds

Posted September 1st, 2020

Providing and packing supplies like pens and pencils, making puppet kits during Sunday service for educational classes and holding events to raise awareness and funds.

Injustices against farmworkers decried in Week of Action webinar

Posted August 28th, 2020

Erik Nicholson sees intersectionality between this country’s history of racism against Black and brown people and the current plight of farmworkers facing health and economic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Menaul School is fully functional during COVID-19

Posted August 26th, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the entire world to rethink the way we conduct some of our most routine practices. Each year at this time schools across the nation would be welcoming their students and staff for another year of learning.

Diverse voices unite for Global Day of Solidarity

Posted August 24th, 2020

Sorrow and outrage over the death of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality extend beyond the shores of the United States and around the globe.

Standing with the ‘essentially disposable’

Posted August 14th, 2020

The plight of Black and brown farmworkers during the global pandemic will be the focus of an Aug. 27 webinar by the Presbyterian Hunger Program and the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People.

The International Peacemakers are coming … online!

Posted August 12th, 2020

At this time of the year, the staff of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program would traditionally be making final arrangements for the arrival of a dozen-or-so Peacemakers from around the world to fan out across the United States to tell their stories.

Season of Peace begins Sept. 6

Posted August 12th, 2020

In less than a month, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations will begin observing the Season of Peace, a four-week spiritual journey designed to deepen the pursuit of peace.

A calling in the community

Posted August 7th, 2020

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a chronology is worth a million.