Presbyterian Mission Agency 2021 presbyterian week of action Archives

Online worship service precedes Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

Posted November 9th, 2021

In preparation for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, the Presbyterian Hunger Program is inviting individuals and congregations to watch the encore presentation of a worship service exploring the Church’s biblical call to end poverty.

Presbyterian Week of Action draws to a close with a quiet vesper service pleading for an end to gun violence

Posted August 29th, 2021

The Presbyterian Week of Action concluded Sunday with a meditative vesper service lamenting the nation’s gun violence, which kills nearly 100 of God’s children every day.

‘We will survive and we will do so much more than that’

Posted August 29th, 2021

After a tragic and deadly series of months in which Asian American and Pacific Islander people were targeted by racists and misguided politicians, the Rev. Joann Haejong Lee gazed into the Zoom screen Friday and made a bold declaration during the Presbyterian Week of Action.

Try this: Pull over, get out of the car and dance to the music

Posted August 28th, 2021

Next time you see someone pull their car over, get out and start dancing to a favorite song on their radio or phone, give Makani Themba some credit. It was her idea, as expressed Saturday during the Presbyterian Week of Action’s webinar on Black Lives Matter entitled “Liberation Now!” Watch the 69-minute webinar here.

Co-Moderator joins call to action for critical issue in Indigenous community

Posted August 27th, 2021

Four out of five indigenous women experience violence in their lifetimes. Indigenous women face the highest rates of going missing or being murdered. In some areas, the rate is 10 times the national average.

A resilient woman who refuses to be dismissed, even by Jesus

Posted August 25th, 2021

If you’re looking for a biblical definition of resilience, you’d do well to turn to the story of the Syrophoenician woman’s faith as recorded in Mark 7:24-30. “Sir,” the woman tells Jesus in the story’s pivotal moment, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

2021 presbyterian week of action

Online worship service precedes Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

Presbyterian Week of Action draws to a close with a quiet vesper service pleading for an end to gun violence

‘We will survive and we will do so much more than that’

Try this: Pull over, get out of the car and dance to the music

Co-Moderator joins call to action for critical issue in Indigenous community

A resilient woman who refuses to be dismissed, even by Jesus

An unvarnished look at the Middle East opens the Presbyterian Week of Action

Week of Action to highlight Asian American and Pacific Islander resilience, resistance, affirmation and power

Week of Action to highlight Hispanic-Latina community

Middle East Monday will set the tone for Week of Action