Presbyterian Mission Agency rev. dr. laurie lyter bright Archives

Even as Sunday people, Christians live in a Friday-Saturday world

Posted March 30th, 2024

Easter Sunday’s coming. But on Saturday afternoon, those who attended the online “Hope in the Dark: A Holy Saturday Vigil for Palestine” were reminded that while we may be Sunday people, we live in a Friday-Saturday world, where “loss, grief and the humanness of tombs being filled are all around us,” as one speaker lamented.

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship launches new Gun Violence Prevention Congregational Toolkit

Posted March 6th, 2024

The Gun Violence Prevention Working Group of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF) has been hard at work. The team of 15 Working Group members has completely re-tooled its primary resource, the Gun Violence Prevention Congregational Toolkit.

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship hosts webinar featuring an authority on Bayard Rustin, the organizing genius behind the March on Washington

Posted January 15th, 2024

Last week as part of the lead-up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship offered an informative webinar featuring author and scholar Dr. Michael Long, who most recently edited “Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics” about the man most responsible for organizing the landmark March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship announces its new executive director

Posted November 1st, 2023

After a summer of interviews, discernment, and prayer, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship introduces the Rev. Dr. Laurie Lyter Bright as its new executive director. She began her new duties on Oct. 23.