Congregations that receive the Peacemaking Offering are encouraged to keep 25% of the offering for use in peacemaking ministries of their choice. These funds are used in many creative ways by different congregations. Ministries supported by the Peacemaking Offering include:
providing scholarships to peace and justice events
helping build a child care center in Malawi for children impacted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic
taking high school students on a journey through civil rights history
working with an interfaith group to build Habitat for Humanity houses
teaching children alternatives to violence
and more.
How will your congregation use its portion of the Peacemaking Offering? Tell the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program so we can share your story.
The theme for the 2009 Peacemaking Offering is taken from Psalm 85:10, “Justice and peace shall kiss each other.”
The art is a serigraph by John August Swanson titled PSALM 85.