In 2011, your gifts to the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations helped Presbyterians advocate for peace and justice in the name of Jesus Christ, based on policies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assemblies, to the United Nations.
The ministry participated in working groups on the following issues:
- Food and Hunger
- The Security Council
- Israel-Palestine (serving as co-moderator)
- International Religious Freedom
- Faith and Ethics Network for the International Criminal Court
- Ecumenical Women (serving as co-chair of advocacy)
- Human Trafficking
Public presentations were arranged for PC(USA) partners from:
- Sudan
- Colombia
- Madagascar
- South Sudan
Introductions to UN programs were made for PC(USA) partners from:
- Sudan
- Zambia
- Colombia
- South Sudan
Staff members facilitated PC(USA) presence or participation in:
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Informal Thematic Debate on International Migration and Development
- High-Level Meeting on Youth
- High-Level Talks on HIV/AIDS
- Open-ended Working Group on strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Global Launch of the International Year of the Cooperatives
- High-level Meeting on the 10th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Plan of Action against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
- International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
In 2011, your gifts to the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations helped to inspire, equip and connect Presbyterians for ministry as faithful disciples of Jesus in the global community.
Seminars were held for groups from the following:
- Eckerd College
- Cooper House Campus Ministry, Virginia Tech
- Maryville College
- Fab Five Presbytery Partnership Group, Synod of the Northeast
- First Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, Indiana
- Boston Theological Institute
- First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, New Jersey
- Northminster Presbyterian Church, Endwell, New York
- The Presbyterian Church in Westfield, Westfield, New Jersey
- First Presbyterian Church, Ithaca, New York
- Medina Presbyterian Church, Medina, Ohio
- Old Bergan Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, New Jersey
- Presbytery of West Virginia
- Presbytery of Geneva
- Missouri Union Presbytery
- Youth from Brick Presbyterian Church, New York, New York; Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, New York; Huguenot Memorial Church, Pelham, New York; The Presbyterian Church in Westfield, Westfield, New Jersey; and Arab and Jewish youth from Israel
Seminar topics included:
- The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations at the United Nations
- Advocacy and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations
- Millennium Development Goals
- Human Migration Forced by Climate Change
- Forgiveness in Public Life
- Children in Situations of Armed Conflict (Child Soldiers)
- International Day of Peace
- Immigration
- Human Trafficking
- The Arab Spring
Staff members preached, led workshops, taught, or made presentations to:
- Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, New York
- St. James Presbyterian Church, New York, New York
- Community of Grace Presbyterian Church, Sandy, Utah
- Ecumenical Advocacy Days
- Presbytery of the Western Reserve
- Presbyterian churches of Plainfield, New Jersey
- Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery of Monmouth
- Presbyterian Women in the Presbytery of New York City
- Agape House, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- The Big Tent
- Church of the Covenant, New York, New York
- Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, New York, New York
- White Plains Presbyterian Church, White Plains, New York
- Second Tuesday Briefing, Office of Public Witness, Washington, DC
- Ozone Park Presbyterian Church, New York, New York
- First Presbyterian Church, Wooster, Ohio
- Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wooster, Ohio
- West-Park Presbyterian Church, New York, New York
- Davis Community Church, Davis, California
- Carmichael Presbyterian Church, Carmichael, California
- First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown, Yorktown Heights, New York
- Zonta International, New York Chapter, New York, New York
- King’s Grant Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Presbytery of Eastern Virginia
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