Tents of Hope Petaluma will hold an event for refugees in Darfur on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento on Saturday, November 8 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This tent will be supported by First Presbyterian Church…
Read more »Sunday, September 21 is the International Day of Peace. The United Nations General Assembly has set September 21 of each year as the International Day of Peace — a day of global ceasefire and non-violence when all nations and people…
Read more »I just took a quiz on the United Nations. I’m not saying how I did, but I definitely know more than I did before! It’s from the Friends Committee on National Legislation. Check it out.
Read more »As noted earlier, Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons sent letters of support to church leaders in India and letters calling for action to end the violence in Orissa to government officials in India.
Read more »Some additional ways that Presbyterians are connected to India. We have a number of mission co-workers there as well as church partners. There is a Young Adult Volunteer site in India. There is a Joining Hands against Hunger partnership between…
Read more »The National United Christian Forum in India has called churches to observe September 7 as a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace and Goodwill in response to the violence against Christians in the state of Orissa. The Forum invites…
Read more »Yale Divinity School Conference on Nuclear Weapons, Security, and Moral Leadership — 9/18-19 Religious leaders, policy makers, business persons, and scholars will gather at a Yale Divinity School conference in September to take up the topic “Are We Safe Yet?…
Read more »It began on Saturday, August 23. Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati was shot along with four others in an attack in the Kandhamal district of India. In response, waves of violence have been launched against Christians in the state of Orissa. A…
Read more »I watched the video Sand and Sorrow yesterday. This powerful, touching, and disturbing video looks at the situation in Sudan and Darfur. It explores the rise of the current government and that government’s relations with (neglect of) Darfur. Those relations…
Read more »The Tents of Hope project seeks to respond to the situation in Darfur and Sudan. The mission of the Tents of Hope project is to support a one-year process in which people respond as communities to the crisis in Darfur,…
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