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March 30, 2016

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2016

Posted 1:02pm

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum reminds us that “the internationally recognized date for Holocaust Remembrance Day corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In Hebrew, Holocaust Remembrance Day is called Yom Hashoah. This year Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on May 5, 2016…. Read more »

February 3, 2016

Developing interfaith relations

Posted 4:17pm

Observing World Interfaith Harmony Week by Robert Arrington On February 2, 2016 at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, we had the wonderful opportunity of hosting a group from the Westchester Youth Alliance for an interfaith seminar. We celebrated World Interfaith Harmony Week, which was originally proposed by H.M. King Abdullah II of Jordan…. Read more »

March 8, 2015

Sunday in Forest Hills

Posted 11:29pm

A number of the Presbyterian participants in the 59 Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women attended the morning worship service at First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills to hear the Rev. Larissa Kwong Abazia, pastor of the congregation and Vice-Moderator of the 221st General Assembly of the 221st General Assembly (2014)… Read more »

January 28, 2015

World Interfaith Harmony Week 2015

Posted 11:45am

Observe World Interfaith Harmony Week We live in an interfaith world. This brings challenges and opportunities. Respectful Presence: An Understanding of Interfaith Prayer and Celebration from a Reformed Christian Perspective, a document commended to congregations and governing bodies of the…

Freedom Summer

Posted 2:00pm

by Max Hill On Monday, June 9, I had the opportunity to attend an event at West Park Presbyterian Church called Freedom Summer: The Next Generation. This event focused on the 50th anniversary of the deaths of Andrew Goodman and others who were killed for trying to register African-Americans to vote in the summer of… Read more »

May 20, 2014

Neighbor and Neighborhood: A dialogue of the Sikh Coalition and the PC(USA)

Posted 10:25pm

The Sikh Coalition, Presbyterian Men in the Presbytery of New York City, the Church of the Covenant, Rutgers Presbyterian Church, West-Park Presbyterian Church, the Committee on Witness to Society and the World in the Presbytery of New York City, and the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Office of Interfaith Relations and Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations… Read more »

March 14, 2014

Trust in the Lord, First Chinese Presbyterian Church

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by Carolyn Diener On Sunday, March 9 my husband Tom, who has accompanied me to New York for the Commission on the Status of Women, and I were privileged to attend the First Chinese Presbyterian Church of New York City for their 11:00am service. This visit came about because of my Presbyterian sister Peng Leong… Read more »

January 31, 2014

An invitation to dialogues in New York between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Sikh Coalition

Posted 6:14pm

Mark Koenig, director of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations offers an invitation to dialogues between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Sikh Coalition to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week. The dialogues are sponsored by the Sikh Coalition, the Presbyterian Church’s Office of Interfaith Relations, the Committee on Witness to Society and the World… Read more »

January 28, 2014

Neighbor and Neighborhood: A dialogue of the Sikh Coalition and the PC(USA)

Posted 8:35am

Marking World Interfaith Harmony Week World Interfaith Harmony Week is observed during the first week of February. The Sikh Coalition, Presbyterian Men in the Presbytery of New York City, the Church of the Covenant, Rutgers Presbyterian Church, West-Park Presbyterian Church, the Committee on Witness to Society and the World in the Presbytery of New York… Read more »

January 27, 2014

How we can make a difference

Posted 2:53pm

Reprinted with permission from The Messenger of Catonsville Presbyterian Church with slight editorial changes in relation to photos that appeared in the original article “Children are children, not soldiers!” “I liked the UN tour, especially seeing the conference rooms, where the action really happens.” “I was amazed by the impact that an advocate can have… Read more »

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