Follow the Presbyterian effort to end the use of child soldiers on Facebook. The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, the Office of Child Advocacy, and the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program have launched a new page to provide information and advocacy…
Read more »The churches in Sudan will pray for their country and its future on July 18, 2010 for the upcoming January 2011 referendum. Will you join them? Will you invite others to pray? Here is a prayer to use or adapt:…
Read more »In partnership with the International AIDS Society, the Kaiser Family Foundation is the official webcaster of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), providing worldwide, online access to the daily developments that take place at the conference in Vienna, Austria,…
Read more »The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is tentatively scheduled to vote on the New START Treaty on Tuesday, July 27. This treaty would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia.A treaty only requires a majority…
Read more »Several anniversaries were celebrated during the 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Minneapolis. The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program marked thirty years of ministry. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF marked its sixtieth anniversary. For sixty years, children have been helping…
Read more »Our colleagues in the Sudan Advocacy Action Forum invite us to join our sisters and brothers in Sudan in prayer for the upcoming referendum scheduled for January in Southern Sudan. Dear Friends of the Sudanese people,As you know, communications within…
Read more »“God, You Spoke Your Word Through Amos” is a new hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. This hymn was originally written to support Bread for the World’s Bread for the Preacher, July 2010. Carolyn is the author of of over 160…
Read more »Conversations on a number of topics opened the day on Saturday, July 3 at the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Among the conversations was “Equipping the Church for Ministry with God’s Diverse Family” led by the Rev….
Read more »LOWER RATES FOR HOUSING AND MEALS! Re-membering Peace: Still the Believers’ Calling 2010 Peacemaking Seminar Presbyterian Peacemaking Program August 25-28, 2010 (depart on August 29) Abiquiu, NM Register now!The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and Ghost Ranch Conference Center are pleased to…
Read more »On March 21-22, 2010, the Truth Commission on Conscience and War explored the concept of “selective Conscientious Objection,” the objection to participation in a particular war based on just war principles. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has supported selective Conscientious Objection…
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