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Posts Categorized: Discipleship
December 10, 2011
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… Read more »
November 7, 2011
As you vote tomorrow, remember to say a prayer for the people of Liberia who also go to the polls. If you have already voted (I have), simply pray. And say a prayer for all who are voting in the U.S.A. as well!
October 28, 2011
What are you doing this weekend? Be sure to spend part of your time taking part in some way in Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. This program began in Philadelphia in 1950, the idea of Presbyterians Clyde and Mary Emma Allison who wondered “Why can’t kids collect food for starving children?” In the sixty years since those… Read more »
October 28, 2011
In the New York City area?Presbyterian mission co-workers Rev. Leslie Clay and Carl Agsten will speak about their ministry with CEPAD, the Council of Protestant Churches of Nicaragua.When: November 2nd, 2011 from 12:00 noon until 2:00pm. Where: 475 Interfaith Center, Clairmont Avenue, Suite 1600 in the Presbyterian Resource Room. RSVP to Elder Rosemarie Napoli by… Read more »
October 24, 2011
On Saturday afternoon (October 22), after a walk through Central Park, the Rev. Peter Tibi took a nap. He was entitled. Peter, from the world’s newest country – South Sudan, participated in the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s International Peacemakers Program. He made visits to South Carolina, Iowa, Georgia, Colorado, and Tennessee before coming to New York…. Read more »
September 9, 2011
Good news! We have learned that Antonio Ariza has been found and is alive. We will post more information as we receive it. Thank you so much to everyone for your outreach, advocacy and prayers. – The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship Please continue to pray and act for God’s children who have been disappeared in Colombia… Read more »
September 7, 2011
I did not sleep well last night. Of course I rarely sleep well, but last night I knew why. It is hard to sleep, at least for me, when my heart aches even more than usual. I learned on Monday night that Antonia Ariza went missing on September 1, 2011 in Colombia. The information came… Read more »
September 5, 2011
I pray with many others tonight for our friend Antonio in Colombia. I had the privilege to meet Antonio during Easter week of 2010. He is a leader of an organization of people who have been internally displaced within Colombia. The oganization seeks to return people to land they can work for their living. His… Read more »
July 18, 2011
Today is Nelson Mandela’s birthday! Thanks be to God for his life, witness, and service. Nelson Mandela International Day Take Action! Inspire Change (from the UN) Mandela Turns 93, World Called to Serve (from The Christian Post) How will you observe the day? How will you make every day a Mandela Day?
June 3, 2011
Accompaniment is the great theme of the Bible. It is the window through which we should see the whole of the Gospel and the entire meaning of our faith. Accompaniment is what it is all about. With those words, Tom Driver began a sermon for Maundy Thursday, 2010. Tom was in Colombia for a time… Read more »
