The Big Tent Thursday, June 11 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm (more or less) Some eighty folks gathered in the suite of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons for a hospitality event as part of the Peacemaking Conference. Gradye…
Read more »The tent is folded. The out-of-town Presbyterians have returned to their homes. But what a time we had. Over 1,400 people participated in the Big Tent, a unique event in which ten Presbyterian conferences happened at the same time and…
Read more »There is still time to register for the 2009 Faith and Environment Conference at Montreat Conference Center cosponsored by Presbyterians for Restoring Creation. Through worship, plenaries, workshops and more, explore what it means to be a responsible steward of creation.
Read more »This Saturday, June 20, is World Refugee Day. The theme for the day is “Real People, Real Needs.” Events around the world will draw attention to the plight of millions of people uprooted by conflict and persecution. Presbyterians are among…
Read more »The National Religious Coalition Against Torture has posted a report on the June 11 activities to urge President Obama to create a Commission of Inquiry. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has produced a resource (The Church Responds to Torture PDF) that…
Read more »All are invited to explore the question of torture as a moral issue in Palo Alto on the anniversary of the UN Convention against Torture. Torture is a Moral Issue Panel Friday, June 26, 7:30pm at the First Presbyterian Church,…
Read more »Find resources to observe World Environment Day. This day, intended to raise understanding of environmental issues and to empower people to act on behalf of a sustainable future, is June 5. Congregations can celebrate World Environment Day on June 7…
Read more »They are not perfect as individuals or as a group. No individuals are. No group is. The mandates they operate under are sometimes inadequate. But some 100,000 men and women from 118 countries serve as UN peacekeepers in 16 of…
Read more »I grew up as a child on Neville Island, about nine miles down the Ohio River as the car drives from Point State Park and the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers in Pittsburgh. We lived on Front River…
Read more »My friends and colleagues Teresa Chavez Sauceda and David Bowie are leading a seminar at Ghost Ranch this summer with the title “Building Beloved Community: Dismantling Racism.” The seminar will take place the week of August 3 – 9, 2009….
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