October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN) provides an annual packet to assist congregations as they seek to bring healing to families affected by domestic violence. The 2008 packet focuses on Elder Abuse. The packet…
Read more »The 218th General Assembly (2008) encouraged “the Peacemaking Program to produce and identify study guides and discernment materials for individuals, congregations, and presbyteries to help church members and their friends be able to articulate God’s calling on their lives in…
Read more »Come Join the Circle is an album from peace educator, singer and songwriter Paulette Meier. It contains 14 songs featuring a diverse group of musicians including youth. This is a fun, musical way for children to learn lifelong skills for…
Read more »Many congregations are working hard and faithfully to care for sisters and brothers in Christ who have served and who are serving in Iraq. Kirkridge Retreat Center in Pennsylvania has announced the “Journey to Wholeness” program that offers veterans a…
Read more »What image comes to mind when you hear the word peace? Start not with a definition but with a picture. Don’t resort to words. Be visual. What do you see in your mind’s eye when you hear the word peace?…
Read more »The Summer 2008 issue of Peace Notes (PDF) is available online. This issue includes material on Iraq, the food crisis, carbon offsets, the Peacemaking Program dinner at General Assembly, a travel/study seminar to Ethiopia and more. Note that the file…
Read more »A shout out to Evan Silverstein of the Presbyterian News Service for his article on the 2008 Peacemaking Conference. Evan’s article includes some good pictures. And here’s a picture of an energizer led by Cindy Edwards: Photo by Irene Pak
Read more »Sowing Mustard Seeds; Working for God’s Justice, Confronting Poverty is the theme of the 2008 Peacemaking Conference planned for July 15-19 at Chapman University in Southern California. Register now. Co-directors Edie Gause and Andrew Short commented, “ It’s inspiring to…
Read more »Will there be something for everyone at the 2008 Peacemaking Conference? Probably not. That’s a fairly impossible goal. But there will be something for lots and lots and lots of folk. Prayer. Worship. Music. Keynote addresses. Fellowship time. Energizers. Relationship…
Read more »What will Tricia and I do with the rebate we receive from the Internal Revenue Service? We had not started to think about that until the opening session of this week’s meeting of the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian…
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