Posts Tagged: advent

Have you done your Thanksgiving shopping?

Give your friends a copy of Proclaiming the Good News of God’s Peace, a daily devotional booklet for Advent 2009. It makes a lovely Thanksgiving present! Peacemakers across the country and around God’s world contributed to the booklet. Use Proclaiming…

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Faith leaders to Congress: Close Guantanamo

Join faith leaders. Call Congress to close Guantanamo. More than 40 senior leaders of major faith groups in the United States, including the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have signed a letter addressed to the leaders of the…

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Share your prayer for peace

Email your prayer for peace! Valley Presbyterian Church of Portola Valley. CA is creating a beautiful “Peace on Earth” banner that proclaims hope for peace in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. When complete, at the end of November, the banner will…

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Proclaiming the Good News of God’s Peace

Peacemakers from across the United States and around God’s world contributed to Proclaiming the Good News of God’s Peace, a daily devotional booklet for Advent 2009. Using lectionary texts, the writers reflect on God’s gift of peace and explore what…

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Stopping torture – an Advent resource

The National Religious Coalition Against Torture announces a new resource [PDF] for Christian clergy to use during Advent 2009. With sections for all four Sundays in Advent, as well as Christmas Eve, the new resource [PDF] provides commentary on the…

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Pray for the Little Town of Bethlehem . . .

. . . and the people of Israel and Palestine. As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas, we are invited to pray for justice, peace and security for Palestine and Israel – and to send a prayer or…

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