The death of Osama bin Laden raises many issues for prayer, study, discussion, and reflection. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has a number of resources available to use at this time. Among them are the Resolution on Violence, Religion and Terrorism…
Read more »World Sunday for Peace – May 22 As the sun rises on Sunday 22 May Christians and churches across the world are being encouraged by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to celebrate God’s peace in their worship services, to…
Read more »From Eco-Journey, the blog of our colleagues in the Environmental Ministries Office. Tyler Edgar with the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following invitation to a conference call about the Gulf Oil Spill.On July 1 at 3pm Eastern…
Read more »Do you have favorite songs or hymns or other music that deal with themes of justice and peace and would enhance the worship of congregations and groups? Consider submitting them for the new worship resource being created by the Presbyterian…
Read more »Presbyterian, musician,pastor and hunger action enabler, Bryan McFarland is putting together a project of music and hymns that will benefit the Presbyterian Hunger Program. Here is some information from Bryan: Through May, musicians, pastors and other friends of the Presbyterian…
Read more »Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette provides a new way to obtain hymns by this gifted songwriter. Many of her hymns deal with peace and justice concerns. “In Haiti There Is Anguish,” a new hymn for Haiti is included as are…
Read more »Sing a new song! Songs of Grace includes over 70 new hymns written to celebrate biblical stories, the church year, sacraments, peacemaking and more. The new words, written to well-known hymn tunes, offer expressions of hope, joy and spiritual enrichment….
Read more »The Summer 2009 issue of Peace Notes, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s print newsletter, is available for download. It will come out in print later this month. But you can download it from this blog. Download Peace Notes Summer 2009 [PDF]…
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