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May 29, 2013

International Day of UN Peacekeepers

Posted 10:24am

Today is the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. We give thanks for the work all those who work for peace everywhere. We pray for the day that peace does not need to be kept but rather prevails. Below is a statement by US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice: Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice,… Read more »

May 1, 2013

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Asks for Prayers to End Violence in South Sudan

Posted 5:11pm

from our partners in World Mission The crisis in South Sudan’s Jonglei State has escalated alarmingly in recent weeks. The deteriorating situation has prompted the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to express deepening concern for the people of the region and to renew its urgent call to prayer and action to promote justice, peace and genuine security… Read more »

April 22, 2013

Advocacy Alert CORRECTION AND UPDATE: El Tamarindo, Colombia

Posted 2:10pm

An update from our partners in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship: Friends, Thank you to the many of you who have already begun reaching out in response to our urgent action this Saturday. We wanted to provide A CORRECTED E-MAIL ADDRESS and a few critical updates based on some of the feedback we have received… Read more »

April 22, 2013

Urgent Action Requested from our partners in ministry of the Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia: Justice for murdered land rights defender and his community

Posted 9:58am

Our partners in the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship have asked that we share the information below from our partners in ministry of the Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia. Yesterday we received an urgent communication from the Rev. Jaira Barriga of the Presbytery of the North Coast in Colombia concerning the murder on April 12, 2013, of… Read more »

February 1, 2013

Prayer for the people of South Sudan

Posted 10:50am

God of grace,God of justice,God of peace,you create us to live together,to honor and respect one another.Hear us as we pray for South Sudan. We pray for the people of South Sudan.Grant courage to turn from violence;grace to see each other as sisters and brothers;strength to work for justice for all;passion to seek peace;and all… Read more »

December 14, 2012

With Thanks to God for the Life and Witness of Cindy Bolbach

Posted 12:42pm

Ruling Elder Cindy Bolbach, Moderator of the 119th General Assembly

I believe we are living through a hinge time for the PC(USA). A hinge time of hope, excitement, and anxiety, all mixed together. A hinge time when we are realizing that the denominational structure and organization that we built in the 1950s and 1960s might not be the organizational structure we need for an age that some are calling not just post-denominational but post-Christian.

As the PC(USA), we still inhabit a top-down, corporate structure that worked well 50 and 60 years ago, when we were flush with members and with resources. We are no longer flush with members or with resources. That does not mean, by the way, that I believe us to be deathly ill. I believe that health of any Christian community of faith is measured not by the number of its members, or by how deep its financial pockets are, but by whether it is proclaiming the Gospel authentically.

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People – 29 November

Posted 4:58pm

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is observed by the United Nations on or around 29 November each year, in accordance with mandates given by the UN General Assembly in its resolutions 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, 34/65 D of 12 December 1979, and subsequent resolutions adopted by the UN General… Read more »

October 1, 2012

Presbyterian engagement at the United Nations General Assembly

Posted 9:16am

Last week, New York City welcomed world leaders to the 67th United Nations General Assembly. The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations was active in raising the voice of Presbyterians from here in the United States as well as those of our partners in the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Worshiped with world leaders at… Read more »

September 25, 2012

President Obama addresses the UN General Assembly

Posted 3:09pm

President Obama and other world leaders are in town this week for the 67th United Nations General Assembly. I had the opportunity to join the President and others in the opening of the General Debate this morning. Below is President Obama’s speech. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary Remarks by the President to… Read more »

September 21, 2012

The Culture of Peace

Posted 2:43pm

Below is a reflection on the International Day of Peace by Rochelle Rawls-Shaw, intern at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. I read on a card I picked up at the United Nations, “Everything that is needed to build a culture of peace already exists in each of us.” The UN defines a Culture… Read more »

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