Become a Facebook friend of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) and learn about this important ministry. From the EAPPI Web page comes the following description: The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) brings internationals…
Read more »From the Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): We need to be in prayer for our Christian sisters and brothers in Egypt and Iraq where they are being targeted by terrorists. Bombings at churches and even…
Read more »Congo agrees to treaty that bans child solders; Ethiopia signs In late July 2010, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mailed drawings of red hands and messages to the Mission of Congo and the Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations as…
Read more »Reports indicate that the Senate will vote tomorrow (Wednesday, December 22, 2010) on the new START treaty that would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by Russia and the United States. It would also reestablish on-site inspections to monitor…
Read more »The people of Colombia face floods: Colombia: Floods 2010 – Situation Report #10 UN agencies in Colombia allocate funds for flood emergency response The people of Colombia have endured numerous disappearances: Disappearances in Colombia on a Scale Never Imagined Breaking…
Read more »Thirty-eight members of the Morong 43, health care workers imprisoned in the Philippines since February 2010, were released on Friday December 17. Here are links to more information: After 10 months in jail, 38 members of ‘Morong 43’ set free…
Read more »The Presbyterian News Service has posted a story about the call for the church to respond to recent instances of bullying: “a national disaster”. The story notes that: On Oct. 18, in the wake of the large number of gay…
Read more »Sen. Brown (OH) has announced on behalf of Majority Leader Reid that the Senate will begin floor action on the START treaty tomorrow (Wednesday) at 2:15 pm. Please contact your senators and ask them to vote to ratify START. Here’s…
Read more »President Benigno Simeon Aquino III of the Philippines has ordered that the charges be withdrawn against the Morong 43 – health care workers held by the government of the Philippines since February. Actually it is more accurate to refer to…
Read more »Reprinted from the Presbyterian News Service: Louisville The following statement is from Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Linda Valentine, Executive Director of the General Assembly Mission Council. Each December Presbyterians join…
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