Posts Tagged: presbyterian peacemaking program

Revamped e-newsletters about to launch

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is in the process of moving to a new system for delivery of email newsletters. This new format will allow programs and offices to send HTML e-newsletters. Subscribe to any or all of the e-newsletters. A…

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Worship resources to address torture during Lent

The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and No2Torture, a grass-roots Presbyterian group, offer a number of worship resources to help Presbyterians address issues around stopping torture during this Lenten season. Presbyterian General Assemblies have made a number of statements related to torture…

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Nuclear Weapons Conference

Yale Divinity School Conference on Nuclear Weapons, Security, and Moral Leadership — 9/18-19 Religious leaders, policy makers, business persons, and scholars will gather at a Yale Divinity School conference in September to take up the topic “Are We Safe Yet?…

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Gun Violence and Gospel Values

The 2008 Peacemaking Colloquium “Gun Violence and Gospel Values” DATE: Monday, September 15 to Wednesday, September 17, 2008 TIME: lunch to lunch LOCATION: Stony Point Center 17 Crickettown Road Stony Point, NY 10980 845-786-5674 800-253-4285 Register now! (PDF) Gun violence…

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Pre Conference Events Begin

Conference leaders began arriving on Saturday. Participants in pre-conference events made their way to Chapman on Sunday with those events beginning Sunday evening. Presbytery peacemaking leaders are taking part in a training led by Ervin Bullock, Associate for Peacemaking Network…

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Roll Over, Beethoven?

He started with “What a Wonderful World” and closed with “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” In between, jazz pianist Harry Pickens played, led singing, offered reflections and prayed with some 100 Presbyterian peacemakers. Harry provided the program for the…

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Why Make the Effort to Get to Dinner?

They came on foot, by light rail and in taxi cabs. The timing was close — the Peacemaking Program dinner and celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Commitment to Peacemaking lasted from right after the plenary ended until right…

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