March 5, 2013
Posts Tagged: presbyterians
October 28, 2011
Trick or Treat for UNICEF this weekend
May 1, 2011
Syria
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect – Open Statement on the Situation in Syria Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Rice Presbyterians in ministry with the people of Syria UN Human Rights Council calls for investigation into alleged abuses in Syria
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January 10, 2011
Presbyterian leaders respond to Arizona shootings
Encourage Presbyterians to join national moment of silence LOUISVILLE—Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders issued a statement today in the wake of the Tucson, Ariz., shootings that left six people dead and 14 injured. Elder Cynthia Bolbach, Moderator of the 219th General…
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October 25, 2010
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF in the Brooklyn area
Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations If you happen to be in Brooklyn this weekend and are looking for a way to help support UNICEF’s work to care for children around the world. Here’s an opportunity: Brooklyn for Peace, which…
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September 1, 2010
A call for respect for Muslim neighbors
Reprinted from the Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, and Linda Valentine, Executive Director of the General Assembly Mission Council, have issued the following statement: As we are…
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May 5, 2010
Observers begin to arrive in the Philippines
From the Philippines Election Observer Team Facebook page: Eleven American election observers, including a number of Presbyterians meet at the airport last night by members of the United Church of Christ of the Philippines staff, the Chairperson of KMU, the…
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October 24, 2009
Congregational-based community organizing
Remember the important role of congregational-based community organizing in renewing congregations and communities and seeking justice. Don’t judge all community organizers and community organizing by a few bad apples. That’s the message of a recent post on Vital Signs, the…
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August 28, 2009
Christians in Iraq
The Obama Administration recently responded to the July 22 letter from Churches for Middle East Peace [PDF] to Secretary Clinton that expressed concern about the resurgence of violence in Iraq, particularly violence toward the vulnerable and ancient Christian community. The…
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July 25, 2009
Global food crisis: a monthly, churchwide fast
Join Presbyterians around the country in monthly 40-hour fasts to help discern ways to respond to the Global Food Crisis. The fasts typically take place on the first weekend of every month, beginning on Friday evening and ending with Communion…
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