Swords Into Plowshares stated clerk Archives

December 3, 2015

We Choose Welcome at the Church Center for the United Nations!

Posted 11:04am

Our Stated Clerk, the Reverend Gradye Parsons invited Presbyterians to take a selfie with a banner saying “We Choose Welcome,” responding to fear of Syrian refugees. This week, my colleagues at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville joined together in the chapel to choose welcome themselves. As I sat in my office in New York, across… Read more »

December 1, 2015

An invitation to “Choose Welcome”

Posted 10:58pm

reprinted from the blog of the Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly I can count on one hand the number of times I have spent Christmas in my own home as an adult. We have shared that day with grandparents and other family. In a pre-Amazon era, we hid presents among the… Read more »

September 4, 2013

PC(USA) church partners support call for no military action in Syria

Posted 10:10am

From the Presbyterian News Service: The General Secretary of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon, a longtime church partner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), sent a letter to the PC(USA) yesterday, expressing appreciation for PC(USA)’s “prophetic stand against all kinds of violence in Syria and your condemnation of the use of chemical attacks… Read more »

August 29, 2011

PC(USA) stated clerk issues statement on August 26 bombing of UN building in Nigeria

Posted 4:49pm

The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) issued the following statement on the attack on the United Nations building in Abuja, Nigeria on August 26, 2011. The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, who represents the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) at the United Nations, will communicate Reverend Parson’s statement to the United… Read more »

February 24, 2010

Presbyterian response to comments about Middle East Study Team report

Posted 8:37pm

The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has issued a statement in response to published comments about the Middle East Study Team report that will be considered at the 219th General Assembly (2010) when it…

PC(USA) stated clerk issues statement on Supreme Court’s election finance decision

Posted 4:22am

From the Presbyterian News Service In an article posted on February 3, the Presbyterian News Service reports, “The Rev. Gradye Parsons, General Assembly stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), issued a statement today decrying the Jan. 21 U.S. Supreme…

An evening of hospitality

Posted 3:26am

The Big Tent Thursday, June 11 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm (more or less) Some eighty folks gathered in the suite of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons for a hospitality event as part of the Peacemaking Conference. Gradye…

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