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How Does the Presbyterian Peacemaking
Program Plan to Use Its Share (50%) of the Peacemaking Offering in 2007? |
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This report can be downloaded
as a PDF file. |
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| Guided by Peacemaking:
The Believers’ Calling, General Assembly mandates,
and the 2007-08 General Assembly Council Mission Work Plan,
the Peacemaking Program provides resources, events, and
programs to assist the church as it responds to the gospel call
to “seek peace and pursue it.” In 2006, the
General Assembly’s share of the Peacemaking Offering
(50%) was $1,108,098. Your generous gifts to the Peacemaking
Offering will be used by the Peacemaking Program in 2007
to: |
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| EVANGELISM AND WITNESS |
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$220,104 |
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| Facilitate the International
Peacemakers Program, which brings church leaders with experience
in addressing violence from other countries to the United
States to share the peacemaking concerns of their churches. |
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$173,929 |
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| Help plan and implement
the Mission Challenge ’07 program. |
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$21,006 |
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| Create Spanish-
and Korean-language pocket-size translations of Guidelines
for Presbyterians During Times of Disagreement. |
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$9,760 |
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| Publish a Spanish
translation of Presbyterians and Military
Service, a resource
for pastors, chaplains, and people discerning, as followers
of Jesus, whether to serve in the armed forces. |
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$15,409 |
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| JUSTICE AND
COMPASSION |
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$241,697 |
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| Provide and identify
resources that address the situation in the Sudan, the Philippines,
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, Israel and Palestine,
Iraq, Iran, and other places in need of peace and justice
around the world. |
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$20,000 |
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| Help Presbyterians
address issues related to nuclear weapons, just immigration
policies, restoring creation and more. |
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$3,300 |
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| Identify resources
and programs that equip congregations to explore and engage
in ministries of nonviolence. |
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$30,000 |
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| Itinerate a workshop
leader on the Christian roots of nonviolence and begin to
develop models for nonviolence training workshops. |
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$47,783 |
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| Support a cottage
industry in Liberia that transforms bullet casings into
crosses. |
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$11,700 |
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| Create a simulation
game resource on issues around travel in Israel and Palestine. |
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$2,500 |
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| Identify resources
for Torture Awareness Month. Support No2Torture, a grass-roots
advocacy program working to end the practice of torture
by government agencies. Participate in the National Religious
Campaign Against Torture. |
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$17,143 |
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| Enable the Presbyterian
United Nations Office to provide seminars and other educational
events for Presbyterians and participate in the U.N. community
of non-governmental organizations. |
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$21,515 |
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| Cosponsor a Presbyterian
gathering after the Christian Witness for Peace in Iraq. |
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$4,500 |
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| Plan a 2008 travel
study seminar to South Africa and Malawi that emphasizes
responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and a 2008 travel study
seminar to Ghana and Ethiopia. |
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$81,256 |
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| Help build the capacity
of the Covenant Presbyterian Urban Ministry Institute in
New Orleans to engage with the community seeking to rebuild
in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. |
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$2,000 |
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| SPIRITUALITY
AND DISCIPLESHIP |
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$154,985 |
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| Publish one-session
studies: What Is Peacemaking?; Peacemaking
among the Early Followers of Jesus; The Leaves of the
Tree (a study of Revelation
22:1-5 using the Community Bible Study Process); and Maps
for the Journey of Faith and Peacemaking. |
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$47,937 |
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| Provide worship resources
for days that address peace and justice concerns, including
a worship service for Hiroshima Day. |
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$9,500 |
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| Identify worship
and Bible study resources for use in situations when violence
occurs. |
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$6,100 |
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| Assist with the reentry
event for Young Adult Volunteers returning from a year of
service. |
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$36,818 |
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| Begin the celebration
of the 25th anniversary of the Commitment
to Peacemaking.
Provide resources to congregations that have adopted the
Commitment. |
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$12,500 |
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| Support the Interfaith
Listening Project, which brings interfaith leaders from other
countries to share models for interfaith dialogue and understanding. |
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$42,130 |
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| LEADERSHIP
AND VOCATION |
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$263,178 |
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| Hold the 2007 Intergenerational
Peacemaking Conference—Jesus:
Proclaiming Peace. |
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$109,348 |
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| Provide training,
networking, and support for presbytery chair/enablers, including
an event at the 2007 Peacemaking conference. |
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$32,500 |
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| Offer leadership
for the Week for Peace, Global Justice, and Creation at
Ghost Ranch. |
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$2,200 |
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| Lead workshops at
APCE, Ecumenical Advocacy Days, the Communicator’s
Network Conference, and Presbyterians for Restoring Creation
Conference. |
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$9,265 |
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| Provide leadership
at the Youth Triennium, the Presbyterian Camps and Conference
Centers Association Conference, the Conservation Eco-Stewards
training, and the Asian American Discipleship for Vocational
Empowerment, Nurture and Transformation Conference. |
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$9265 |
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| Plan the 2008 Intergenerational
Peacemaking Conference—a partnership event that will
address the root causes of poverty and explore ways to live
faithfully and creatively within God’s economy of
grace. |
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$100,600 |
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| PEACEMAKING
OFFERING |
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$228,134 |
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| Develop resources,
artwork, bulleting inserts and other materials to assist
congregations and middle governing bodies as they promote
the Peacemaking Offering that provides financial support
for their peacemaking ministries. |
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$172,726 |
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| Shared Mission Support |
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$55,408 |
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| TOTAL |
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$1,108,098 |
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