For three days this August more than 200 Ghanaian Presbyterian Women will gather together in New York City for the 14th annual Presbyterian Women’s Fellowship North American Conference.
Congregations wishing to reduce their carbon footprint and conserve energy have a new option for funding related enhancements to their campuses: The Restoring Creation Loan from the Presbyterian Investment & Loan Program.
As an ecumenical delegation to Japan participates in Hiroshima Day observances on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings on 6 and 9 Aug. 1945, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has published a liturgical resource and invites churches around the world to join in prayer.
The 120-year old Presbyterian Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study will become an online-only free digital resource starting in 2016. This move broadens the reach of the book’s audience by sharing its inspiring content in a timelier manner and also demonstrates good stewardship of church resources.
With every act of violence in the U.S., whether at a church, a military recruiting station, or a movie theatre, we revisit the possibility of yet another incident, carried out by armed, sometimes unstable or radicalized individuals, whose goal is to murder large numbers of people in public places. That fear is exacerbated by daily news of murderous acts by Islamic State, al Qaeda, and other groups that are trying to recruit followers across the globe, including from our own communities.
El Comité de Abogacía de Asuntos Raciales Étnicos (ACREC) de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (U.S.A.) rechaza las declaraciones racistas hechas por el candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump, las cuales son ofensivas para todas las personas, incluyendo a los/as nuevos/as inmigrantes a los Estados Unidos y especialmente a la gente de México y Sur América/Latino América, y descendientes del Medio Oriente.
More than 900 people have signed on to a letter to President Barack Obama from Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons urging the president and two key government officials not to appeal the July 24th court decision of Judge Dolly Gee. Gee serves on the United States District Court for the Central District of California and her ruling would release thousands of mothers and children from family detention facilities across the country. The letter, below, also is addressed to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.
I’m having surgery today. As someone who never walked into the emergency room as a child and was admitted for the first time to a hospital when I gave birth to my son, the thought of today’s procedure is both daunting and yet unfamiliar. I trust my medical team and know that I am in extremely capable hands.
Sandra Hanna’s first major trip following retirement could have been to Hawaii, or any number of “exotic” locales, for some well-deserved rest and relaxation. The former school teacher, mother-of-five and member of the Presbyterian Church of the Master in Omaha, Neb., instead chose to travel to Israel and Palestine and be a witness for peace efforts in one of the most troubled regions in the world.
Human trafficking, or modern-day slavery as it is called by some, has become a lucrative business. It impacts women, children and men and can take the forms of sex trafficking or debt bondage. Farming and mining are just a few of the professions where workers barely make enough to feed themselves much less their families.