Use this ready-made blog post on your websites or in your church newsletters to help promote the Presbyterian Giving Catalog. Available as an editable word document for easy cutting and pasting! You can also download the accompanying image here.
These daily scripture readings offered in peacemaking themes that coincide with the liturgical year, this resource may be used in a variety of ways and settings. It can be posted weekly or monthly on a website or in a newsletter for personal devotion. It can be used in a group Bible study, prayer group or worship setting.
This 2-sided handout features photos and brief bios of the 2019 International Peacemakers. It can be reproduced on a typical copy machine using 2-sided printing on 8 1/2 x 11" sheets of paper.
This postcard affirms our responsibility to reduce injustice and calls upon the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to approve sensible gun legislation. It should be mailed back to the Office of Public Witness in Washington, DC.
Standing Our Holy Ground is a year-long (2019-2020) free webinar series that challenges the faith community to stand up against gun violence, and explores how people of faith can respond and act to bring about change. Ten Things You Can Do to End Gun Violence are suggestions approved by the 2019 General Assembly (2010) report Gun Violence, Gospel Values.
This flyer provides an overview of the resources Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) can provide to support mid councils and congregations. Assistance includes grants, trained volunteer response teams, and long-term spiritual and emotional care and training for community leaders dealing with the aftermath of public violence.
The 2019 Gun Violence Resource packet provides congregations and mid-councils a robust package of material to help congregations put thoughts and prayers about gun violence into obedient action. The packet is a mixture of online and print resources compiled by the ministries of Compassion, Peace and Justice over the course of the last decade, but still maintain present-day value. Additional resources offered:
The Presbyterian Giving Catalog, featuring over 40 items to choose from, is one tool you can use to fulfill God's call to echo his life on earth. Engaging the whole congregation in the work of the Giving Catalog provides an opportunity for every member to be part of a collective effort to celebrate the grace of God and express it together. This Impact Guide provides examples and resources that may connect with entire congregations, and some that may resonate most with small circles of friends. No matter the scope, a gift’s impact — on Presbyterian Mission and on the donor …
Congregations, mid-councils, national church agencies, and other groups may contact speakers to learn more about indigenous issues, such as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Apology to Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians or the Doctrine of Discovery. In this sharing, we seek to assist the church in becoming God’s intercultural community and work together to end structural racism and white supremacy. See below names of Presbyterian leaders who are available to speak on indigenous issues, as listed by regions.
Lucy is passionate to find different ways to bridge the knowledge between head and heart, to shine amid darkness. Her call has been honed and shaped over thirty years of service in different settings, creating a place of home coming and welcome to all those who are hurting, suffering, or in need of companionship, resources, or the healing power of faith. “The call to return to Lebanon to work at Near East School of Theology (NEST) and with refugees is one that God has been preparing me for throughout my life,” says Lucy. Work environments for Lucy have been about …
