Presbyterian Mission Agency

Finance, Operations, and Budget (FOB) Committee Meeting
2024-01-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville)
Regular FOB meeting before the A Corp board meeting.

Reflecting on COP28: The PC(USA) Delegation Shares
2024-01-30 19:00 - 20:00
The first United Nation’s Conference on the Parties (COP) – held in Berlin in 1995 – had just 3,969 delegates. Official numbers for attendance at COP28 held this past December in Dubai recorded 97,372, making it the largest in history.
Among those nearly 100,000 delegates at COP28 were:
• Alethia White, Co-Regional Liaison for Northern and Central Europe,
• Christina Cosby, domestic policy representative in the Office of Public Witness,
• Jed Koball, Joining Hands Catalyst for Extractive Industries, Human Rights and the Environment,
• Rev. Bill Somplatsky-Jarman, a former staff member for the Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI)
Come hear a first-hand account of what happened at COP28, what we should celebrate, and what action we still need to take from the four PC(USA) delegates.
Feel free to bring your own questions to ask the delegation after their opportunity to share!
Hosted by the Presbyterian Mission Agency and Presbyterians for Earth Care.

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Student Loan 101 for PCUSA Financial Aid for Service
2024-01-31 15:00 - 16:00
1. PeopleJoy assisted 88 borrowers from PCUSA in receiving nearly $5M in loan forgiveness in 2023. Start 2024 by allowing PeopleJoy to review your loans for possible loan forgiveness and improve your financial & mental wellness.
2. The 12/31/2023 deadline to consolidate ineligible student loans and get credit for past payments has been extended until April 30, 2024. Let PeopleJoy review your loan details to maximize your credit for loan forgiveness.
3. Non-profit, public service and government employees who are part-time but work 30 or more hours a week can now be credited for PSLF. Previously rejected part-time certifications can be resubmitted for consideration. PeopleJoy will help you certify current and past employment.
4. Fresh Start allows borrowers with loans in default to return to good standing without financial penalty. PeopleJoy will gladly assist you in improving your credit score and avoiding garnishment by returning defaulted loans to good standing and potentially on a path to loan forgiveness.
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Racial Equity Advocacy Committee Meeting
2024-02-01 09:00 - 2024-02-02 17:00
Meeting of the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee held in Louisville, KY.

Mathew 25 Continued Conversations: Eradicating Systemic Poverty
2024-02-01 11:00 - 12:30
Join ministry leaders for support and to share ideas, dreams, challenges and resources.
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Presbyterian Online Book Study “Poverty by America”
2024-02-05 19:30 - 20:45, 2024-02-12 19:30 - 20:45, 2024-02-26 19:30 - 20:45
Join us on Zoom for a FREE four-week book study of Matthew Desmond’s book “Poverty, by America.” All are welcome!
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Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Meeting
2024-02-06 - 2024-02-08
Louisville, KY

NARCAN Training
2024-02-06 16:00 - 18:00

Matthew 25 Continued Conversations: Vital Congregations
2024-02-07 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-02-21 15:00 - 16:30
Join ministry leaders for support, explore the 7 marks of Vital Congregations and to share questions, ideas, challenges and resources.
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PCUSA, A Corporation Board
2024-02-08 09:00 - 2024-02-09 17:00
Regular board meeting

Matthew 25 continued conversations: Eradicating Systemic Poverty
2024-02-08 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-02-22 11:00 - 12:30

Community Circle: Around the Table
2024-02-15 13:00 - 14:00
The Lilly Endowment Christian Parenting and Caregiver Initiative has been named Around the Table. Join us quarterly for updates on Around the Table.
Register Here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtcuqrqjMrH9WJz27EQPNX21Z3xOt0K2fN#/registration

Special Committee to Write a New PC(USA) Confession
2024-02-16 13:00 - 14:00
Livestream will be available at https://oga.pcusa.org/section/committees/ga-special-committees-and-task-forces/special-committee-writing-new-confession/

UKirk Board Meeting
2024-02-19 - 2024-02-21
UKirk Collegiate Ministries board meeting
Location: Presbyterian Center, Louisville, KY

Matthew 25 Continued Conversations: Intersectional Priorities
2024-02-20 14:00 - 15:30
Join ministry leaders to explore your questions and needs around the Intersectional Priorities: Climate Change, Gender Justice and Heteropatriarchy, and Militarism (Future meeting dates will be determined by group.)
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Seeking Justice in the Holy Land: A Conversation
2024-02-20 19:00 - 20:30
Friends of Sabeel: A Christian Voice for Palestine
Rev. Chad Collins is the National Organizer for Friends of Sabeel North America. FOSNA works to seek ‘justice and peace in the Holy Land through education, advocacy, and non-violence’. In this conversation he will share about the challenges facing Palestinian Christians living in the Holy Land during this time of war, as well as the work FOSNA is doing in the region. You can read Rev. Collins reflections on Advent Here
REGISTER TO RECEIVE LINK: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/ybyolFy/justiceinholyland2024

Connecting the Dots Webinar: The Long-Term Effects of Military Presence on Local Communities Leaders of the Vieques Women’s Alliance share the challenges at this Puerto Rican municipality island 20 years after the closure of a military practice base
2024-02-28 12:00 - 13:30
The municipality island of Vieques, located in the southeastern region of the Puerto Rican archipelago, has faced many challenges in the last decades. During the 90s, the island hosted a military base for live-fire bombing practices. Since its establishment, local communities protested against it, but it wasn’t until 2000 that a surge of local, national and international leaders joined protests calling to cease base operations. Since hurricane Maria in 2017, Vieques has no hospital and offers only a community clinic with a dialysis treatment trailer for a population of about 10,000. For more specific medical treatment, “Viequenses” need to fly or take a ferry to Isla Grande. There is no Presbyterian presence in Vieques, although through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and its response to hurricane Maria, partnerships have developed. Last March, during a Travel Study Seminar led by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and PDA, the group was able to visit Vieques and meet with the leadership of the Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses to learn about the current context of Vieques in terms of economy, health, transportation and land rights, while also sharing signs of hope.

MRTI Winter Meeting
2024-02-29 18:00 - 2024-03-02 12:00
MRTI Winter Meeting in New Orleans, LA

Mathew 25 Continued Conversations: Eradicating Systemic Poverty
2024-03-04 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-03-11 11:00 - 12:30
Join ministry leaders for support and share ideas, dreams, challenges, and resources.
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Mathew 25 Continued Conversations: Vital Congregations
2024-03-06 15:00 - 16:30
Join ministry leaders for support, explore the 7 marks of Vital Congregations and share questions, ideas, challenges and resources.
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Faith Formation Leader Connection Resource Zoom
2024-03-07 13:00 - 14:00
A resourcing Zoom with time to share what’s new, what’s in season, and ask what you are looking for. One registration link with two times to choose from, a daytime or evening meeting.
Register Here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcofuuorT0jGdQ7pi1V7Kja86b5sqQUO7b1#/registration

Freedom Church of the Poor: Organizing Against White Christian Nationalism
2024-03-09 12:00 - 14:30
This one-day seminar will introduce faith and community leaders, connected to 1001 new worshiping communities, to the core theological and political tenets of White Christian Nationalism (WCN) in the US and ways people of faith and conscience are organizing to confront its growing influence. We will introduce the theory and model of the Freedom Church of the Poor (FCOP) and Freedom Church of the Poor Communities as a method and means to confront WCN. The Freedom Church of the Poor is part of a long legacy (biblical and historical) of poor and dispossessed people coming together as “church” on the basis of their common
experience and resistance to the forces of injustice and human degradation.
REGISTER TO RECEIVE LINK: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/Q2BVQft/freedomchurch2024

CSW68
2024-03-11 - 2024-03-22
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women at the United Nations.
Every year we bring a Presbyterian delegation between both PMUN/PW. The event will be hybrid.

Imagining a Future Beyond Systemic Poverty and Structural Racism
2024-03-18 19:00 - 20:00
Is such a future possible, probable, or just a passing, pollyannishwish of well- intentioned do-gooders? If it is possible, what then? Join Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam, Director of the Center for Repair of Historic Harms and Dr. Corey Schlosser-Hall, Deputy Executive for Vision and Innovation from the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) to sanctify our stunted imaginations toward a future God might be pulling us. A future where systemic poverty and structural racism are history. This is one of two Zoom-versions seeking to catalyze solutions-focused imagination, attitudes, planning, and action.
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Vital Church Series
2024-03-19 13:00 - 14:00
