eradicating systemic poverty Archives

PC(USA)’s Matthew 25 webinar looks at where Jesus stands on poverty

Posted May 11th, 2023

The first in a three-part series of online workshops dedicated to the three main Matthew 25 foci kicks off this month with “Where Does Jesus Stand? Exploring Five Spiritual Practices to End Poverty.” The Zoom event begins at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 23. Registration is required and participants can do so here.

Meet a PC(USA) congregation in North Carolina that’s been doing social justice ministry for decades

Posted April 17th, 2023

Saint James Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, has been involved in social justice ministry “from its inception,” Ruling Elder Mildred Powell says.

The PC(USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing changes lives

Posted April 4th, 2023

Lupe Gonzalo understands all too well the hardscrabble life of a farmworker. Having worked for 12 years in Florida’s tomato industry — in addition to traveling to other states to pick sweet potatoes, apples and blueberries — Gonzalo often had to wake up at 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning to travel to a local farm, where she was handed a bucket and told to fill that bucket as many times as humanly possible during the day.

Announcing the PC(USA)’s International Peacemakers for 2023

Posted March 31st, 2023

Mid councils, churches and other institutions will have a chance to receive in-person visits from International Peacemakers again this fall.

Stony Point Center calls its next director

Posted March 27th, 2023

Chelsea deLisser, the new director of Stony Point Center in the Hudson River Valley 45 minutes northwest of New York City, traces her life of service back to high school.

A new day for farmworkers

Posted March 21st, 2023

Lupe Gonzalo understands all too well the hardscrabble life of a farmworker.

A letter from the Presbyterians Today Team

Posted March 20th, 2023

As we enter a season of dreaming and discerning what God has ahead for Presbyterians Today, we wanted to look back and celebrate the wonderful people, places and projects we’ve been blessed to share with our readers.

Unique group from around the world travels to the Philippines and Hong Kong for a PC(USA) Peacemaking study seminar on forced migration

Posted March 13th, 2023

For 12 days in February, 10 travelers came together in the Philippines and Hong Kong to learn about the root causes and current challenges of forced migration and labor trafficking. Both the group’s itinerary and the combination of participants made for a unique and uniquely powerful experience.

Sowing seeds of hope

Posted March 7th, 2023

Paola Tognarelli’s [Tog-na-rē-le] connection to Mother Earth is sacred. Just like the bond she now shares with the other significant women in her life.

Gifts to the PC(USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing support dignity to India’s most oppressed

Posted February 21st, 2023

While the economic and social status of women may be improving marginally worldwide, the lives of many women in India — like Smitha Krishnan — have remained virtually unchanged.