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In the hours after a gunman killed 10 people and injured three others in a racist attack on a Buffalo, New York grocery store, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) contacted the Presbytery of Western New York to offer support to the community.
More than 200 people gathered online along with members and friends of First Presbyterian Church of Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday evening for a moving and powerful prayer service on the day following the shootings at Robb Elementary School in that community. View the 50-minute service here.
In honor of Mission Worker Sunday, which Presbyterians will celebrate on May 29, mission co-workers led a special PC(USA) virtual worship service Wednesday morning.
It would be easy to speak of vengeance after a gunman opened fire on innocent church members, killing one person and injuring five others, but the Rev. Albany Lee of Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church (ITPC) speaks of love and the healing power of God.
A Georgia church practices “craftivism,” a ministry that combines arts and crafts with social activism against gun violence.
The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II told the triennial gathering of Presbyterian Women Thursday he has fond childhood memories of the bus pulling up to St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the church where his father was the pastor. The bus was there to transport Nelson’s mother to PW’s national gathering at Purdue University.
Finding ways to prevent gun violence and raise awareness about gun control advocacy are common struggles for many PC(USA) churches.
Excitement is building for this year’s Presbyterian Week of Action, which takes place Aug. 23-29. It will lift up not only Black Lives Matter but other marginalized groups, such as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, who have been the target of hatred and discrimination.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) held a solemn chapel service Wednesday in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Near the end of Tuesday’s episode of “Just Talk Live,” peace activist Kathryn Fleisher reflected on how community members united after a mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018.
