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PC(USA) champions peace in Colombia

The Washington office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has signed onto a letter asking President Joe Biden to make the Colombian government’s full implementation of 2016 peace accords a priority.

Service features a long list of heartfelt laments

The Service of Lament and Hope offered Sunday by Presbyterian Peace Fellowship included a highlight organizers may not have envisioned — poignant online participation by the nearly 30 people gathered to mark the loneliness, heartache and, yes, the hope that people have experienced during a year marked by pandemic, racial injustice, economic devastation and isolation.

Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath looks beyond statistics

The statistics for gun violence jump off the page: 40,614 gun violence deaths in the United States this year 919 children under age 12 have been shot 985 teens have been killed 10 million guns flow into the United States every year

Presbyterian Voices for Justice celebrates its history as it donates to three social justice causes

As the writer says in Ecclesiastes, “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” “A consideration of stewardship of resources has led to the decision for Presbyterian Voices for Justice to celebrate its history by donating its financial resources to three social justice causes,” said the Rev. Bear Ride, a board member. “We are delighted to be giving a donation of $9,431.35 to each of these: Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, the Office of Public Witness of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and to the Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon Scholarship Fund.”

Environmental justice leader speaks on fossil fuel divestment

As the Rev. José González-Colón was preparing his keynote speech for this year’s Peace Breakfast, his drafts were left in tatters by a fast-changing world rocked by protests and a pandemic raging in the midst of climate change.

Peace Camp teach-in encourages grassroots activism

What’s an activist for social and racial justice to do when a global pandemic turns the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly into an online proceeding with a significantly streamlined agenda? Answer: Encourage Presbyterians to fight for justice at the grassroots level, including in their own communities.