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Presbyterian Week of Action draws to a close with a quiet vesper service pleading for an end to gun violence

Posted August 29th, 2021

The Presbyterian Week of Action concluded Sunday with a meditative vesper service lamenting the nation’s gun violence, which kills nearly 100 of God’s children every day.

Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath looks beyond statistics

Posted December 10th, 2020

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

Season of Peace begins Sept. 6

Posted August 12th, 2020

In less than a month, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations will begin observing the Season of Peace, a four-week spiritual journey designed to deepen the pursuit of peace.

Sandy Hook Promise addresses gun violence by changing culture

Posted July 20th, 2020

Halfway through her opening statement on a recent episode of “Standing Our Holy Ground,” the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s yearlong webinar series about how the church can respond to gun violence, Nicole Hockley of Sandy Hook Promise cited some extraordinary achievements by her group.

Domestic violence focus of final gun violence webinar

Posted June 11th, 2020

A little under a year after it launched, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s gun violence prevention webinar series concluded Tuesday afternoon with a discussion about domestic violence.

Responding to the trauma of gun violence

Posted May 29th, 2020

The Rev. CeCe Armstrong had barely arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in June 2015, when a white supremacist opened fire on a Bible study class at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, killing nine people.

Riffing on gun sales during the pandemic

Posted May 5th, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus has a theory about why some Americans have rushed to buy guns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Presbyterian webinar series asks, ‘Why do people buy guns during a pandemic?’

Posted April 28th, 2020

One of the surprising headlines, to some people, out of the COVID-19 pandemic is that in addition to toilet paper and hand sanitizer, people have been stocking up on guns. Guns?

Sandy Hook Promise addresses gun violence by changing culture

Posted April 17th, 2020

Halfway through her opening statement on Wednesday’s edition of “Standing Our Holy Ground,” the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s year-long webinar series about how the church can respond to gun violence, Nicole Hockley of Sandy Hook Promise cited some extraordinary achievements by her group.

‘Does your theology suffocate protest?’

Posted March 20th, 2020

The latest webinar in a series on how churches can address American gun violence highlighted the need to refocus discussion on the communities most deeply affected by the problem and the societal pressures that may lead to shootings.