Ukraine Archives

PC(USA)-related Menaul School receives six Ukrainian refugees

Posted September 11th, 2024

Menaul School, in cooperation with two global non-profit agencies, Spiritual Orphans Network (SON) and This Child Here, announced last month that the school has received six Ukrainian students as part of ongoing war relief efforts.

The PC(USA)’s Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment asks Microchip Technologies to conduct human rights due diligence

Posted August 2nd, 2024

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), through investments of the Board of Pensions, has submitted a proposal to Microchip Technology Incorporated (MTI) requesting its board of directors commission an independent study “to determine whether its customers’ use of its products contribute or are linked to violations of international humanitarian law (IHL).”

First Presbyterian Church Near Ely, Iowa, sets its missional sights on Ukraine

Posted September 28th, 2023

The lines of 164 years of Czech history at First Presbyterian Church Near Ely, Iowa recently blurred with current-day Ukraine, and the result was unexpectedly amazing.

First Presbyterian Church Near Ely, Iowa, sets its missional sights on Ukraine

Posted August 28th, 2023

The lines of 164 years of Czech history at First Presbyterian Church Near Ely, Iowa blurred with current day Ukraine and the result was unexpectedly amazing.

Mission co-worker delivers a compassionate update during Synod School on Ukrainian refugee work

Posted August 1st, 2023

Ellen Smith, World Mission’s regional liaison for Central and Eastern Europe, led a packed and thought-provoking mini-course last week during Synod School on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s mission in Ukraine.

US-provided cluster munitions in use in Ukraine

Posted July 24th, 2023

Ukraine is now using cluster munitions to strengthen its counteroffensive against Russia after being supplied with the weapons by the United States in a decision that concerned many because of the risk of more civilian casualties.

PC(USA) International Peacemaker offers a prayer for peace

Posted July 6th, 2023

To think about peace, about the blessing of peacemakers in the midst of war and constant threats, is very difficult. War is absolutely evil — it brings only suffering, pain, grief and injustice.

Ukrainian faith leader and displaced person named as Presbyterian Peacemaker

Posted May 1st, 2023

Yuriy Lifanse has been named as a 2023 International Peacemaker for the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. He is a leader in the Community of Sant’Egidio, an international lay Catholic association committed to social service, which was founded in 1968 and has about 50,000 members worldwide.

#CSW67 looks at protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls

Posted March 7th, 2023

As if they didn’t have enough important and informative events to take in, Presbyterians attending the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at UN headquarters in New York and online also have side events available to them.

Webinar focuses on nonviolent action in Ukraine

Posted February 24th, 2023

With the one-year anniversary of Russia’s continued aggression toward Ukraine looming on Friday, a webinar was held Thursday to discuss the impact of nonviolent resistance against the war and to make recommendations to Congress, including stressing the need for diplomacy.