Presbyterian Peace Fellowship - June - Gun Violence Prevention Month

Gun Violence Prevention News for Congregations June 2023 Gun Violence Prevention Month Wear Orange June 2- 4 Orange t-shirts, bandanas, clergy stoles, even rocks! Remember victims and stand up for life. Find local events HERE. Photo: Wear Orange - Honor Life, City Council Prepares for Gun Violence Awareness Day, Chelsea, MI, Sun Times News, Learn more HERE NEWS! Share new article in Presbyterian Outlook by Rev. Deanna Hollas, From Despair to Hope: Mobilizing Your Church to End Gun Violence HERE June National Safe Surrender Days Can Your Church Pray for Guns to Gardens Events this month? Sample prayer HERE. Find a Guns to Gardens Event Near You! Thank you to each congregation & community hosting a Safe Surrender event! Partial list below. Click town name for event details/contact. June 3: Albuquerque, NM RFK Charter School Greensboro, NC Faith Presbyterian Church Madison, WI First United Methodist Church June 10: Tallahassee, FL Good Shepherd Catholic Church Concord, NH Wesley United Methodist Church & Gun Sense NH Denver, CO Cure d'Ars Catholic Church Freemont, OH St. Paul's Episcopal Church Euclid, OH Church of the Epiphany Madison, WI Midvale Community Lutheran Church Salt Lake City, UT Christ United Methodist Church St. Louis, MO Blessing of the Saw June 11: Shepherdstown, WV Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church & Fire Dept. Louisville, KY Douglass Blvd. Christian Church May 31 - June 30 RAWtools 44K -- 44,000 Minutes for 44,000 Lives The RAWtools network of blacksmiths and chop saws will mark 10 years of decommissioning and transforming guns with a 44K Guns to Gardens Blacksmithing Marathon. Each of the 44,000 minutes represents 44,000 Americans who died from gun violence in 2022. Learn more, see the Livestream & support the extraordinary RAWtools 44K HERE. Next Guns to Gardens Action Circles: Join the Guns to Gardens movement to prevent gun suicides, family gun violence, unintentional shootings, mass shootings related to gun theft and other gun violence. Sign up to learn more through Presbyterian Peace Fellowship Action Circles: Thursdays June 22 - July 20 with 2 time options, 11 am ET or 7:30 pm ET. Join with other church members across the nation to learn how to find allies, do publicity and all the steps needed for your own Guns to Gardens Safe Surrender event. Learn more & register HERE for the daytime Cohort at 11 am ET. Register HERE for the evening Cohort at 7:30 pm ET Gun Safety Tip: School's Out -- Always ASK if there is a gun in a home where your child or teen will visit ---and how is it stored? Normalize the ASK. Can We Count on You? Please support the Gun Violence Prevention Ministry of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship with your church, presbytery or personal giving. We can't do this work alone! Gifts are tax-deductible. Give HERE now. Or Mail checks, payable Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, marked "Gun Violence Prevention" to: Presbyterian Peace Fellowship 17 Cricketown Rd. Stony Point, NY 10980 Thank you! Learn more at presbypeacefellowship.org/gun-violence Rev. Deanna Hollas, Gun Violence Prevention Coordinator deanna@presbypeacefellowship.org Presbyterian Peace Fellowship 845-786-6743 | presbypeacefellowship.org Instagram | Facebook | Twitter