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This is the time of year that many people put new year’s resolutions into action. However, resolutions don’t have to be limited to personal health. You can resolve to improve the world, from fighting poverty and patriarchy to improving the environment. Read this month’s newsletter for motivation and to find out about new learning opportunities by Compassion, Peace and Justice ministries and their partners. |
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‘Poverty, by America’ book study starts Feb. 5 |
Join with other PC(USA) members across the country to discuss Matthew Desmond’s “Poverty, by America” throughout the month of February at 7:30 p.m. Mondays. |
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Presbyterian podcast looks at the harmful effects of church patriarchy |
It can be “a long journey” for churches to determine just who gets to be considered a leader, a theologian or a biblical scholar, according to “A Matter of Faith” guest Liz Cooledge Jenkins. |
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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance director discusses empowerment project |
Learn how one pig in the Dominican Republic can promote youth empowerment and self-sufficiency. The Rev. Edwin González-Castillo, director of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, talked about that and more on “Between 2 Pulpits,” a Special Offerings podcast. |
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Presbyterian Hunger Program partners flee violence in Gaza |
Valéry Nodem of the Presbyterian Hunger Program has been checking in regularly with partners in Palestine to verify that they are alive and safe. |
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Announcing the next Peacemaking Travel Study Seminar |
Join the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program for the next Travel Study Seminar, “Exploring the Legacies and Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. South: A Pilgrimage to Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma, Jackson, the Mississippi Delta and Memphis,” May 28 to June 6. |
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Help reduce the PC(USA)’s carbon footprint |
Congregations, presbyteries and synods have a new opportunity to help the planet by participating in an effort to reduce the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s carbon footprint. |
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The PC(USA)’s advocacy director attends White House meeting on seeking peace in Gaza |
The Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, advocacy director for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), was among a handful of faith leaders who met with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and other administration staff last month.. |
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Spreading the Vision of Matthew 25 across the Church |
The PC(USA) believes that we are called to serve Jesus by contributing to the well-being of the most vulnerable in all societies – rural and urban, small and large, young and not-so-young. From affordable housing to community gardens to equitable educational and employment opportunities to healing from addiction and mental illness to enacting policy change – there is not just one way to be a part of the Matthew 25 movement. |
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