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Presbyterian Peace Fellowship Guns Violence Prevention ENews Reminders!! May 14, 2025 TOMORROW!! Register TODAY: New Partnership on Protecting Children from Gun Violence: The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness has a new partnership with BeSMART. Please join in the first Zoom event to learn how you and your church can promote secure firearm storage: MAY 15 7:30 ET on Zoom Secure Gun Storage Training with Temple Hiatt Temple Hiatt is a mother, a veteran and a gun violence survivor. She leads BeSMART training throughout Iowa, where she is a member of First Presbyterian Church of Iowa City.  Register for May 15 HERE. Link works best from laptops. Resources for Protecting Children: Download a free new brochure to print out for congregations HERE. Watch for news about Action Circles for Protecting Children coming soon. Register Now! James Atwood Institute for Congregational Courage Sept. 24-27, 2025 Massanetta Springs Conference Center, Harrisonburg, VA Build Skills, Courage & Friends for Gun Violence Prevention The Atwood Institute is a game-changing, ecumenical project of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship to equip and encourage clergy and lay leaders for gun violence prevention ministry with congregations. 2025 Leadership Includes: Rev. Sharon Risher, Author of For Such a Time as This - Hope and Forgiveness after the Charleston Massacre; Faculty from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center for Gun Violence Solutions; Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, Director of the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness in Washington DC; RAWtools South with hand-ons Guns to Gardens Training and more. Hold your space! Learn More HERE The Atwood Institute honors the legacy of Rev. Jim Atwood, Christian prophet of gun violence prevention. Plan now to attend the Atwood Institute for Congregational Courage in 2025. Bring a Team! Scholarships Available Guns to Gardens Learn how to Transform Unwanted Guns into Garden Tools and Art Summer Action Circles July 10 - Aug. 14 Register HERE for Noon ET Register HERE for 7:30 PM ET Action Circles are Thursdays on Zoom Noon ET or 7:30 pm ET 1 Hour Per Week & 1 Hour of Preparation Planning a Guns to Gardens event soon? How about during June, Gun Violence Prevention Month? Please let us know HERE. Wear Orange June 6-8 See wearorange.org T-Shirts Guns to Gardens T-shirts and sweatshirts with the Guns to Gardens logo on the front and Isaiah 2:4 on the back. Order for your church volunteers for gun violence prevention events or as a gift. Order HERE Support PPF's Gun Violence Prevention Ministry We need support from churches, individuals and presbyteries to do this work. Gifts of all amounts are needed. Gifts are tax-deductible.  Give HERE or Mail checks to: "Presbyterian Peace Fellowship" att: Gun Violence Prevention 17 Cricketown Rd. Stony Point, NY 10980 Thank you. GIVE HERE! presbypeacefellowship.org/gun-violence-prevention  Rev. Margery Rossi, Minister for Gun Violence Prevention margery@presbypeacefellowship.org Rev. Jan Orr-Harter, Editor & Moderator, Gun Violence Prevention Working Group gvp@presbypeacefellowship.org Presbyterian Peace Fellowship 845-786-6743 | presbypeacefellowship.org Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

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