Gun Violence Prevention News for Congregations

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship Gun Violence Prevention News for Congregations - Summer 2025 Welcome, New Readers!  How did your church mark Gun Violence Prevention Month & Wear Orange Days? Please send news and photos HERE. Photo: New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth combined "Wear Orange" with its Vacation Bible School, hosting a day for "Baptisms, Not Burials," on Juneteenth. The Atwood Institute for Congregational Courage is having a Contest! Bring a Team! The biggest team wins. A team is 2 or more attendees who will work together when they get home. Teams will get scholarship priority and a surprise gift at the Institute. Best of all..teams build strong gun violence prevention ministries when they get home. Sept. 24- 27, 2025 Massanetta Springs Conference Center, Harrisonburg, VA Build Skills, Courage & Friends for Gun Violence Prevention Register & Learn More HERE, including the Atwood Institute Schedule 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. Apply for scholarships HERE. Photo: 2024 Atwood Graduates View a short video from last year's participants HERE The Atwood Institute honors the legacy of Rev. Jim Atwood, Christian prophet of gun violence prevention. Celebrating our 5th Year of Guns to Gardens Action Circles! Learn how to Transform Unwanted Guns into Garden Tools and Art See a tribute to PPF's 5th Year of Action Cirlces HERE. Summer Action Circles July 10 - Aug. 14 Register HERE for Noon ET Or Register HERE for 7:30 PM ET Action Circles are Six Thursdays on Zoom 1 Hour Per Week & 1 Hour of Preparation You're Invited! Gun Violence & Christian Ethics with Dr. David Lincicum Professor of Christian Ethics, Notre Dame University Thurs. July 24 Noon ET Webinar Register HERE. Sponsored by the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness PC(U.S.A.) Local Spotlight First Presbyterian Church of Ardmore, PA This congregation's Thursday Bible Study Group recently completed the "Courageous Conversations" study in the Gun Violence Prevention Congregational Toolkit. With the support of the church Session, they created an 11 x 17 poster to hang inside all of the bathroom stalls in their church, giving people a private way to see resources on issues raised in the study: suicide, domestic violence and secure strorage of firearms. Find a PDF of the poster for your church HERE. It could be printed in other sizes. Find the "Courageous Conversations" study in the Congregational Toolkit Education Section HERE. 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 Please 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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