PC(USA) - Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy


	Find out what ACSWP is doing Read news stories June 4, 2009 PC(USA) energy policy playing well in Washington June 11, 2009 Report card Lack of resources, support for teachers will doom “No Child Left Behind,” experts tell ACSWP April 17, 2009 GA Middle East study team concludes its first meeting Gathering underscores complexity of team’s task February 27, 2009 Biographical information on ACSWP’s HIV/AIDS work group released Group will prepare comprehensive study for 2010 General Assembly February 3, 2009 Disarming teens’ gun violence Churches, communities have key role in overcoming juvenile crime, pastor and chaplain tell ACSWP January 30, 2009 ACSWP ponders impact of Obama’s election on church’s social witness Expects PC(USA)’s voice to be better heard by new administration January 26, 2009 ACSWP seeks moral voice in economic reconstruction Fledgling “Global Oikonomics Project” aims at ‘well-being of all’ February 8, 2008 Read ACSWP approves policy document and resolutions. Jan. 30, 2006 ACSWP approves policy documents Papers on globalization, disabilities among those going to ’06 GA Read reports Download the Summer '09 update ACSWP looks ahead to 219th General Assembly (2010), publishes reports approved by the 218th General Assembly (2008), holds meetings on the West and East coasts, in the southwest and the north, and focuses on interpretation and communication issues Download the report from ACSWP's fall 2008 meeting in Detroit, Michigan Read Chris Iosso's letter: Prophetic choices before the 218th General Assembly Read the summary report on the October 24-27, 2007, meeting. Read the summary report on the June 20-23, 2007, meeting. Download the May 2007 memo. Download the March 2007 report to the General Assembly Council. Download the January 2007 meeting report. Read ACSWP staff articles Coordinator’s articles The General Assembly and the general election Presbyterian Outlook 10/27/2008 In Memoriam: Swiss Calvin Scholar Andre Bieler, 1914–2006, Perspectives, May 2007. Bill Thompson, Choice, and Balance: An After-remembrance Reflection, Perspectives, March 2007. Eugene Carson Blake’s Social Creed: Leadership and Content, Perspectives, Nov. 2006. A brief review of the Christian Faith and The truth Behind 9/11, Presbyterian Outlook, 10/9/2006. Israel, Palestine, the General Assembly, and Personal Perception, Presbyterian Outlook, 8/16/2006. Presbyterian International Justice Witness Post-Lebanon Invasion II, Presbyterian Outlook, 6/12/2006. End of 2005: Coordinator’s First Unofficial Memo. Associate’s Articles Strengthening Public Educational Institutions: A More Humane Strategy for Reducing the Incarceration Rate. We are not there yet!: Policy on inclusion of people with disabilities awaits implementation. An ongoing quest: Presbyterians called to work for economic security for older adults.


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