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April 24, 2013Orange your day - End violence against women in the workplace
The 25th of every month is an Orange Day to end violence against women and girls.
On the 25th of each month, join the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign and orange your day!
November 27, 2012
Opposing violence against women - a prayer
This prayer of the day for International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was composed by The Rev. Sarah Henkel and offered at the White Plains Presbyterian Church. It originally appeared on Pastor Jeff's Blog.
It is reprinted here with permission and in the hope that others will use or adapt the prayer as we work for an end to violence against women.
Creator God,
You are God of hope and new life; God of healing and restoration. You are the beginning and the end, the One who walks with us through all of life and for ...
November 26, 2012
Going orange to end violence against women and girls
November 25 was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invites the world to join the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign on the 25th of every month by observing an Orange Day.
Several Presbyterian congregations took action and bore witness for an end to violence against women on November 25:
White Plains Presbyterian Church heard a sermon "The Way Things Are Is Not How They Have to Be" by the Rev. Jeffrey Geary and congregation members wore orange.
Worshipers at the United Presbyterian Church of West Orange ...
August 24, 2011
The United Nations, Israel and Palestine - Palestine at the United Nations, September 2011
Presbyterian Policy
Since 1948 General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its predecessor denominations have repeatedly addressed the Middle East and particularly Israel and Palestine. The Presbyterian position has consistently been to affirm the right of Israel to exist as a sovereign state within secure, internationally recognized borders and the right of the Palestinians to self-determination, including the right to the establishment of a neighboring independent, sovereign state toward the end of establishing a just and durable peace. Read actions of Assemblies from 1997 to 2010. The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy provides a summary of ...
February 7, 2011
The beginning
The official results of the referendum in Southern Sudan have been announced. The results are an overwhelming - nearly 99% in favor of secession and the creation of a new country. The referendum is recognized as having been successful and...