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  • Three Prayer Concerns - May 23

    Published May 23, 2013

    The Jahalin Bedouin people
    Pray for the Jahalin Bedouin people in the West Bank who have been displaced from their homes, marginalized by the governing authorities in their region, and terrorized by individuals who wish to do them and their children harm. Pray that there would be policies enacted to protect and serve them, and that no new legislation would be passed that would either force them to leave their land, or abandon their chosen lifestyle of raising and herding animals.

    All indigenous children
    Pray that the Lord would strengthen and protect indigenous children all over the world, and that ...

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    From Swords into plowshares

  • Summer 2013 intern at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations - Brendan Welsh

    Published May 22, 2013

    Hello. My name is Brendan Welsh, and I just completed my first year at Princeton Theological Seminary. I went to Episcopal Academy where I grew up, in a suburb of Philadelphia, after which I went to Hamilton College in upstate New York, where I met my wife. In January of 2012 we were married in California, and I went to work for the FOCUS youth ministry in Philadelphia, where I worked for 2½ years. My wife and I come from different denominational backgrounds, but we both joined Narberth Presbyterian Church a little over a year ago, a wonderful community that ...

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    From Swords into plowshares

  • Summer 2013 intern at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations - Marissa Costello

    Published May 22, 2013

    My name is Marissa Costello and I’m an intern at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. I wanted to intern here for two reasons specifically. One of those reasons being that I am now going into my senior year as an undergraduate at Saint Francis College but I’m still not sure what career I would like to pursue in my future. I’m a sociology major with a concentration in social work but I don’t know what specific field I would like to pursue. I’m hoping that working with this ministry and being exposed to ...

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    From Swords into plowshares

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