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Frequently Asked Questions on the Mission Responsibility Through Investment Committee’s Divestment Recommendations
These are answers to frequently asked questions regarding the divestment recommendations from the Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) committee.
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Prayer card - Dr. Eric and Rebecca Hinderliter
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-workers Dr. Eric and Rebecca Hinderliter. The card includes a photo and overview of their work.
Eric and Becky are classroom teachers in daily, face-to-face contact with young people from post-Soviet states. LCC serves an international community; LCC students come from Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Belarus, Albania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Moldova. Eric and Becky’s hope is that they teach more than the narrow subjects from the college catalogue: “Students watch us very closely; we witness with our lives more than our words. We hope that our students catch something about how to ...
- Topics: Lithuania
- Tags: albania, belarus, eric hinderliter, kazakhstan, latvia, lithuania, mission connections, moldova, rebecca hinderliter, russia, ukraine
- Ministries: Mission Connections, Presbyterians at work around the world
Latest Bulletin inserts
Thanksgiving letter to Publix
Thanksgiving letter to Publix, November 2011, signed by numerous national religious leaders including the Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly.
As we approach Thanksgiving and religious congregations across the nation pause to give thanks for a bountiful harvest and human community, we are reminded that, in the most basic and essential aspects of our life together, food and work, members of our society are interconnected. Our choices and actions impact one another, and we have both the power and the responsibility to create economic systems that promote and protect human well-being. Download to read it all.
- Topics: Advocacy, Fair Wages
- Tags: fair food, publix
- Ministries: Fair Food
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Travel Study Seminar covenant
Use this covenant when applying to one of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program Travel Study Seminars. Must be submitted with an application.
- Topics: Environment, Northern Ireland, Peace, Philippines, Travel
- Tags: celtic spirituality, environment, human trafficking, northern ireland, peacemaking, philippines, seminar, study, travel
- Ministries: Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
Latest Liturgy and worship aids
Words Matter - Lenten Devotions
This Lent, the Words Matter project invites you to the spiritual discipline of paying attention to your words. Far from a desire to be politically correct, Words Matter focuses on deep thinking about what is really at stake in the words we use, acknowledging that words can be used to tear down — but hopeful that more of us will embrace the potential of words to build up.
See also: Words Matter
- Topics: Cultural proficiency, Lent, Worship Resources
- Tags: allwomen, racial ethnic, words matter
Latest Manuals and policies
Words Matter
Use the Words Matter conversation guide for promoting dialogue rooted in diverse contexts that continually explores language as a life-giving tool.
See also: Words Matter - Lenten Devotions
- Topics: Cultural proficiency, Worship Resources
- Tags: allwomen, racial ethnic, words matter
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2012 Pentecost Video
The Pentecost Offering supports the the child advocacy efforts, ministries with youth, and the Young Adult Volunteer program of the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC).
Congregations receiving the Pentecost Offering can keep and use 40% of offering receipts for local child advocacy and youth-focused ministries.
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Latest Publications and periodicals
Justice and Peace Links—Water
Water is a huge part of our lives, but we may only rarely consider it as connected to justice and peace issues. This issue of Justice and Peace Links includes three reflections by Presbyterian women on water justice issues—United States legislation on water issues and the implications of bottled water on a global level and a personal level. This resource also highlights Presbyterian resolutions and statements on water, as well as biblical passages that include water.
Links is the electronic newsletter of Presbyterian Women’s Justice and Peace Committee. Each issue explores a topic of justice and peace and ...
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Seminaries nurture spiritual formation - Austin
Congregations are foundational to seminaries.
Seminaries are foundational to congregations.
The PC(USA) is twelve seminaries strong.
Grateful to God. Empowered by the Spirit. Striving to serve Christ.
Invest in the Theological Education Fund.
Read this story: Faculty journal of Austin Seminary is a forum for sharing thoughts
- Topics: Theological Education
- Tags: austin seminary, core reasons, leadership, seminaries, theological education, theological education fund
- Ministries: Theological Education
Latest Reports and study guides
Managing Educational Debt
Overview of Student Loan Debt Management for Candidates and Pastors
In this document we’ll unpack some of the most common debt management tools available to student loan borrowers and unpack some new initiatives. We will explain how these tools are used to the benefit of the borrower. Wherever possible we’ve incorporated links to websites that will provide users with the most up‐to‐date information about the initiatives discussed. Lastly we’ll explore debt management solutions offered by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Board of Pensions.
- Topics: Financial Literacy
- Tags: financial aid, student loan
- Ministries: Financial Aid