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The 2009 Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN) Domestic Violence Congregational Packet focuses on teen dating violence. Individual pieces include:
The 2010 Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN) Domestic Violence Congregational Packet focuses on parent youth/relationships. Individual pieces include: “When the Line Has Been Crossed: Violence in Parent/Teen Relationships” “A Family Covenant to Protect Against Violence” “Factors Beyond the Family that Promote or Allow Violence” "The Value of Boundaries" “What is ‘Normal’?” Worship Resources for Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resources for Youth Leaders
While occupation may only be a portion of our call as disciples, the programmatic emphasis for the Sunday before Labor Day is appropriately, Christian Vocation Sunday. Cultivate a culture of call in your own congregation by claiming our theological perspective of the priesthood of all believers. Options for including this emphasis on call in the worship and activities of the congregation are included here.
While occupation may only be a portion of our call as disciples, the programmatic emphasis for the Sunday before Labor Day is appropriately, Christian Vocation Sunday. Cultivate a culture of call in your own congregation by claiming our theological perspective of the priesthood of all believers. Options for including this emphasis on call in the worship and activities of the congregation are included here.
Our 2012 packet theme is Entering the Brokenness. Whenever the trauma of domestic violence occurs within a faith community, it is a gross violation of not only the victim of the violence and the immediate family; it also violates the spiritual integrity of the whole community of faith and each of its members. This is especially true when the victim has been murdered. The focus of this packet centers on addressing this grievous issue. It also provides liturgical resources that are designed to help congregations address and cope with the death of a community member, through their worship life …
June 23, 2013 is designated on the Presbyterian Planning Calendar as Disability Inclusion Sunday. PHEWA’s Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC) network has developed our annual Resource Packet to help in observing this day- on June 23 or whenever works best in the life of your worshiping community.
In addition to our full packet of worship and awareness resources, we have developed a “scaled-down” version of our packet, with resources to perhaps introduce this emphasis for the first time. Feel free to supplement what is offered here with additional pieces from the full packet. With our 2013 theme, Before and Beyond …
On Celebrate the Gifts of Women Sunday March 9, 2014, we celebrate women who are no longer strangers, who are sisters in God’s diverse household. Your congregation or women's groups may use this resource on any day that you choose. This resource includes a worship service with a call to worship, prayer of confession, suggested hymns, suggested scripture readings and a litany of remembrance and renewal. Preaching and program suggestions. Recommended resources for further study.
This annual packet of worship, advocacy, and awareness resources for Observing Domestic Violence Awareness, developed by PHEWA’s Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network (PADVN), includes resources that faith communities might find useful in worship, in your own work with victims and survivors of domestic violence, and in educating congregational members on how to be effective agents of hope, that may empower others toward restoration (and in doing so, be restored, themselves). We are pleased to use this opportunity to launch an exciting new resource written by PADVN Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Kevin E. Frederick, Men in the Mirror: Constructing and Applying …