Through your gifts to the Pentecost Offering, PC(USA) Young Adult Volunteers are making an impact in Northern Ireland, a country torn apart by decades of political and religious conflict.
The new Special Offerings logos highlight the connectional nature of our work. We are individually strong, but can do more when we work together. You will see this symbol repeated for each offering, as well as in our general Special Offerings materials.
Video from children's Peace Camp at Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Michigan.
Download the presentation from the Peace Discernment Webinar that was held January 6, 2013.
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The new Special Offerings logos highlight the connectional nature of our work. We are individually strong, but can do more when we work together. You will see this symbol repeated for each offering, as well as in our general Special Offerings materials.
August 5, 2010
Perceive the power! Understanding racial and social privilege in mission relationships
We strive for mission partnerships where those involved engage one another with respect, dignity and mutuality. Yet our gender, race, social class, place of birth and the resources to which we have access serve as undercurrents for our relationships at home and around the world. What power dynamics come into play in intercultural mission relationships? How can we learn to be aware of these dynamics, and how can we best handle them? This Perceive the power! Webinar will go deeper into the ways we exercise power and privilege …
August 5, 2010
Perceive the power! Understanding racial and social privilege in mission relationships
We strive for mission partnerships where those involved engage one another with respect, dignity and mutuality. Yet our gender, race, social class, place of birth and the resources to which we have access serve as undercurrents for our relationships at home and around the world. What power dynamics come into play in intercultural mission relationships? How can we learn to be aware of these dynamics, and how can we best handle them? This Perceive the power! Webinar will go deeper into the ways we exercise power and privilege …
Since its inception in 1999, Huerto de la Familia (translation: The Family Garden) has served more than 100 families throughout the Willamette Valley in Western Oregon.
Through your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing, the Presbyterian Hunger Program has been able to partner with Huerto de la Familia and similar organizations that are strengthening communities across the country by providing the opportunity to produce and share healthy food.
To join the Presbyterian Hunger Program in its efforts to reduce hunger around the world, please consider making a generous gift to One Great Hour of Sharing at http://presbyterianmission.org/give/oghs. You …
As the holidays approach and stress begins to mount, most people find themselves overscheduled, overstuffed and overfull of the nonstop barrage of consumer culture. As we enter this new time of challenge and renewal, Presbyterian World Mission wants to engage in dialogue about the lessons we learn from the mission field, the stories that bring perspective to the bustling American holiday season and how we pray through our challenges at home and abroad. Please join the discussion about how we pray, what our prayers can do for ourselves and others, and how we learn to Pray the Way.