Tell NBC to Air PC(USA) documentary: TRIGGER

TELL NBC TO AIR PC(USA) GUN VIOLENCE DOCUMENTARY – TRIGGERIN PRIME TIMEBlessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons (daughters) of God. (Matthew5:9)The 219thGeneral Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) adopted a policy statement: Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call. The policy called for “the church [to] take responsibility to build public awareness of gun violence and the epidemic of preventable...

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On Gun Violence

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) extends its sympathy to the students, faculty, staff and families affected by the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.  This shooting represents another mass shooting leading to the senseless killing of twenty-seven people, including 18 children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. OPW Director, J. Herbert Nelson reissued the call for all people to take seriously a movement...

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Unfinished Business – What the President and Congress have yet to do

Earlier this week, Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons released a statement calling for “principle, not politics” in the so-called fiscal cliff negotiations, and in a recent OPW blog post, we reviewed the major concerns surrounding the fiscal cliff and its economic justice implications.  But it is not only the fiscal cliff that raises our concern at this time.As the year and the Congressional session draw to a close, there is so much left to do. ...

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Call Speaker Boehner - Agreement on VAWA is Possible!

Possible agreement on VAWA just hours awayUrgent that all VAWA advocates make one more phone call!Call immediately and talk to Speaker Boehner’s 202-225-0600 or 202.225.6205 and House Majority Leader Cantor’s office 202-225-2815 or 202. 225.4000 and emphatically urge them to “Be a hero and help pass a VAWA that includes ALL victims and survivors. Your leadership can make this happen.” Then let them know that a final VAWA must protect Native women...

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Stated Clerk to Congress and the President: Principle, not Politics

December 10, 2012Addressing the Moral Concern of Deficits through Principle, Not PoliticsA Statement on the Fiscal Cliff from Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General AssemblyI write as Congress considers a solution to the so-called fiscal cliff.  The fiscal decisions we make at the national level indicate where our priorities are as a community.  So, I urge members of Congress, as well as President Obama and his Administration,...

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Advent Expectation and the Fiscal Cliff

Advent Expectation and the Fiscal CliffBy Leslie WoodsAt this time of year, as we turn our attention to the waiting and the preparation that characterizes this holy season, and to the hope for the future that will arrive on Christmas morning, we join with you as we wait and hope.  And yet we know that God has called us to be in the world and to call the world to better account.  In the church, and especially during Advent, we have responsibilities...

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World AIDS Day 2012

 HIV AND AIDS HAS NOT GONE AWAY: THE CHURCH STILL HAS WORK TO DOBy J. Herbert Nelson “When he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.” (Luke 17:14)Today is World Aids Day! We must remind ourselves that the alarm continues to sound regarding the urgency to address this critical health issue of our time. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported this week that out of fifty thousand...

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