Basic Peacemaking Program resources. Ways to Engage in Peacemaking—This pamphlet interprets the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and provides an overview of 11 ways. The Center for Peacemaking in partnership with the Southeastern Wisconsin Initiative for CRS sponsors an international program to engage Marquette faculty and. The Engage Peacemaking Program is a 10-week small group formation and training process in active nonviolence. The program approaches nonviolence at the personal. The International Peacemaking Program has been Hartford Seminary’s flagship scholarship program for nearly a decade. Students and community activists from countries. This map only depicts where Aboriginal Justice Strategy Programs are. The Kainai Peacemaking Program focuses on. ina Peacemaker Program is to engage.
Resources — Presbyterian Peacemaking Program — Mission and Ministry — Presbyterian Mission Agency. Biblical Witness to Peacemaking. World Communion Sunday Worship Resources. General Assembly statements.
Basic Peacemaking Program resources. Worship, prayer, and devotional resources. Bible studies. Dealing with conflict and tough issues. Individuals, children, and families. Peacemaking in communities. The church and the public arena.
We are called to be witnesses to and for peace in the Holy Land. In faithful and hope-filled response, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s Mosaic of Peace. The Religion and Peacebuilding Center. Religion and Peacemaking Program’s Goals. In every context we engage with multiple faith communities. The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program invites you to engage in peacemaking both as a personal discipline in your daily life and as a shared corporate practice within. C lick here for a booklet describing our traditional services. For information how to request or refer peacemaking and life value services, also click on.
The Center for Peacemaking awards peacemaking fellowships to undergraduate and graduate students each summer. The fellowships provide up to $2,000 in grant funding.
Peacemaking in the international arena. Making Peace with the earth. Crosses, stickers, and more. Biblical Witness to Peacemaking. Use this year- long resource to study peacemaking themes in Scripture. Download. World Communion Sunday Worship Resources.
World Communion Sunday Worship Resources Download. General Assembly statements. Peacemaking: The Believers’ Calling—This is the 1. PDS: OGA- 8. 8- 0. Christian Obedience in a Nuclear Age—This 1. Christian obedience in a nuclear age through questions of applying criteria of the just war doctrine to nuclear war, nonviolence as a means of social justice, tax resistance, the morality of deterrence and more. Download for free at pcusa.
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It is suitable for display stands and information racks. PDS: 2. FREE. Commitment to Peacemaking—The Commitment to Peacemaking is a tool by which a session or other group promises to engage in peacemaking. PDS: 2. English); PDS: 7.
Korean); PDS: 2. 4- 3. Spanish); FREE. Renewing the Commitment to Peacemaking: A Guide for Sessions and Congregations—Sessions and congregations may use this resource to review their peacemaking ministries and decide whether and how to recommit to God's mission of peacemaking. PDS: 2. 4- 3. 58- 0. FREE. Exploring the Commitment to Peacemaking: Study for Sessions¾A one- session study designed for use by sessions or other groups as they consider affirming the Commitment to Peacemaking. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0. English); PDS: 7. Korean); PDS: 7. 0- 2.
Spanish); FREE. Blessed Are the Peacemakers: A Service of Dedication¾A service of dedication designed for congregations to use to celebrate the affirmation or reaffirmation of the Commitment to Peacemaking. PDS: 7. English); PDS: 7. Korean); PDS: 7. 0- 2. Spanish); FREE. Back to top. Worship, prayer, and devotional resources. Advent Devotions—This booklet contains daily devotions that focus on peacemaking during the Advent season.
PDS: coming soon; $0. Justice and Peace Shall Kiss: Praying through the Year—This resource contains prayers or other liturgical elements for days on the Presbyterian Planning Calendar that have a concern for peace and justice. PDS: 2. Sacraments and Seasons: Peacemaking through Worship, III—This booklet provides resources that span the church year and some secular days.
PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0. Peacemaking Through Worship I—This material for a loose- leaf notebook contains liturgies, readings, quotes, hymns, poems, and sermons on peacemaking themes.
PDS: 2. 59- 8. 9- 9. Back to top. Bible studies. Called to Live as God's People—A Study Guide to the Report of the Task Force to Study Reparations.
Download for FREE. Resurrection Living: Journeying with the Nonviolent Christ—This journal resource is designed to help individuals or groups explore the theology and ethics of nonviolence and ways to practice nonviolence. It invites users to engage in prayerful reflection on Scripture, documents of the Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.), and the writings of theologians and practitioners of on violence through the ages.
The fifty- two entries may be used individually or in community on a daily or weekly basis. However the journal is used, at its heart is an invitation to ponder, "What does it mean for me to follow the nonviolent Christ today in the place where I live and around God's World?" PDS: 2.
Biblical Basis for Peacemaking—This one- session adult Bible study invites participants to examine the biblical meaning of peace, visions and stories of peace in the Bible, and how the biblical understanding of peace guides our peacemaking ministries. PDS: 2. 4- 3. 58- 1. FREE. What Is Peacemaking?—This one- session adult Bible study explores the biblical vision of peace and God's call to us to be peacemakers. PDS: 2. 4- 3. 58- 0. FREE. Peacemaking Among the Early Followers of Jesus: Is Christianity a Nonviolent Faith?—This adult study is an introduction to the witness to peace and nonviolence found in the New Testament and the writings of the Church Fathers. It is a two- session study that can be easily extended to four or more sessions. PDS: 2. 4- 3. 58- 0. FREE. Maps for the Journey of Faith and Peacemaking—This one- session adult Bible study invites participants to examine their lives as journeys as peacemakers following Jesus. Participants are encouraged to make a map reflecting their peacemaking journeys and where those journeys are leading them.
PDS: 2. 4- 3. 58- 0. FREE. The Shalom of God in the Midst of Empire—This six- session study on Isaiah considers how we move from participating in and being exploited by patterns that are life- denying and constricting to the life- giving shalom of God. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0.
Whoever Welcomes A Child: An Intergenerational Peacemaking Journey through the Gospel of Matthew—This five- session intergenerational study explores places in Matthew where Jesus relates to children to help us seek wholeness for all children. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0. Living for A Change- Toward a Culture of Peace—Romans is the basis for this five- session study that invites participants to consider ways to live toward a culture of peace. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0.
FREE. Eating and Drinking with Jesus: Table Manners for Peacemakers—This five- session study explores Jesus’ inclusive vision of community through biblical stories of his mealtime hospitality. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 9. FREE. Rebuilding: Peacemaking in Nehemiah—This five- session Bible study investigates the relationship between the call to public service and the call to be faithful to God. PDS: 7. 0- 3. 50- 9. FREE. Back to top.
Dealing with conflict and tough issues. To Strengthen Christ's Body: Tools for Talking about Tough Issues—Conflict is a part of life even within the church. This resource identifies and explores concepts and tools that can help us address everyday conflict in ways that may lead us to discover God's grace and strengthen the body of Christ. PDS: 2. 4- 3. 58- 0.
Seeking to be Faithful Together: Guidelines for Presbyterians During Times of Disagreement (Pocket Size Edition)—The guidelines are designed to help Presbyterians deal with conflicts. This shorter version of the guidelines captures their essence and is sized to fit into a wallet or pocket. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0. English); PDS: 2. Spanish); FREE. Back to top. Individuals, children, and families. Presbyterians and Military Service—This booklet explores options related to military service from enlisting to registering with Selective Service to conscientious objection. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0.
English); PDS: 2. Spanish) $0. 3. 5; $0. Shaken Foundation: A Resource for Young Adults Whose Parents Are Divorcing—The purpose of this book is to support you as you consider your part of your parents’ divorce story, as you ask questions, as you seek wisdom, as you design and live the next chapter of your life. PDS: 1- 5. 71. 53- 0. For Your Children: Creating Communities of Faith in Our Families—Drawing from the concept that families serve as a small group ministry for the children present, this resource offers tools for pastors and educators as they serve in ministry with these small groups. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0. Forming Ministries with Families: A Planning Guide for Congregations¾This six- section guide is designed to assist in evaluating, visioning, planning, defining, and redefining ministries with the families in the congregation and community.
PDS: 7. 0- 2. 50- 0. Following the Leader: Peacemaking with Children in a Violent World—This resource is for adults who work with children. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0. Building a Culture of Peace Begins with Children—This six- session study, designed for Grades 3- 6 but adaptable to a broader age range, looks at ways children can build a culture of peace.
PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0. FREE. Coming Home to the Table—An Intergenerational Peacemaking Resource—This five- session study explores Jesus’ inclusive vision of God’s family through stories of his mealtime hospitality. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 9. FREE. Peace Knows No Sense: An Intergenerational Study—This creative intergenerational learning experience engages people of different ages in mutual learning about peacemaking. It can be used in a variety of intergenerational settings. PDS: 7.
Guidelines for Communal Discernment—When Christians gather to make important decision, we are to seek the mind of Christ. A group can better discern the Spirit's leading when it engages internationally in a process that nurtures community, is rooted in prayer and reflection on Scripture, deepens listening, weighs options, and seeks consensus. These guidelines describe steps and tools for such a process for groups as small as committee and large as an assembly.
PDS: 2. 43. 58. 08. Back to top. Peacemaking in communities. Living the Gospel of Peace: Tools for Building More Inclusive Community¾This resource teaches respectful communication guidelines, mutual invitation, community bible study, and power analysis and explores how these tools can build community in the face of racism and other systems that divide us. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0. Anguished Hearts¾This seven- session study explores different facets of abuse: spouse/partner, child, elder, sibling, and other vulnerable people.
It also considers dating violence. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0.
Steps Along the Way: Living as Peacemakers in a Violent World—This study explores issues of violence and ways peacemakers might live nonviolently in response. PDS: 7. 0- 2. 70- 0.