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Uses of the Peacemaking Offering
by General Assembly Council Ministries in 2008 |
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This report can be downloaded
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| The General Assembly
Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) receives 50
percent of the Peacemaking Offering. The Presbyterian Peacemaking
Program uses most of this portion of the offering. The Presbyterian
United Nations Office and the Presbyterian Washington Office
each receive a small portion of the offering. Guided by
Peacemaking: The Believers’ Calling, General Assembly
mandates, and the 2007-08 General Assembly Council Mission
Work Plan, the Peacemaking Program and the other programs
assist the church as it responds to the gospel call to “seek
peace and pursue it.” In 2008, $1,230,920 is budgeted
to be spent by General Assembly Council ministries. Your
generous gifts to the Peacemaking Offering will be used
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| EVANGELISM AND WITNESS |
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$193,807 |
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- Facilitate the International Peacemakers Program,
which brings church leaders with experience in addressing
poverty from other countries to the United States to
share the peacemaking concerns of their churches. There
will be 13 peacemakers from 12 countries. Each peacemaker
will make between four and six visits in late September
and early October. $138,094
- Create a bulletin insert about Presbyterian/Reformed
congregations in Iraq. The insert encourages prayer
with our brothers and sisters in Christ in Iraq and
with all impacted by the war. $12,450
- Relate to mission personnel whose ministries involve
peacemaking. $9,615
- Support Mission Networks that relate to regions where
peacemaking is a prime concern. $13,080
- Encourage multicultural congregations through a presence
at the Multicultural Conference and a consultation with
Eric Law. $20,568
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| JUSTICE AND
COMPASSION |
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$238,964 |
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- Lead a February/March 2008 travel study seminar to
South Africa and Malawi that emphasized responses to
the HIV/AIDS pandemic. $53,379
- In November, lead a travel study seminar to Ethiopia
looking at interfaith relations. $27,457
- Provide and identify resources that address the situation
in the Sudan, the Philippines, the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Colombia, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Iran, and
other places in need of peace and justice around the
world. $19,720
- Help Presbyterians address issues related to nuclear
weapons, just immigration policies, landmines, and more.
$16,991
- Identify resources for Torture Awareness Month. Support
No2Torture, a grass-roots advocacy program working to
end the practice of torture by government agencies.
Participate in the National Religious Campaign Against
Torture. $7,227
- Enable the Presbyterian United Nations Office to
provide seminars and other educational events for Presbyterians
and participate in the U.N. community of non-governmental
organizations. $53,831
- Provide leadership at the Presbyterian Camps and
Conference Centers Association Conference and the Conservation
Eco-Stewards training. $8,171
- Produce the Washington Report to Presbyterians. $15,201
- Provide a speaker on gun violence for Ecumenical
Advocacy Days. $7,576
- Help organize the Gun Violence and Gospel Values
colloquium at Stony Point. $9,815
- Help lead the Week for Peace, Global Justice and
Creation at Ghost Ranch. $7,970
- Itinerate a workshop leader on the Christian roots
of nonviolence. $6,186
- Create a study resource on Long Time Gone, a book
by a former child soldier in Sierra Leone. $5,440
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| SPIRITUALITY
AND DISCIPLESHIP |
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$134,851 |
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- ? Create Guidelines for Communal Discernment, a resource
for congregations and governing bodies. $16,521
- Provide training in using communal discernment processes
as a complement to parliamentary procedure at the Peacemaking
Conference and in the Synod of Trinity in October. $13,171
- Facilitate the Interfaith Listening Program that
will bring a Christian and a Muslim from Pakistan. The
team will visit six presbyteries September 26 –
October 20, 2008. $31,029
- Provide worship resources for days that address peace
and justice concerns, including a worship service for
Human Rights Day. $10,399
- Create Spiritual Nurture for Peacemakers, a weekly
Web-based resource providing prayers on peace and justice
issues. $5,648
- Assist with the reentry event for Young Adult Volunteers
returning from a year of service. $7,599
- Lead a retreat for young adults exploring their call
to peacemaking and ways to support them as they respond.
$31,460
- Create the 2008 Advent Devotions, Proclaiming the
Good News of Peace. $12,304
- Create the Biblical Witness to Peacemaking: 2008-2009,
an online daily lectionary. $6,720
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| LEADERSHIP
AND VOCATION |
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$465,023 |
- Hold “Sowing Mustard Seeds,” an intergenerational
conference on poverty. Participants learned skills for
working to overcome poverty in their homes and around
the world. $136,201
- Plan the 2009 Peacemaking Conference as part of the
Big Tent event. $49,542
- Create a resource for congregations to use to reaffirm
the Commitment to Peacemaking and to shape peacemaking
ministries. $15,958
- Create the study resource To Strengthen Christ’s
Body: Tools for Talking about Tough Issues. This resource
is provided in the Peacemaking Offering packet. $27,974
- Provide training, networking, consultation and support
for presbytery chair/enablers, including an event at
the 2008 Peacemaking conference. $74,454
- Produce Peace Notes, a quarterly newsletter. $54,768
- Lead workshops at the Hispanic/Latino Presbyterian
Men’s Conference and the ARMSS Conference; preach
and teach in at least 14 presbyteries. $47,769
- Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Commitment
to Peacemaking, resource committees, and participate
in the pre-assembly antiracism training at the 218th
General Assembly (2008). $58,357
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| PEACEMAKING
OFFERING |
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$139,660 |
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- Create resources for congregations to promote and
interpret the Peacemaking Offering
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| Shared Mission Support |
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$58,615 |
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$1,230,920 |
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