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resources listed here are provided to help you interpret the
2008 Peacemaking Offering to your congregation. Stories about
how congregations, presbyteries, and the General Assembly’s
Peacemaking Program are involved in peacemaking activities and
how they are using Peacemaking Offering funds are found in the
bulletin inserts and minutes for mission. Worship suggestions,
ideas for teaching children about peacemaking, information about
this year’s adult peacemaking resource, and many other
items are available for downloading and/or ordering. Look through
what is available and decide what is useful to you and your
congregation.
2008 Peacemaking Offering PowerPoint
and Resources CD
 
This downloadable resource
contains two programs promoting the 2008 Peacemaking Offering.
- One presentation is an automatic PowerPoint program that runs approximately
two minutes.
- The other program is a manual PowerPoint with a more detailed script that
can be read along with the images and music of the presentation.
The resource also contains printable resources to help interpret the Offering.
World Communion Sunday Bulletin Covers
$4/packs of 50
(8.5" x 11")
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(8.5" x 14")
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Bulletin Inserts—use
in your Sunday bulletins or send with church newsletter.
Minutes for Mission—Have
someone give a minute for mission on Sunday morning or include
one in a church newsletter.
Worship Resources—Use
these suggestions to help plan worship on World Communion Sunday.
PDF
version 
Children’s
Activity Sheet—
Involve children in learning about the Peacemaking Offering.
Peacemaking Offering Brochure—This
brochure, available in English, Korean, and Spanish, provides basic information
about the Peacemaking Offering and this year's theme.
Download
English
Spanish
Korean
Adult Peacemaking Resource
To Strengthen Christ’s Body: Tools for Talking about
Tough Issues
This seven-session resource identifies and explores basic concepts
and tools that can help address the conflict and disagreements
that are a part of everyday life. Through prayer, Bible study,
discussion, and skill building, participants will consider ways
to approach conflict that increase the possibility that the
experience will be an enlightening, constructive, and creative
one where we discover God’s grace, and the body of Christ
is strengthened. $5.00.
Free Coin Boxes, Posters, Place Mats and Offering
Envelopes
Coin boxes, posters, place mats for potluck meals,
and offering envelopes are available from Presbyterian Distribution
Service. Reminder postcards with a message about the Peacemaking
Offering can be sent to every member. Use these tools to help
display and promote the Offering to members of the congregation.
Peacemaking Offering/World Communion Sunday Bookmark
Laminated
bookmarks suggest a way to pray for the world. $7.50 for a pack
of 50.
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—The
above files require the free 
