Laughter is Golden – Agua Prieta accompanier report
[caption id="attachment_1778" align="alignright" width="307"] Tent alongside the border wall where migrants wait in "la linea."[/caption] by Judy Aguayo, accompanier in Agua Prieta On my second Monday, I loaded the PPF car with my belongings, and…
Agua Prieta Accompaniment Update – November 2019
The tumult of political news in the US can obscure the ways that changing policy is actually impacting people's day to day lives, but policy changes have real consequences for real people. Every person waiting…
Despite recent setback, we hope and work for peace in Colombia with our partners
The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship laments the recent news that three former commanders of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) are calling for a renewed armed struggle. We lament both the renewed call to arms…
Thoughts from Sara Pottschmidt Lisherness on Merilie Robertson, 2019 Barstow Driver
Join us at the 2019 Barstow-Driver Award Celebration! Info & Tickets here. From Sara Pottschmidt Lisherness, Director of Compassion, Peace, and Justice of the Presbyterian Mission Agency August 2019 [caption id="attachment_1820" align="alignleft" width="251"] Barstow-Driver award…
The Body of Christ in Action
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. The eye cannot say to the hand,…
Bill Coop, PRESENTE!
There will be a memorial service for Bill at the Stony Point Center, as Bill requested, on September 10 at 10:30 a.m. A lunch will follow. Click here to RSVP (you may make overnight accommodation…
PPF gathers with 500 other people of faith to demand an end to child detention
Yesterday, a delegation of PPFers gathered with about 500 people of faith gathered in El Paso, Texas to participate in a Moral Monday at the Borderlands. There were dozens of Presbyterians participating in the action with…
2019 Barstow-Driver Award – Honoring Merilie Robertson
This award was created in 2014 by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship in order to specifically honor those who have taking significant risks in their retirement for the cause of nonviolent peacemaking. It is our desire…
Songs in the Key of Peace – PPF 75th Anniversary Benefit Concert
Join us to celebrate 75 years of the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship! Sunday, August 11 - 4:00 PM First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills, Queens 7035 112th St. - Queens, NY. Subway: E or F…
First Minister of Gun Violence Prevention Ordained in the United States Presbyterian Rev. Deanna Hollas of Dallas, TX
DALLAS, TX -- With 40,000 Americans dying from gun violence last year, Presbyterian Deanna Hollas became the first-known Minister of Gun Violence Prevention on Sunday July 7. Sponsored by Grace Presbytery, which represents the congregations…