I have a secret
by Rev. Deanna Hollas, Coordinator, Gun Violence Prevention Ministry,Presbyterian Peace Fellowship I was recently on a flight and ended up engaged in a conversation with the person seated next to me. It wasn’t too long…
Another Sunday in America
Sermon by: Rev. David Ensign, Interim Director at PPF Yesterday I preached at Trinity Presbyterian in Harrisonburg, Va., the congregation where the Revs. Jim and Roxana Atwood made their faith community in retirement. For Presbyterians,…
If you are interested in gun violence prevention: start somewhere.
Interview with Rev. Dr. Harry Eberts, Co-Recipient of the 2021 Peaceseeker Award May 2022 Along with Miranda Viscoli, Harry Eberts is Co-President of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence. They work with youth, with art,…
Organize, Learn and Organize Again: Lessons from the GVP Movement:
Interview with Miranda Viscoli, Co-Recipient of the 2021 Peaceseeker Award May 2022 Along with Harry Eberts, Miranda Viscoli is Co-President of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence. They work with youth, with art, with their…
Letter to OGA regarding armed guards at General Assembly 225
Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II Office of the General Assembly Louisville, KY June 10, 2022 Dear siblings in Christ, We read with dismay the news release announcing the presence of…
Why white churches need to start chopping up guns
By: Rev. Deanna Hollas Another weekend of gun violence has captured the public’s attention as an 18 year old white male went on the hunt targeting Black bodied people shopping for groceries in Buffalo NY…
Guns2Gardens: Become a disarming congregation
I recently attended a series of events in Houston TX designed to witness to the pain of gun violence and equip local faith communities to take action to end gun violence in Houston. One event…
The spirituality of disarming
I witnessed how a disarming event--how literally dismantling weapons of violence--transformed not just weapons, but all of us who were there, too. On June 13 I drove to Boulder, Colorado, to gather in the parking…
Endorsement of “De-Policing the Gun Violence Prevention Movement Policy Playbook”
The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid,the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. Isaiah 11:6-9 Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF) is…
2019 Peaceseeker Award: Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church & First United Church of Oak Park
The purpose of the PPF Peaceseeker Award is to give well-deserved recognition to those who have made a serious commitment to working for justice and peace, particularly work that has influenced Presbyterians and the PC(USA).…