Joining Hands

Joining Hands is a part of the Presbyterian Hunger Program

Successful Global Vigil with Peruvians

Candle Presbyterians joined voices with Peruvian religious leaders and residents of the polluted city of La Oroya for a prayer vigil on World Water Day, March 22. The vigil demonstrated that, in the global church, we are many and yet we are one.

More than 150 faithful people, including religious and community leaders, gathered in Peru for a prayer vigil in a public park near central Lima, on a rainy evening, to pray together for peace and justice in La Oroya; opposing attempts to re-open a controversial multi-metal smelter in the small Andean Mountain city where more than 90 percent of the children are lead poisoned. Continue reading

The goal of Joining Hands is to organize together in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres to campaign for peaceful social change in a globalized world.

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