General Assembly Mission Council

2011, year in review

The staff of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations thanks you for your support of our ministries in 2011. We wish you a blessed Advent and a joy-filled Christmas, celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.

Attend the Compassion, Peace and Justice Training Day and Ecumenical Advocacy Days

March 23-26

The Second Annual CPJ Training Day will be held on Friday, March 23 (8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.) at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. The theme will be: Presbyterians and the Economy. Stay tuned for more information. Online registration coming soon!

Register now for Ecumenical Advocacy Days that will be held on March 23-26 at the Doubletree Hotel in Crystal City, Va. The focus will be: Is This the Fast We Seek?: Economy, Livelihood and Our National Priorities. Advocacy Day, Monday, March 26, will provide a time in which faith communities from all across the nation will be asked to come to Washington, D.C. to advocate and let our voices be heard regarding the plight of the poor across the globe and the 2012 Federal Budget.

Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations staff will lead workshops at the CPJ Training Event. We hope you will join us!

Study, act, pray for human rights

Toward a More Humane Future, a new online devotional study resource, will help individuals and groups explore the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from a faith perspective. Each Monday, beginning December 12, 2011, a post focused on one article of the Universal Declaration will appear on Swords into Plowshares. The post will contain a scripture passage, questions for reflection or discussion, action suggestions, and a prayer.

Opportunities for global discipleship

• Participate in the Red Hands Campaign to say no to child soldiers
• Use TassaTags to help end the trafficking of children
• Plan to participate in UNICEF’s Tap Project
• View the films in the Women, War & Peace series

Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations

The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations represents the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) at the United Nations. Staff members help inspire, equip and connect Presbyterians for ministry as faithful disciples of Jesus in the global community. The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations helps Presbyterians witness to the nations of the world, in the name of Jesus Christ, based on the policies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assemblies to the United Nations. Through the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, the church responds to Christ’s call to bring good news to the poor, proclaim release to the captives and to let the oppressed go free. The church lives out the reality that “God sends the church in the power of the Holy Spirit to share with Christ in establishing God's just, peaceable, and loving rule in the world."  (Book of Order, G-3.0300)