Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

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10 years ago on Feb 11, 2013, we disabled the first gun donated to us, an AK-47. Subscribe to our newsletter for news and updates as we reflect on the last ten years and look toward the future! us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=00…

we agree! lets organize our youth to chop up guns. #GunstoGardens #SwordstoPlows pres-outlook.org/2022/12/god-is…

We are in a pivotal moment for PPF! We learned a lot together since 2020. As we evaluated our study and action in the wake of uprisings in support of Black lives, we felt we needed to articulate our commitments in a new way. Check out our new vision anchored in abolition:

We're are excited to share our new visions statement which anchors all our work in abolition! Check it out 💥 #abolition #nonviolence #ThingsThatMakeForPeace

If you have some extra time take this Inventory of Conscience survey from @PresbyPeace. Pretty interesting to think about with all of the #ChristianNationalism talk of late. presbypeacefellowship.org/ioc-survey/

Stay tuned next week for an exciting announcement from PPF! 🤩

"Can we admit that we are a bit scared- of where to go in our culture of violence, of what to do, to whom to turn? But can we also dare to imagine the prophet’s world, and not let fear stop us from loving, unarmed?" Jenn Soule-Hill #PreachPeace #GunstoGardens

L'shana tova to all who celebrate! 🍎🍯

Quote above was by Jenn Soule-Hill!!

"The hard thing about transforming our lives, like that of transforming metal in the forge, is that it requires the fire of our imagination, to melt and reshape our hearts and minds into imagining something new." Take the pledge: bit.ly/PreachPeace #GunstoGardens

This fall, grassroots people of faith are rising to demand an immediate end to new fossil fuel and deforestation, an equitable phase-out of existing fossil fuel production, and a massive, generous commitment by wealthy countries to a just energy transition. #Faiths4Climate

Congress: please pass the #AfghanAdjustmentAct and give stability for the new Afghan comers to build their life and homes. @SpeakerPelosi @HouseDemocrats @HouseGOP @AfghansTomorrow

Temporary safety is not good enough. Time to #ProtectAfghans and welcome Afghan refugees with dignity by passing the #AfghanAdjustmentAct TAKE ACTION: bit.ly/emailAAA

Join us now for live conversation about organizing for peace! fb.watch/fwpnDM2qj4/

This summer @Presbyterian voted to declare Israel's actions against Palestinians apartheid. This week PPF signed a letter to @POTUS with 290 other organizations to demand immediate action on the attacks on Palestinian civil society. #StandWithThe6

It has been one year since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Tune into frontline communities as they guide us toward the work of repair.

In @sanya_mansoor's @TIME wrap-up of where Afghanistan stands a year later, a mention of our work around the Afghan people's frozen funds. We continue to call on the administration to unfreeze the funds on a gradual basis to stabilize the Afghan economy. time.com/6209312/afghan…

We are so excited about this new curriculum! Thanks to the Peace Church Working Group for you passion and energy poured into the his new resource. Check it out!#PeaceChurch #peacemaking #nonviolence

Broken gun parts #GrowPeace This is What's Growing On at Randolph St Community Garden in Champaign, IL. A tool made from a locally donated rifle will also be growing food to feed the community.