Member church news: Prayers, Advocacy, Sharing

More and more members (including the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, pictured above) are joining the Thursdays in Black campaign to achieve a world without rape or violence.

Round the Table, is an online space for United Church of Canada leaders and members to share stories of life, faith, and ministry in their church and beyond.

A former hospital chaplain has moved 4,500 miles away from her home in the United States to take up a new role as the Kirk’s newest minster in Glasgow, Scotland.

There are many resources for use during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Here are a few: United Church of Canada, World Council of Churches, National Council of Churches in India

Communities Building Peace in the Territories-CONPAZ, a broad coalition of churches and associations in Colombia, has sent a letter to President Juan Manuel Santos and to the Maximum Commander of the ELN, Nicolás Rodríguez. In it they say: “Yes, to the bilateral ceasefire; Yes, to the construction of an integral peace.”