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Tuesday, November 15th, 5:00-6:15 PM

A Faithful Response to Gun Violence

Gun violence claims about 40,000 American lives every year, while wounding an additional 100,000 or so. Every few weeks we seem to be praying for yet another mass shooting in the prayers of the people, and our children are having to drill for active shooters the way that Cold War-era children had to practice duck-and-cover drills in the case of a nuclear attack. Part of our problem is a culture that idolizes guns, even (and in some places especially) in the church. This event is a conversation with Professors Chris Hays and Carly Crouch, both scholars of the Hebrew Bible, who have in recent years led efforts to examine American Gun Culture through a scriptural lens.

Christopher B. Hays is D. Wilson Moore Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Hidden Riches: A Sourcebook for the Comparative Study of the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East, has written the Isaiah commentary in the New Oxford Bible Commentary, and translated the book of Isaiah for the Common English Bible. Hays is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Carly L. Crouch is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Ancient Judaism at Radboud University Nijmegen and Research Associate in the Department of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Pretoria. She is the author of War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East. She is currently President of the Pacific Coast Region of the Society of Biblical Literature and is writing a volume on the book of Amos for John Knox Press.

To register send an email with your name to carolewheeler@pacbell.net by Monday Nov. 14, 2022.

You will receive the Zoom meeting link from Casey Maddren.

Connite is changing the way Churches and nonprofit organizations fundraise and connect with their community

Founder Ryan Brown

Connite is a peer-to-peer fundraising platform that that Cyclical LA has helped get started. It encourages established groups to raise money for organizations they care about. Established to support mental health, Connite encourages groups to bring their unique perspective and approach to fundraising in an effort to supply sustainable contributions to the organizations and causes they have selected and care about.

Owner and Founder, Ryan Brown, spent several years working with churches and nonprofits in the areas of development, communications and community enrichment. During this time, Ryan assessed that many organizations, both faith-based and non-faith based, continually struggle to secure discretionary and non-discretionary funds for their organization which often led to burnout, employee turnover, and the inability to expand the organization.

In an effort to support these organizations and help them continue the work they are passionate about, Connite offers a pathway to raise money without having to deal with the additional administrative and operational tasks that accompany fundraising.

Connite’s most recent client was a group that wanted to raise money for two organizations while doing what they love to do, play golf. With Connite’s fresh approach to fundraising, we were able to successfully raise $7,500 between both organizations.

Connite is seeking groups and/or individuals to raise money for causes and organizations that you care about. Find out how Connite can help your church or organization by setting up a free consultation today!

Send a message to letsconnite@gmail.com to set up a meeting with Ryan and assess how we can help you raise money using our platform. Let’s Connite!

To keep up with their latest fundraising efforts and learn more about them:

-       Check out their website: www.connite.com

-       Follow them on social media: @letsconnite 

Presbytery of San Fernando Represented at Convocation on Climate and Hunger

in Nairobi

October 17-21 our own  Mission Advocate Wendy Gist represented the PC(USA) at a “Convocation on Climate and Hunger” in Nairobi, Kenya. The convocation, which gathered Christian leaders from Africa, Europe, and the United States, was organized by Bread for the World and hosted by the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC-CETA). The organizers of the event believe it is the first to bring together Christians from the three continents to address climate change and its impacts on hunger.

At the close of the convocation, Wendy and all participants signed a statement committing themselves to stand together and “seek public policies that yield measurable results and meaningful change for those disproportionately affected by hunger and climate change.” Through this convocation and statement, the leaders hope to unify and amplify a global Christian voice on the need to address climate change to end hunger in advance of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27), which will be held next month in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. 

See the Faith Statement linked HERE, and share with your churches. It is a beautiful and compelling call for faithful Christians to regain balance with God's creation and people

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