Peace and Global Witness Offering
Your gift enables the church to promote the Peace of Christ by addressing systems of conflict and injustice across the world. Through participation in the Peace and Global Witness Offering our church is extending Christ’s peace throughout our community and the world. This month-long pilgrimage is designed to the pursuit of peace for congregations, small groups, families and individuals.
Individual congregations are encouraged to utilize up to 25% of this offering to connect with the global witness of Christ’s peace. Mid Councils retain 25% for ministries of peace and reconciliation. The remaining 50% is used by the Presbyterian Mission Agency to advocate for peace and justice in cultures of violence, including our own, through collaborative project of education and Christian Witness.
There are many different ways congregations and mid councils use their portion of the Peace and Global Witness Offering on behalf of those struggling through oppression and injustice. The following are just a few of the activities:
- Support the work of a mission co-worker
- Organize local peace camps that teach children how to resolve conflict and handle angry and sad feelings.
- Donate to programs helping teen mothers and single-parent families.
- Work with young people in correctional facilities.
- Donate to programs working toward the elimination of all forms of human trafficking.
Two specific areas that your donations support are: facilitating healing and reconciliation along the U.S.-Mexico border and helping address anxiety and foster creativity through new arts and culture program in Lebanon.
Hillside will observe World Communion Sunday (October 3rd) for receiving the Peace and Global Witness Offering. On World Communion Sunday, we celebrate that Christ’s peace extends throughout all creation. Through participation in the Peace & Global Witness Offering, our church is extending Christ’s peace throughout our community and our world. Extending the peace of Christ is part of an active, engaged faith- a witness to what it means for us to be the Church, together.
We celebrate the truth found in 2nd Thessalonians 3:16 “Peace at all times in all ways.”
