Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

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Today in the Mission Yearbook: October 6, 2023

THE INTERSECTION OF FAITH AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION WEBINAR - Near the end of a recent Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) webinar, Tracie Campbell made an impassioned plea for people of faith to “do something” to curtail gun violence in this country ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Photo courtesy of Leslie Williams and Dave Smith

Today in the Mission Yearbook: February 3, 2023

PRESBYTERIAN PEACE FELLOWSHIP-INSPIRED "GUNS-TO-GARDENS" EVENTS - Winter is no match for Americans who are weary of gun violence and who are determined to do something about it. From Dec. 3–10, from a frigid church parking lot in Cambridge, Wisconsin to a rainy day in Decatur, Georgia, church members and others fired up their chop saws to join the Guns to Gardens movement. Their goal? Transforming unwanted guns into garden tools. ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Photo by Mike Ferguson

Today in the Mission Yearbook: January 28, 2023

"GUNS TO GARDENS" EVENT - It took a village for churches and other organizations in Louisville to pull off a recent Guns to Gardens event, including the village blacksmith.

Craig Kaviar, a Louisville blacksmith who owns Craig Kaviar Forge, was among the dozen or so volunteers to accept unwanted weapons and cut them into manageable sizes. It’s now Kaviar’s task to take the parts from the 28 disabled weapons and forge them into garden tools and jewelry ...

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In the News ... "El Paso police arrest man armed with a gun at Catholic church"

EPT Photo by Maria Cortes Gonzalez

• During Sunday Mass at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

By Daniel Borunda and Aaron Martinez, Reporters
• El Paso Times

EL PASO, TEXAS - A man was arrested by El Paso police after a call that a man with a gun had allegedly threatened someone during Sunday Mass at a Catholic church in the far East Side.

The incident occurred during the 11:30 a.m. Mass at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, at 12200 Vista Del Sol Drive near Loop 375, the Catholic Diocese of El Paso said in a statement.

The diocese said that a man was detained following a reported altercation with another person in the church building outside of the sanctuary. No threat was made to congregants and the Mass was celebrated without interruption ...

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In the News ... Opinion: "Senseless killings, such as Sutherland Springs and Uvalde, are our crosses"

• We have witnessed this scene too many times

By Bill Tinsley, Columnist
• Abilene Reporter-News

ABILENE, TEXAS - We are reeling, again, stunned once more from the senseless murders of 19 fourth-grade children and their two teachers in Uvalde.

We have seen their faces and recalled their names. We have watched the videos of their family and friends embraced in grief, weeping. And, as a nation, this week we mourn with them as they bury their dead.

Like everyone else, I am disturbed ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

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Today in the Mission Yearbook: June 3, 2022

NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS - Gun violence is an issue that divides our nation, our political parties and our churches. Whenever there is an incident of gun violence, whether it be an accident or a mass shooting, people always return to the same debate: gun rights versus gun control.

However, the major issue with this debate is that it generalizes both “sides” of the argument ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Photo by Jakob Owens via Unsplash

Today in the Mission Yearbook: June 2, 2022

PRESBYTERIAN MISSION AGENCY'S MILITARISM WORKING GROUP - The Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Militarism Working Group recently scheduled a 90-minute webinar on Gun Violence & Militarism.

This was the second in a series of educational webinars called “Connecting the Dots.” Read a report on the first in the series here ...

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In the News ... Opinion: "Reaction to Uvalde: Our society needs hope; humanity needs love"

Pastor Daniel Stephens

• Understanding that every human heart has the capacity for evil places the blame not on a policy or lack thereof but on the man or woman in the mirror.

By Pastor Daniel Stephens, Mid-Cities Church, Contributor
• Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND/ODESSA, TEXAS - How are we supposed to process the senseless taking of 19 innocent, young lives in Uvalde? Another wave of devastating news crashed on the anxious psyche of the American public. Last week, it was a racially motivated massacre of 10 innocent lives in Buffalo, New York, and now this. One can barely comprehend the most recent evil act before another overtakes it in the headlines. Opinion makers and others who identify as journalists provide brief factual talking points followed by an empathetic sentiment, followed by a political discourse that places the blame at the feet of their perceived enemies. It’s the gun lobby. It’s the immigrants. It’s a mental health problem. It's violent video games. As the instigators of rage culture on Fox and CNN clothe themselves in the righteous indignation of their own thoughts that echo from their media chambers, what is really happening? And why do these horrific outbursts of violence occur? ...

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