Presbytery of Western North Carolina

We will support any congregation who wishes to become an Earth Care Congregation or has other ideas which fulfill the seventh section of the Commitment to Peacemaking: “Making Peace with the Earth”. Any congregation which needs seed money, up to $500, may request the Peace and Justice Committee for aid. An energy audit of a church building or a scholarship to a PEC conference or the creation of a community organic garden are examples of the projects the Peace and Justice Committee might finance. Congregations should send monetary requests to Peace and Justice Committee in care of the Presbytery Office.

The Peace & Global Witness Offering gives your congregation the opportunity to support peacemaking within your church, community and the world. A Peace & Global Witness Offering packet containing sample resources to help churches promote the offering is sent by the PC(USA)  to each congregation in the summer. They include a poster, minutes for mission, worship resources for World Communion Sunday, children’s activities, bulletin inserts, reproducible art, a coin box and an offering envelope. The Peace & Global Witness Offering is received by most congregations on World Communion Sunday, celebrated the first Sunday in October and is divided as follows:

25% is kept by your church and your church decides how to use it in ways that “make for peace”.

75% is sent to Presbytery which

  • Sends 67% to General Assembly for the peacemaking program
  • Sends 11% to Synod for peacemaking projects
  • Keeps 22% for Presbytery – each year the Peace & Justice Committee decides which projects to support with its portion.

Go to specialofferings.pcusa.org/offering/peace-global-witness/ for more information.

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