Resources for individuals and churches:

Looking for funding support for initiatives related to ending gun violence? Click on the links below for the Peacemaking, Youth and Leadership Great Ends Grants from the Presbytery of Philadelphia:

Click below to view a video from the Trauma Pastoral Care Service: Gun Violence as Disaster

Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call:

This report, approved by the 219th General Assembly (2010), challenges our society’s acceptance of the highest gun death rates in the world, and proposes a new “spiritual awakening” approach: a church-related, community-based strategy inspired by “Heeding God’s Call” in Philadelphia. The report looks at our culture of violence-acceptance, with its undercurrents of fear and desperation.  Click here to download a PDF of the report.

Coffee with the Clerk is a weekly Facebook conversation with the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Rev. Dr. J Herbert nelson. Click here to view the conversation Jim Atwood and Rev. Jimmie Hawkins

Click here for a Prayer of Confession  from the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in the Aftermath of the Mass Shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call:  This report, approved by the 219th General Assembly (2010), challenges our society’s acceptance of the highest gun death rates in the world, and proposes a new “spiritual awakening” approach: a church-related, community-based strategy inspired by “Heeding God’s Call” in Philadelphia. The report looks at our culture of violence-acceptance, with its undercurrents of fear and desperation.  Click here to download a PDF of the report.

Recovering from Un-Natural Disasters:

A Guide for Pastors and Congregations after Violence and Trauma by Laurie Kraus (Author),‎ David Holyan (Author),‎ Bruce Wismer (Author).  Click here to order.

Click here to read a Covenant Connection story by Rev. Greg Klimovitz