Peacemaking Offering
Give to the Peacemaking Offering
This Year’s Offering Theme and Art
The theme for 2009 is taken from Psalm 85:10, “Justice and peace shall kiss each other.”
The art is a serigraph by John August Swanson titled PSALM 85.
Learn more about about Mr. Swanson.
About the Offering
The Peacemaking Offering was created in 1980 to support the efforts of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to live out a deeper commitment to peacemaking as part of our faithfulness to God. It is one of four special offerings designated by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s General Assembly.
Most churches receive the Offering on World Communion Sunday, the first Sunday in October, which this year is October 4. We encourage churches to use whatever Sunday works best for them.
Each congregation is encouraged to retain 25 percent of the Offering it receives to use for local ministries of peacemaking within the church and its community. Twenty-five percent is used by presbyteries and synods, and 50 percent is used by the General Assembly ministries through the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
Our Chicago Presbytery Peacemaking Committee makes available its portion of the Peacemaking Offering through a grant request process. Local churches may apply for these funds by filling out the Peacemaking Grant Application Form
Note: The Peacemaking Offering is our sole source of funds for the grants we make.
The Chair of the Chicago Presbytery Peacemaking Committee is Joan Sessions, member of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. You can contact her through: Bonita Gilchrist bgilchrist@chicagopresbytery.org .
Learn more about
Peacemaking in the Presbyterian Church, USA.
the Chicago Presbytery Peacemaking Committee.
