“May our church be a safe place…”
Worship resources for Peace Sunday, September 18, are online. The resources focus on domestic violence and include a church pledge, “Promoting peace at home,” as well as a bulletin insert.
Worship resources on domestic violence for Peace Sunday, September 18
September 14, 2011
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Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
New MCC U.S. campaign launched
July 28, 2011
Do not fear, for I am with you. –Isaiah 41:10a
“Fear not: Seek peace”, the new MCC U.S. campaign provides educational materials, worship and advocacy resources focused on domestic violence, gun violence and U.S. militarism.
Waiting in exile God’s people were reassured, “Do not fear, for I am with you.” These words still resonate powerfully today. We live in a world of fear—fear of death, fear of personal assault, fear of terrorism and losing what we have.
Some level of fear is healthy. It keeps us from doing unwise things and grows out of concern for our own safety and the protection of those we love. But it must not become an idol and keep us from experiencing the abundant life God desires for us.
The Bible offers us an alternative way of understanding security, promising that God is present with us. Because of this we need not live in fear and can put our trust in God, rather than in human rulers or weapons.
Join us as we explore ways to seek peace in our homes, communities and world.
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Posted by Christina Warner
Essay Contest Regional Winners Discuss Military Spending
March 18, 2011Regional winners of the MCC Washington Office 2011 Essay Contest are James Helmuth (Great Lakes) and Rebecca Hardy (East Coast).
Helmuth’s essay, “Military Spending,” presents a strong case for our responsibility as people of faith to call for a reduction in U.S. Defense spending.
Not only does the United States have the largest and most expensive military in the world, but the amount we are spending to enact violence and destruction in other nations is still increasing.
Hardy’s essay, “The Unseen Good of Military Spending” presents an argument defending military spending as a way to help people around the world.
The U.S. military possesses the skilled personnel, leadership, transportation assets and willingness to provide disaster relief to those in need.
Click here for more information about this year’s winners.
This is the second of two posts on the 2011 Essay Contest winners. Read the first post here.
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Essay Contest Winner Speaks Up for Voiceless
February 25, 2011
Karina Ortman is the winner of this year’s MCC Washington Office High School Essay Contest. Her essay, “A Voice for Those Who Are Not Heard,” discusses immigration policy in the United States (read the entire essay below).
Ortman’s essay deals with drivers of immigration and unjust U.S. policies that make our country unwelcoming to those we are called to help.
Many immigrants, legal and illegal, come to the United States to receive a better education or to find work in order to support their families. However, immigration has become a problem in the United States, and US policies are contributing to the problems of the immigration system … It is our responsibility as Christians to call for change and speak out for those who have suffered.
Click here for more information about this year’s winners.
This is the first of two posts on the 2011 Essay Contest winners.
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Posted by Janelle Tupper
UK passes landmark law on vulture funds
April 13, 2010
Last week a landmark bill to protect the world’s poorest countries from profiteering by vulture funds became law in the UK. The Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill is the world’s first law to restrict the ability of Vulture Funds to sue some of the world’s poorest countries for full repayment of debts that they have bought up cheaply.
In the United States, Jubilee USA Network, of which MCC is a member, continues its campaign to stop Vulture Funds from preying on impoverished countries.
The Stop VULTURE Funds Act (HR 2932) is a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would prevent vulture funds from making excessive profit off the debt of the world’s poorest nations. The bill was re-introduced by Representatives Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Spencer Bachus (R-AL). Click here to send an email in support of the bill.
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Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
The “Killing Fields” of Juarez
April 5, 2010On April 1, 2010 NPR aired an interview with Charles Bowden, a journalist, who has written a book (Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields) about the violence in Cuidad Juarez, a Mexican city riddled with drug related killings.
Bowden criticizes U.S. policy toward Mexico and calls for the re-examination of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Participate in the Abundant Life campaign and advocate for trade justice>>
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Support the TRADE Act
March 26, 2010The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act provides a framework for re-evaluating and re-shaping U.S. trade policy so that it serves the common good by providing stable jobs, environmental protections, public health and poverty reduction. The bill sets standards for what must and must not be included in future trade agreements, and requires a comprehensive review of existing trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA that are failing to serve the most vulnerable in the U.S. and countries in the global South.
This bill was introduced by Rep. Mike Michaud (Maine) in the House as H.R. 3012 and by Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio) in the Senate as S. 2821. There are currently 139 cosponsors in the House and seven cosponsors in the Senate.
- Send a letter to your Senators encouraging them to co-sponsor S.2821.
- Join the Abundant Life campaign.
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