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margin-left:133.8pt;margin-top:0;width:112.5pt;height:2in;z-index:251658240; mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:2.25pt; mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:2.25pt; mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="https://community.pcusa.org/view.image?Id=414"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=150 height=192 src="https://community.pcusa.org/view.image?Id=414" align=right hspace=10 vspace=3 v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Greetings to members of the General Assembly Mission Council, Middle Governing Body executives and friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>As the role of the General Assembly Mission Council continues to change from doing mission on the church's behalf to inspiring, equipping and connecting the church for mission and ministry, I hope that you will be inspired by the host of exciting ways in which the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program is already at work doing just that.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>There are many innovative, interactive opportunities for us to come together as a denomination this year in celebration of the program s 30th anniversary, as Sara Lisherness, director of the Compassion, Peace and Justice ministry area, has described below.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>May the Spirit truly give us courage to work with others for justice, freedom, and peace!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Faithfully yours,<br> <img id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://dev.pcusa.org/newsletters/img/signature-linda.gif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#999999' align=center> </span></div> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"'> 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </blockquote> <p><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#652D86'>Greetings! May the peace of Christ be with you!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:88.8pt;margin-top:0;width:90pt; height:114pt;z-index:251659264;mso-wrap-distance-left:11.25pt; mso-wrap-distance-top:11.25pt;mso-wrap-distance-right:11.25pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:11.25pt;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://dev.pcusa.org/newsletters/img/sara-lisherness.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=120 height=152 src="http://dev.pcusa.org/newsletters/img/sara-lisherness.jpg" align=right hspace=15 vspace=15 v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>I suspect that most of us who have been called into leadership in the church can recall a biblical text has that had a profound impact on our sense of call to ministry. 2 Corinthians 5 is such a text for me, especially verses 17-20. This text makes the connection between the peace we know in Jesus Christ and the evangelical call to be engaged in Christ s reconciling, peacemaking work in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>For 30 years our denomination has understood the centrality of peacemaking to the gospel and a part of faithful discipleship. In 1980 the 192nd General Assembly adopted <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Peacemaking: The Believers Calling</span></em>, a document that made three important affirmations:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ol start=1 type=1> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>The Church is faithful to Christ when it is engaged in peacemaking.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>The Church is obedient to Christ when it nurtures and equips God s people as peacemakers.<o:p></o:p></span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>The Church bears witness to Christ when it nourishes the moral life of the nations for the sake of peace in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></li> </ol> <p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Peacemaking: The Believers Calling</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Georgia","serif"'> also called upon the church to create the <a href="https://community.pcusa.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pcusa.org%2fpeacemaking%2f&amp;srcid=1325&amp;srctid=1&amp;erid=935315"><span style='color:#A70240'>Presbyterian Peacemaking Program</span></a> to help Presbyterians answer Christ s calling to be ambassadors for Christ, engaged in the ministry of reconciliation and peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The Peacemaking Program celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, continuing to inspire, equip and engage the church as it witnesses to the peace of Christ in individual lives, families, congregations, communities, the nation and the world. The anniversary celebration will begin with a dessert at General Assembly on Tuesday, July 7, at the Hyatt Hotel. More information about the dessert can be found on page 24 of the <a href="https://community.pcusa.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pcusa.org%2fga219%2fpdf%2fscheduleofevents.pdf&amp;srcid=1325&amp;srctid=1&amp;erid=935315"><span style='color:#A70240'>schedule of events</span></a>. [pdf]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The celebration will continue with  Re-membering Peace: Still the Believers Calling, a seminar at Ghost Ranch August 25-28, 2010 that will celebrate the gift of peacemaking in the life of our denomination as we discern together where God is calling us in the future. To register for the seminar or to learn more, visit the Peacemaking <a href="https://community.pcusa.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pcusa.org%2fpeacemaking%2fconferences%2f2010.htm&amp;srcid=1325&amp;srctid=1&amp;erid=935315"><span style='color:#A70240'>website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>For information on ways you can celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Peacemaking Program, please visit the special <a href="https://community.pcusa.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pcusa.org%2fpeacemaking%2f30years.htm&amp;srcid=1325&amp;srctid=1&amp;erid=935315"><span style='color:#A70240'>website</span></a> dedicated to that purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Other ongoing work includes the International Peacemakers Program, peacemaking leaders from our partner churches around the world who travel to the United States to share their work for peace with churches, middle governing bodies, colleges and seminaries. This year s International Peacemakers will come from Bolivia, the Sudan, Pakistan, Mexico, Israel/Palestine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central Asia. We are currently receiving requests for peacemakers, who will be itinerating this fall, September 24 to October 18, 2010. Please visit our <a href="https://community.pcusa.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pcusa.org%2fpeacemaking%2fintl%2finternational.htm&amp;srcid=1325&amp;srctid=1&amp;erid=935315"><span style='color:#A70240'>website</span></a> if you are interested in hosting an international peacemaker.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Earlier this month&nbsp;a team of Presbyterians sponsored by the Peacemaking Program and the Asia Office of World Mission served as election monitors in the Philippines, responding to a request for a PC(USA) presence from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. The PC(USA) has had deep concerns about human rights violations in the Philippines, including the extra-judicial killings, the detention and disappearance of church leaders and other human rights workers in the region. To learn more, <a href="https://community.pcusa.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fpresbyterian.typepad.com%2fpeacemaking%2fphilippines%2f&amp;srcid=1325&amp;srctid=1&amp;erid=935315"><span style='color:#A70240'>follow the team s blog</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>These are just a few of the many ways the Peacemaking Program is at work, engaging in peacemaking and supporting the church as it responds to God s call as peacemakers. We have been entrusted with a special gift, the gift of peace we have received in Jesus Christ. It is a gift we are compelled to share, as Christ s ambassadors, working for reconciliation and peace in a broken and hurting world. 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