The Dismantling Racism Team offers these ideas that come with study guides for use with small groups. The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone (2011) This study guide is available on the Presbytery website (pdf) Excerpted from Orbis Books: The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols […]
An Update on The Center
December 19, 2022 Dear Congregational Partner, On behalf of the Steering Committee of the Center and the Presbytery of Baltimore, we wanted to wish you a joyful holiday season and a prosperous new year. We wanted to send you an update about the Center’s future programming. No matter the length of our relationship, you as […]
2022 Christmas Events
Celebrate Our Savior’s Birth This Month A work in progress. Contact us if you have an event to add. Sunday, December 11 Sounds of the Season: A Cantata for Christmas @ 5pmGrove Presbyterian Church Choir – 50 E. Bel Air Avenue, Aberdeen MDPresented by Grove Presbyterian Church Choir with the Baltimore Flute Choir. Harpist and […]
Joint All Saints’ Day Service
After the joint All Saints’ Day worship service held by Govans PC and Knox PC on Nov. 6th, Lea Gilmore, Govans’ Minister of Racial Justice and Community Engagement shared, “Yesterday, I had the honor of taking home a wonderful member of Knox Presbyterian. She is a 95-year-old black woman who has seen this world and is more […]
2023 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Competition
REGISTER TO ATTEND Contest Rules and Application Below Song, Dance, Prose, Dramatic Presentation, Painting, Drawing, Sculpting Theme: How MLK’s life exhibited the principles of Mathew 25: Dismantling structural racism, Eradicating systemic poverty. Contest Rules For more information, call (410) 566-2926
Worship Resources for Vote Our Values Sunday
Sponsored by In the Loop Ministry Group and Dismantling Racism Team >> Download PDF Version << Observe October 30th as “Vote Our Values Sunday” to help folks remember and prepare for Election Day. Reflect on our commitment to the common good, provide others with the information they need to vote and to cast their ballot, […]
Guns to Gardens
At the recent General Assembly an overture from the Santa Fe Presbytery was affirmed, asking churches to consider taking part in the Guns to Gardens project: 1. Give thanks for, pray for, and commend the congregations and organizations that have initiated the Guns to Gardens project as a way to responsibly dispose of unwanted firearms, […]
Statement to the Racial and Gender Justice Committee
June, 2022 General Assembly (RGJ-008) by Presbytery of Baltimore On June 24, 2022, the General Assembly Committee on Race & Gender Justice (RGJ) heard the case for recommending the Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery (GLJ) overture, “An Apology to African Americans for the Sin of Slavery and its Legacy” to the General Assembly for approval. In April, the […]
Weapons at Church
The Unthinkable in God’s House — A message from General Counsel Mike Kirk as our prayers and lamentations continue We like to think of our churches as places of safety and refuge. A place to commune with God and join in fellowship with our church community. Unfortunately, others view churches as targets. White supremacist Dylan […]