Introducing a new community innitative. The Pennsylvania Council of Churches is partnering with diverse communities of faith to address the dangers of Christian Nationalism through a monthly book study and conversation with our neighbors in the wider Harrisburg area. This initiative aims to explore its impact, resist marginalization, and counter hatred and division, while promoting…
If we’re willing to see children terrorized because of a false rumor about Haitian immigrants, we should ask who abducted our conscience, not someone’s pet. By Russell Moore The accusation that Haitian immigrants in a small Ohio city are abducting and eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs relies not on one falsehood but on a…
How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? —Psalm 137:4 (NRSV) The Pennsylvania Council of Churches remains in prayer for the people of Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center and the nation following the Derek Chauvin murder conviction for the death of George Floyd, and the death of Daunte Wright at the hands of police. We…
This season of giving, consider a donation to the Community Garden. View our wishlist of garden items.
The funding will be used to continue the establishment and building of a community garden at the Pennsylvania Council of Churches headquarters, at 900 S Arlington Ave, Harrisburg, PA 17109. The Community Garden Project is one component of our outreach designed to engage communities as people grow their own food; we aim to educate and…
The Council’s latest edition of Ecumenical News Summer 2016 is now available in pdf form. Learn more about our Shalom Conference, Healing Communities, our intern/volunteer John-Michael Cotignola-Pickens, and planning for the future.
