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Donate to the Community Garden
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A Statement on Separation of Families at the Border
Download as a pdf document at https://www.pachurches.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Family-Separation-Statement-6-18.pdf. A Statement on the Separation of Families at the Border For the LORD your God… executes justice for the orphan and widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. –Deuteronomy 10:17-19…
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Update on Community Garden
Ground has been broken on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches Community Garden! Check out the videos below: