Update on Community Garden

ByLarry Pickens August 12, 2025August 12, 2025

Ground has been broken on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches Community Garden! Check out the videos below:

A Statement Following the Derek Chauvin Conviction
ByLarry Pickens June 3, 2021December 2, 2023

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…

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A Call for Solidarity with Our Neighbors Impacted by Hurricane Harvey and Flooding
ByLarry Pickens August 31, 2017December 2, 2023

We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed… —2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NRSV) The Pennsylvania Council of Churches grieves with our sisters and brothers who have suffered the loss of life, shelter, possessions and security in the wake of Hurricane…

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Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise
ByLarry Pickens July 10, 2024July 10, 2024

As millions of Americans plan to cast their votes this November it is not hyperbole to say that we are at an existential turning point and the future of our democratic republic is on the ballot. The Pennsylvania Council of Churches has historically advocated for the public’s involvement in the political and electoral process. In…

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A Resolution Supporting Reparations for Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh
ByLarry Pickens September 30, 2022December 2, 2023

Download a pdf version A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING REPARATIONS FOR BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PITTSBURGH WHEREAS: Prophetic voices throughout the ages have called upon those in power to show justice to the those who have been “othered” and are the most vulnerable in society: the prophet Amos exhorted the people of Israel to “Hate…

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Protest against ICE Facility in Pennsylvania
ByMichelle WACH August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

August 24, 2025 Location: Cold Stream Dam US-322 Philipsburg, PA 16866 2:00 – 4:00pm End GEO Concentration Camps: Moshannon Indivisible groups across Pennsylvania are on a mission to SHUT DOWN MOSHANNON! Moshannon Valley Processing Center, located in Clearfield County, is the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in the Northeastern United States. Operated by the for-profit…

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Update on Reparations for Bethel AME Church in Pittsburgh
ByLarry Pickens October 11, 2022

We troubled heaven, worked our faith, and God answered our prayers. All praise to our God! Update on the historic meeting today with the mayor’s office Chief of Staff, Jake Wheatley, three members of the Penguins staff, and two members of the Sports Exhibition Authority staff, myself, and Dorse Carson Williams. All parties agreed to the list…

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Update on Community Garden

A Statement Following the Derek Chauvin Conviction

A Call for Solidarity with Our Neighbors Impacted by Hurricane Harvey and Flooding

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise

A Resolution Supporting Reparations for Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh

Protest against ICE Facility in Pennsylvania

Update on Reparations for Bethel AME Church in Pittsburgh

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