A Community Prayer Service for Peace

 

Please join our voices in prayer for peace in Ukraine and the world, with faith leaders from across the community. The service will be held this Sunday, April 3, at 5 pm at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Greensboro. Participating are:

  • Jill Duffield, First Presbyterian
  • Darryl Aaron, Providence Baptist
  • Ernie Thompson, Westminster Presbyterian
  • Sarantis Loulakis, Dormition of the Theotokos
  • Phanta Lansden, Saint James Presbyterian
  • Andy Koren, Temple Emanuel
  • Julie Peeples, Congregational United Church of Christ
  • Kim Priddy, Sedgefield Presbyterian

First Presbyterian Church is at 617 North Elm Street in downtown Greensboro. Masks are optional; social distanced seating will be maintained. The sanctuary is large and there is space for everyone!

Parking map here. If you have mobility issues you have two options. 1. Disability parking is available on Greene Street with a level walkway into the sanctuary. 2. If you need an elevator, please enter through the Welcome Center near Elm Street. Disability parking is reserved at that entrance and there is a ramp. (Street in front of the sanctuary is one-way, enter from Greene Street.)

Watch on livestream here.

 

Hygiene kits: We are gathering kits to be distributed by Church World Service. The CWS global office is working now to determine how best to help refugees and those still in Ukraine. It would be helpful to have lots of kits ready to go, and if they are not sent to Ukraine they will go to people who are struggling after natural disasters or living in deep poverty. Please gather these items only and enclose in a one-gallon Ziploc-type bag. Remove excess air when you close it. Drop off at FPC by June 8.

  • One hand towel (no fingertip, bath, dish towel or micro-fiber)
  • One washcloth
  • One wide-tooth comb with 6 inches of teeth – rattail and combs without handles OK, no pocket combs or picks; remove from packaging.
  • One fingernail or toenail clipper, removed from packaging.
  • One bath-size bar of soap in original packaging.
  • One toothbrush (NO toothpaste — a tube of extended expiration date will be added before kit is delivered).
  • Ten standard Band-Aids.

Donations: The Presbyterian Mission Agency is working with its existing partners to address needs such as shelter, food, clothing, blankets, baby food and diapers, other hygiene supplies, flashlights and candles, generators, and fuel. You can contribute three ways: Go to presbyterianmission.org and click on the red bar at the top; call (800) 872-3283; text PDAUKR to 41444 or send a check to Presbyterian Church (USA). with “DR000156-Ukraine” on the memo line. Mail to: Presbyterian Church (USA), P.O. Box 743700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264