AFTER the 2020 event: FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN NEWS SERVICe
Articles published on presbyterianmission.org
11.08.2020 Running toward strangers to extend the hospitality God requires of us
11.08.2020 Young immigrants use their art to tell stories of faith and fear on their journey north
11.09.2020 A cup of water and some closure for grieving families
11.10.2020 Relieving the stress brought on by ongoing slow-moving crises
11.11.2020 Workshop explores coming alongside migrants
11.12.2020 The next step: to love our neighbor
"GOSPEL HOSPITALITY AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD" RESOURCES
LITURGICAL GUIDE from the Rev. Krystal Leedy with Texas Impact
As more stories emerge from the border, people of faith may feel unable to help those who are migrating to the United States. Safe: A Liturgical Guide about Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Migrants compels us to action by giving us the words to pray for and with our neighbors. Prayers, litanies, hymn suggestions, and 13 sermon starters allow us to turn our eyes toward those whom God has not forgotten but that we need to advocate for.
WORKSHOP AND SESSION VIDEOS:
Workshop 1: Asylum Accompaniment, with Susan Krehbiel, Associate for Refugees and Asylum, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, PC(USA)
Welcome & Session 1: From the Hostility of the Reign of this World to the Hospitality of the Reign of God, with Dr. Eliseo Pérez Álvarez, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Presbyterian minister
Session 2: Status of Human Rights and Migrant Deaths in South Texas, with Eduardo “Eddie” Canales, Director, South Texas Human Rights Center
Session 3: The Transfigurations of Exile and Migrants, with Rev. Dr. Leopoldo Cervantes-Ortiz, Medical doctor, theologian, poet, and Presbyterian pastor
Session 4: Caring for the Sacred Other: A Conversation on Migration, Faith, and the Borderlands, with Rev. Dr. Gregory L. Cuéllar, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Session 5: Arte de Lagrimas: Refugee Artwork Project, with Rev. Dr. Gregory L. Cuéllar and Mrs. Nohemí Cuéllar
Saturday Evening Concert with Douglas Oviedo
WORSHIP SERVICES:
Friday evening, November 6, Rev. Juan Antonio García Alvarado, preaching (in Spanish with English subtitles)
Saturday morning, November 7, at Grand Candela Memorial, El Paso, The Revs. Holly and Kaci Clark-Porter, preaching
Sunday morning, November 8, Closing Worship with Holy Communion at the US-Mexico Border Wall, Rev. Eliseo Pérez Álvarez, preaching (in Spanish and English, with English subtitles)
from the 2019 event: two sermons on immigration
FROM THE 2019 EVENT: Border Wall Prayer WalK
Border Wall Prayer Walk
Feel free to use the “Border Wall Prayer Walk” PowerPoint presentation below. We hope this review of the Art of Hope and Resistance in Agua Prieta, Sonora—just one spot along the Mexico/US border—will inspire fruitful conversation and loving prayer. Please consider all the opportunities for sharing the work of our brothers and sisters in the border region. Let us know how it goes!
AFTER the 2019 event: FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN NEWS SERVICe
Articles published on presbyterianmission.org
AFTER the 2019 event: VIDEO COVERAGE
