Public Response to This Week's Events
As people of faith at The Church of Reconciliation, we are heartbroken by the news of a gunman who shot thirteen and killed ten in a grocery story in Buffalo, New York this week in the name of racial discrimination, fear, and hatred. As people of faith, we are heartbroken by the news of a gunman who shot six and killed one fellow Presbyterian(s) at a church luncheon this week, all in the name of a culturally based feud. As people of the United States, we recognize we are living in a time of cultural strife and dissonance; a time when the truth is easy to distort and difficult to raise above the din of vitriol. Nonetheless, as followers of the way of Jesus, we denounce murder and the discriminatory precedent of Replacement Theory and the violent racism it promotes. We join those who are grieving the loss of loved ones and the loss of their sense of safety. We send our prayers of empathy for the trauma they have experienced and for the road to healing that is ahead. We pray for those who are surrounding them as physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists and pastors. We pray for their communities and for the public servants who are now seeking to find ways to make their communities safer. As people of faith, we are more deeply challenged than ever to ‘remember, tell, and live the way of Jesus by being just, kind, and humble.’ More than ever, it is incumbent upon us to grow our children up in just such a way. More than ever, it is our imperative to love our enemies and to beat swords into plowshares. We join in solidarity with all people of faith who live humbly and vulnerably for peace and justice in the world.
Rev. Allen C. Brimer
Pastor, The Church of Reconciliation
You may see other responses from the Presbyterian Church (USA) here:
Stated Clerk of the PC(USA): https://pcusa.org/news/2022/5/16/stated-clerkco-moderators-pray-healing-amid-weeken/
Co-Moderators of the PC(USA): https://pcusa.org/news/2022/5/16/stated-clerkco-moderators-pray-healing-amid-weeken/
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PC(USA)
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We are people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, and gender identifications, walking together on our Faith Journeys. Listening to God and the Gospel as well as each other, we are trying to grow into the people God means for us to be. We are all wonderfully made!
Jesus teaches us to strive for peace, take care of the vulnerable, work for justice, and protect our beautiful Earth. May you feel the hope and joy of Jesus’s presence here.
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You may see other responses from the Presbyterian Church (USA) here:
Stated Clerk of the PC(USA): https://pcusa.org/.../stated-clerkco-moderators-pray.../
Co-Moderators of the PC(USA): https://pcusa.org/.../co-moderators-224th-general.../
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EARTH CARE
We are one of the first EarthCare Congregations in the PC(USA), reflecting our commitment to be responsible stewards of our Earth's resources.
HONOR OUR MOTHER EARTH!
JUSTICE & PEACE
We are a Peace Church, striving for reconciliation, justice, & peace in our broken world, locally and abroad. We work for systemic change and to alleviate the impacts of injustice.
HELP US CHANGE THE WORLD!
INCLUSION
We welcome and embrace LGBTQ+ folks and believe we are ALL made in God's image. We were one of the first congregations to call and ordain an openly gay, partnered pastor.
COME AS YOU ARE!
Contact Church of Reconciliation, PC(USA)
110 N Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
919-929-2127