Opportunity Stories - what's yours? Join us Tuesday, May 21 for a Leadership Assembly dedicated to storytelling. RSVP to Damon Daniel [damon@cco.org] for more details.
May 13, 2013 | Columbia Tribune
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March 29, 2013
Isaiah 52:7-15 On Earth. Now. Today Our Lenten pilgrimage has brought us at last to Good Friday – to Golgotha, to the cross, to Christ’s agony and death. For Christians, this day is marked by profound sorrow, by prayer, fasting, and repentance. You and I know that death does not have the final word. We [...]
March 27, 2013
Isaiah 51:1-8 Permanent or Provisional? You can tell a great deal about a state’s or a nation’s actual morality by the way it treats its weakest and most vulnerable. The prophet Isaiah reminded us that God’s people are to live in such a way that God’s justice will light the way for others (Isaiah 51:4). [...]
This Lenten Guide for Congregations presents an opportunity to bear witness on behalf of working poor and marginalized families. To help guide your preparation for this time, we’ve developed weekly themes and accompanying scriptural references with suggestions on how to pray, fast, and act.
We have also called on our clergy to be the prophetic voices for the poor and marginalized, each providing a daily reflection and spiritual presence among decision makers as they face difficult moral choices. We seek 40 clergy who will bear witness to the needs and the values of “the least of these” during the 40 days of Lent.
We implore our elected leaders to do what is right for Missouri and Kansas in keeping with the teachings of our faith. As these leaders face difficult decisions in the coming months, the 2013 Covenant for Families is a living guide to the kind of future we believe our Creator calls us to seek.
We believe in fair and humane immigration reform that respects our core faith values including human dignity, family unity, and basic due process rights.
Too many of our brothers and sisters are caught in a pipeline of pervasive violence. Click here to learn about some of CCO's solutions through Lifelines to Hope and Healing.
See how PICO changes lives, strengthens families and revitalizes communities across the country.
