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Here is the summer newsletter from Immanuel House of San Jose, one of our Social Justice Partners: As Friends of Immanuel House, you are no doubt aware of the urgent resettlement of thousands of Afghan refugees. The House is equipped to receive only single men, and indeed all our current residents are from Afghanistan. Some…
At their May 2021 meeting, Session affirmed and joined with the PC(USA), who confessed complicity and repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery at the General Assembly in 2016. This report explains what the Doctrine of Discovery is and how churches have been complicit. For more background, resources and suggestions of actions FPCPA might take, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BM6hErrrYLeV8WWWg0XKjViR_S0u2QG1bdtGOj0ymKQ/edit#…
FPCPA has said an enthusiastic “Yes!” to Heart and Home Collaborative, who was seeking a faith partner to serve as Host Site for their cold weather shelter for up to 15 women in Palo Alto from January 10 through February 21, 2021. This group, which primarily serves women over 55, urgently needed a location to…
Several of our partner organizations have had extraordinary requests for their resources this year and have responded quickly to new ways of operating. They will have holiday drives, although some of them have had to forgo normal celebrations. The Social Justice Ministry urges you to consider donating to one or more of these Holiday drives…