Welcome to Guilford Park Presbyterian Church
Celebrating Christ with open minds, loving hearts, and serving hands.
We believe that we strengthen the body of Christ by embracing diversity,
working for justice, and serving our neighbors.
All are welcome!
This Sunday (and all of July and August) we move to our summer schedule 10:00 COMBINED WORSHIP.
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Sunday school For July and August, the class - Exploring the Psalms- is meeting in the Westminster Room at 9 AM. Our class is a Bible Study on selected Psalms with class discussion on the scriptural meaning for us today. Coffee and a sweet treat will be available for participants. Come and share your thoughts with the group.
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Past sermons availableLiked a sermon? Missed a sermon? Want to share a sermon? Find it in the archives in print and/or audio.
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To Mars and Beyond VBS!
July 22 — July 25, 2019
Monday through Thursday, 2:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Preschool potty-trained 4s to 5th grade
To Mars and Beyond will help kids discover the wonders of God's universe. They'll become Voyagers on a journey through space, exploring where God's power can take them.
Sign up for Guilford Park PC VBS at
https://tmab.cokesburyvbs.com/GuilfordParkPres/
July 22 — July 25, 2019
Monday through Thursday, 2:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Preschool potty-trained 4s to 5th grade
To Mars and Beyond will help kids discover the wonders of God's universe. They'll become Voyagers on a journey through space, exploring where God's power can take them.
Sign up for Guilford Park PC VBS at
https://tmab.cokesburyvbs.com/GuilfordParkPres/
Stewart Detention Center- Three Stories
I recently traveled with a group organized by FaithAction International House to the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia to visit immigrant detainees. Immigrant justice is a part of our congregation’s work through the Justice and Peacemaking Committee, so I wanted to share these stories with you.
Stewart is a large for-profit detention center, supported by our tax dollars. It was cited in an extensive 2017 report for human and civil rights abuses, and its immigration court is known for denying detainees bail, asylum or other relief. (See the accompanying Information Sheet for more about Stewart and the detention system as a whole.)
Hopelessness hangs over Stewart like a shroud.
Most detainees are innocent of all but minor crimes. (Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor, overstaying a visa is not a crime, and applying for asylum is legal.) Some have completed a criminal sentence, but many have never been charged with any crime. Yet they are treated with contempt, incarcerated for long periods without due process, and denied many of the protections afforded criminals.
I heard Christ’s call to visit those in prison. We visited out of compassion and to witness to injustice. We cannot offer legal or financial help, so there is little motivation for detainees to lie to us. If anything, fear that conversations are monitored might restrain them. Visitors are unable to take notes so rely on our recollections to share these stories.
For the rest of the story click here.
Stewart is a large for-profit detention center, supported by our tax dollars. It was cited in an extensive 2017 report for human and civil rights abuses, and its immigration court is known for denying detainees bail, asylum or other relief. (See the accompanying Information Sheet for more about Stewart and the detention system as a whole.)
Hopelessness hangs over Stewart like a shroud.
Most detainees are innocent of all but minor crimes. (Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor, overstaying a visa is not a crime, and applying for asylum is legal.) Some have completed a criminal sentence, but many have never been charged with any crime. Yet they are treated with contempt, incarcerated for long periods without due process, and denied many of the protections afforded criminals.
I heard Christ’s call to visit those in prison. We visited out of compassion and to witness to injustice. We cannot offer legal or financial help, so there is little motivation for detainees to lie to us. If anything, fear that conversations are monitored might restrain them. Visitors are unable to take notes so rely on our recollections to share these stories.
For the rest of the story click here.
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Faith leaders around Greensboro, North Carolina recently held a press conference at Guilford Park Presbyterian Church, urging Washington to pass a clean DREAM Act, allowing immigrant families to remain in the U.S. without fear of deportation. Read more
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Mike Sasser in his support for Greensboro Urban Ministries
Mike Sasser with Isaiah Mickens and Sentellis Cooper at the Thursday mentoring group at Guilford Park Presbyterian Church. "I get so much from being with these young men". Read More |
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Guilford ParkPresbyterian Church is Certified as a national PCUSA Earth Care Congregation
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