Peru Mission Experience

March 7, 2010
12:15 PM	to	1:15 PM

As you may know, a group from First Presbyterian Church will be leaving on February 6 for a mission trip to Peru. The Pastors, Board of Deacons, Church and Society Committee and Adult Education Committee would like to invite the congregation to pray for those going on the mission trip and to use this resource list to learn more about Peru. The mission group will be presenting a program to congregation about their experience on Sunday, March 7, 2010 after worship. 

PERU RESOURCE LIST

Films: Peruvian Context

Soy Andina – a documentary telling the intersecting stories of two New Yorkers – a modern/hip-hop dance dancer raised in Queens, and a folkloric dancer from the Andes – on a dazzling odyssey through Peru in search of roots and a world of folkloric dance. ) http://www.soyandina.com/ 

State of Fear – a documentary about the years of terrorism in Peru http://skylightpictures.com/site/film_detail/state_of_fear/

En la Boca del Lobo – Film about the massacre in Putis, Peru http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/18/movies/review-film-la-boca-del-lobo-from-peru.html?pagewanted=1   

Climate Change

Article on Climate Change and Huancavelica, Peru http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/03/peru-mountain-farmers-winter-cold (article on

World Bank video (5 minutes) on climate change in Peru http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qDc4hXUSY  

Theology and Mission

Gracias! by Henri Nouwen – his 6 month journal of his time in Bolivia and Peru http://www.amazon.com/Gracias-American-Henri-J-Nouwen/dp/0883448513

Presbyterian Church USA blog on Ecology, eco-justice, eco-theology…) http://presbyterian.typepad.com/ecojourney/eco-theology/ 

Joining  Hands Against Hunger

Joining Hands in Peru – Uniendo Manos en Peru  http://www.manosperu.org