On July 24 at 10 am on our triangle, Santa Fe honors Pastor Harry and Miranda Viscoli for their peacemaking efforts. And we saw a demonstration of their Guns to Gardens work.

With this effort, Pastor Harry and Miranda continue the work they started some time ago and have been receiving wide recognition for:

“At one Presbyterian church in New Mexico, 240 guns were turned in for dismantling, topping even the total at the Broncos’ stadium in Denver” by Presbyterian Peace Fellowship | Special to Presbyterian News Service, June 13, 2022

“The largest number of firearms surrendered on June 11 was at the Guns to Gardens event at La Mesa Presbyterian Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ‘We had a fantastic day. Cars were lined up down the street for almost two hours straight,’ said Rev. Harry Eberts, co-president of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence and pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe. “The La Mesa Church parking lot worked out wonderfully. We received 240 guns and, when we ran out of gift cards, people just gave us the guns. They just wanted to get rid of them.’ ”