Disability Access/Inclusion Sunday

June 28, 2009

For many years, Disability Access/Inclusion Sunday resources have been a gift to the church from Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC). The theme for the June 28, 2009, Sunday emphasis reflects the faith, experiences and challenges of writers with disabilities as they encounter Scripture. PDC offers these reflections that all will be able to enter, worship, learn and lead in our congregations. [Read more]

Social Justice Biennial Conference

The Big Tent
June 11-13, 2009
Atlanta, Georgia

Isaiah 54:2 says, “Enlarge the site of your tent …” Is our tent large enough for those with no tent or those who stand outside, waiting for hospitality to be offered? Our participants will connect with those working at the grassroots of our denomination in justice ministries. Listen, learn and share how congregations can be in ministry with persons and families affected by disabilities, mental illness, human trafficking, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, substance abuse, immigration, child welfare, health disparities … These are ministry, justice and biblical imperatives! Atlanta, with its deep history of involvement in civil rights, is the perfect landscape to engage in this discussion.

For more information, visit the Big Tent Web site.

Download a schedule for the Social Justice Biennial Conference.

2009 John Park Lee Award winner announced

The Rev. Johnnie Monroe. Photo courtesy of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Rev. Dr. Johnnie Monroe’s 42 years of service as a Presbyterian minister of Word and Sacrament exemplifies the essence of devotion to the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that social justice advocacy for “the least of these” becomes a key to the salvation for all people in all contexts and geographical settings. As a pastor, social justice advocate and community leader, teacher and mentor, Dr. Johnnie Monroe has preached to, baptized and nurtured thousands of people in congregations as well as been a “public pastor” to many “outside of his congregational fold,” but he has also built churches into community centers of health and spiritual healing in areas where others would have seen only blight with social and economic dysfunction. Believing in the strong justice aspect of Jesus’ ministry, Johnnie Monroe has been a tireless advocate and fighter for justice and human dignity among all people, growing out of the historic struggle for justice rooted in the African American experience in the United States of America. [Read more]

Partnership brings tools for understanding addictions

The Clergy Education and Training Project, a partnership of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA), the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC) and Faith Partners of the Rush Center is providing training around the country to help faith communities understand their role in understanding and addressing alcohol and other addictions. This project is funded by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. [Read more]

Winds of Hope, Winds of Healing

Winds of Hope, Winds of Healing is a national organization that uses original music from Christian and secular artists to raise awareness and funds for mental health and pastoral counseling services in needy and underserved areas of the United States. The organization is supported by both religious and corporate groups and individuals who have come together in unique ways to serve in this ministry. Currently Winds of Hope is focusing on the needs in the Gulf Coast with specific emphasis on raising funds to supplement counseling and chaplaincy in New Orleans and a new counseling center in Gulfport/Biloxi, Miss., an area that was underserved before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and now cannot meet the needs for necessary counseling services. [Read more]

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