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Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Navigating Grief During the Holidays

By Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Near the altar where I stood 10 years earlier to co-officiate their wedding ceremony,  I rested at a podium as my eyes shifted between my brother-in-law seated on the front […]

Navigating Grief During the Holidays

· by Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Near the altar where I stood 10 years earlier to co-officiate their wedding ceremony,  I rested at a podium as my eyes shifted between my brother-in-law seated on the front […]

Navigating Grief and Hope

By Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

You cannot write the word on social media without triggering an inquiry about your safety or being digitally reprimanded for violating the platform’s community policy. But the digital space isn’t […]

Navigating Grief and Hope

· by Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

You cannot write the word on social media without triggering an inquiry about your safety or being digitally reprimanded for violating the platform’s community policy. But the digital space isn’t […]

A Clergy’s Call to Confronting Opioid Overdose

By Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

My neighborhood is interesting, and you never know what to expect when you walk out the door.  I thought nothing could surprise me until one Saturday this summer, around 7:30 […]

A Clergy’s Call to Confronting Opioid Overdose

· by Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

My neighborhood is interesting, and you never know what to expect when you walk out the door.  I thought nothing could surprise me until one Saturday this summer, around 7:30 […]

Ministry Along I-95 Requires New Tools for Clergy

By Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Within a few weeks of starting in my position at the Council, I met Cape Fear Valley Health Community Paramedic Chris Dudley at a health resource event in Fayetteville. Unlike […]

Ministry Along I-95 Requires New Tools for Clergy

· by Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Within a few weeks of starting in my position at the Council, I met Cape Fear Valley Health Community Paramedic Chris Dudley at a health resource event in Fayetteville. Unlike […]

PHW Spotlight: Meet Apostle Michelle Sledge of Kingdom Entity Apostolic Ministries

By Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Apostle Dr. Michelle Sledge is the pastor of Kingdom Entity Apostolic Ministries and the faith lead for the PHW mini-grant funded initiative that provides wellness programming to the food pantry […]

PHW Spotlight: Meet Apostle Michelle Sledge of Kingdom Entity Apostolic Ministries

· by Rev. Dr. Arlecia Simmons, Partners in Health and Wholeness East Regional Associate Director

Apostle Dr. Michelle Sledge is the pastor of Kingdom Entity Apostolic Ministries and the faith lead for the PHW mini-grant funded initiative that provides wellness programming to the food pantry […]