PHW Voices

Screen-Free Week

May 5, 2014 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Did you know it is Screen-Free Week? During this annual, international celebration, schools, families, and community groups pledge to spend seven days without entertainment screen media. Instead of watching TV, surfing […]

Screen-Free Week

May 5, 2014 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Will your Church be a Voice to Expand Medicaid for NC?

May 1, 2014 By Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the […]

Will your Church be a Voice to Expand Medicaid for NC?

May 1, 2014 · by Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the […]

Farmworkers — God’s Family Supplying Our Food

April 16, 2014 By Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

We have all heard about farmworkers who supply us with cheap food but cannot afford food for their own families. This is a contradiction to God’s world of abundance with enough for […]

Farmworkers — God’s Family Supplying Our Food

April 16, 2014 · by Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

We have all heard about farmworkers who supply us with cheap food but cannot afford food for their own families. This is a contradiction to God’s world of abundance with enough for […]

Recording of Shared Use Agreement Webinar Now Available

April 15, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

If you were unable to join the March 28th webinar on Shared Use Agreements, you missed a real treat. However, it’s not too late to learn how your congregation can […]

Recording of Shared Use Agreement Webinar Now Available

April 15, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

If you were unable to join the March 28th webinar on Shared Use Agreements, you missed a real treat. However, it’s not too late to learn how your congregation can […]

PHW Community Hero: Helen Livingston of Scotland County

April 15, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Meet one of our community leaders: Helen Livingston of Scotland County. I was able to get her to tell us a bit about herself and her community involvement. Joy: Ms. […]

PHW Community Hero: Helen Livingston of Scotland County

April 15, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Meet one of our community leaders: Helen Livingston of Scotland County. I was able to get her to tell us a bit about herself and her community involvement. Joy: Ms. […]

ACA Update: Numbers, Enrollment Periods, and Exemptions

April 14, 2014 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

As open enrollment for the health insurance marketplace comes to a close, so does my internship at the NC Council of Churches. In less than two weeks, I will complete […]

ACA Update: Numbers, Enrollment Periods, and Exemptions

April 14, 2014 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

As open enrollment for the health insurance marketplace comes to a close, so does my internship at the NC Council of Churches. In less than two weeks, I will complete […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Six

April 11, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Six

April 11, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

April is National Minority Health Month

April 9, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Differences in health currently exist between minorities and non-Hispanic whites in the U.S., with people of color suffering disproportionately from chronic diseases, many of which are preventable. During the month […]

April is National Minority Health Month

April 9, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Five

April 3, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Five

April 3, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Healthy North Carolina 2020: Are We Gaining or Losing Ground?

April 3, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Healthy North Carolina 2020 is a health improvement plan for our state. It addresses a wide range of issues that impact our health, such as tobacco use, physical activity and […]

Healthy North Carolina 2020: Are We Gaining or Losing Ground?

April 3, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Healthy North Carolina 2020 is a health improvement plan for our state. It addresses a wide range of issues that impact our health, such as tobacco use, physical activity and […]

New Health Resource Focuses on Early Childhood Brain Development

April 2, 2014 By Marnie Cooper Priest, Former Project Director for the Breastfeeding Collaborative

The brain, one of the only organs not fully developed at birth, experiences 90% of its development before age eight. The 2000 days between birth and the start of kindergarten […]

New Health Resource Focuses on Early Childhood Brain Development

April 2, 2014 · by Marnie Cooper Priest, Former Project Director for the Breastfeeding Collaborative

The brain, one of the only organs not fully developed at birth, experiences 90% of its development before age eight. The 2000 days between birth and the start of kindergarten […]

Grace Period Allows You to Complete Health Insurance Enrollment

March 30, 2014 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

According to Enroll America, If you attempted to enroll before the deadline for open enrollment on March 31, but you could not do so in spite of your best efforts, […]

Grace Period Allows You to Complete Health Insurance Enrollment

March 30, 2014 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

According to Enroll America, If you attempted to enroll before the deadline for open enrollment on March 31, but you could not do so in spite of your best efforts, […]

PHW Success Story – Ebenezer Missionary Baptist, Wadesboro

March 28, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Wadesboro kicked off the New Year with a renewed focus on healthy living as a practice of their faith. To illustrate, they provided “Go Red” […]

PHW Success Story – Ebenezer Missionary Baptist, Wadesboro

March 28, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Wadesboro kicked off the New Year with a renewed focus on healthy living as a practice of their faith. To illustrate, they provided “Go Red” […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Four

March 27, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Four

March 27, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Food Justice Event on April 12

March 25, 2014 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Last year, I did not see many church leaders and pastors at the food and faith events I attended. I wondered if they knew about these events. As I reflected, I […]

Food Justice Event on April 12

March 25, 2014 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Last year, I did not see many church leaders and pastors at the food and faith events I attended. I wondered if they knew about these events. As I reflected, I […]

“Thank God for Health Insurance”

March 22, 2014 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

The end of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, March 31, is only days away. Although the past five months have been full of their share of challenges, stories of […]

“Thank God for Health Insurance”

March 22, 2014 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

The end of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, March 31, is only days away. Although the past five months have been full of their share of challenges, stories of […]

Open Enrollment Ends March 31

March 21, 2014 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

As the end of open enrollment on March 31 approaches, little time remains to take advantage of advanced premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies on Healthcare.gov. You have 10 days […]

Open Enrollment Ends March 31

March 21, 2014 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

As the end of open enrollment on March 31 approaches, little time remains to take advantage of advanced premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies on Healthcare.gov. You have 10 days […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Three

March 20, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Three

March 20, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Allowing Access to Church Facilities to Promote Physical Activity: Free Webinar

March 15, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Partners in Health and Wholeness recently teamed up with the NC Division of Public Health, Faithful Families and Voices into Action to assess what is currently happening around shared use […]

Allowing Access to Church Facilities to Promote Physical Activity: Free Webinar

March 15, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Partners in Health and Wholeness recently teamed up with the NC Division of Public Health, Faithful Families and Voices into Action to assess what is currently happening around shared use […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Two

March 13, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter Two

March 13, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

The Benefits of Breastfeeding

March 12, 2014 By Marnie Cooper Priest, Former Project Director for the Breastfeeding Collaborative

Recent, widely disseminated news reports claim that the benefits of breastfeeding have been drastically overstated. This is a startling assertion. It contradicts prolific and long-standing research that has formed the […]

The Benefits of Breastfeeding

March 12, 2014 · by Marnie Cooper Priest, Former Project Director for the Breastfeeding Collaborative

First Sunday in Lent: Poverty & Health

March 8, 2014 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

In recognition of our faithful call and of this time in history, the Council’s annual Lenten guide focuses on poverty and the ways we can respond to our sisters and […]

First Sunday in Lent: Poverty & Health

March 8, 2014 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

In recognition of our faithful call and of this time in history, the Council’s annual Lenten guide focuses on poverty and the ways we can respond to our sisters and […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter One

March 6, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Chapter One

March 6, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW-Certified Congregation Receives Funding to Improve Access to Healthy Foods

March 2, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Love Fellowship Believers – a PHW Silver-Certified Congregation located in Greensboro and under the pastoral leadership of Rev. Kevin Webb – was awarded a Statewide Pioneering Healthier Communities Youth Advocacy […]

PHW-Certified Congregation Receives Funding to Improve Access to Healthy Foods

March 2, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Last Call for Open Enrollment

March 1, 2014 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

“We’ve only got a few weeks left. March 31st, that’s the last call.” President Obama made this statement recently to a group of his supporters, and he’s referring to the […]

Last Call for Open Enrollment

March 1, 2014 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

“We’ve only got a few weeks left. March 31st, that’s the last call.” President Obama made this statement recently to a group of his supporters, and he’s referring to the […]

Presbyterian Clergy Sign Letter for the Public Good

February 28, 2014 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

A group of Presbyterian clergy have prepared and circulated A Pastoral Letter to their colleagues. It is a fine statement, noting that “[a]n enduring principle of our discipleship is the […]

Presbyterian Clergy Sign Letter for the Public Good

February 28, 2014 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

A group of Presbyterian clergy have prepared and circulated A Pastoral Letter to their colleagues. It is a fine statement, noting that “[a]n enduring principle of our discipleship is the […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Prayer Testimonies

February 27, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Prayer Testimonies

February 27, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

A Time to Mend: A Social Justice Study for Lent

February 26, 2014 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Economic circumstances too often define us. How much we do or do not earn can put us on a path that either buffers our failures or tempers our successes. The people who make the least amount of money have the fewest opportunities to succeed, no matter how much they work or how hard they study. For Christians, the biblical calls to justice and to providing for the least of these are foundations of our faith. At the same time, we as a nation mark this year the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty. Under different circumstances we might celebrate the milestone, but there is still too much to be done.

A Time to Mend: A Social Justice Study for Lent

February 26, 2014 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

For Christians, the biblical calls to justice and to providing for the least of these are foundations of our faith. At the same time, we as a nation mark this year the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty. Under different circumstances we might celebrate the milestone, but there is still too much to be done.

Gardening With a Purpose

February 25, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Recently, I received a notice from a local community garden organizer about a grant opportunity sponsored by a fertilizer company. I shared it with my e-mail group and found one […]

Gardening With a Purpose

February 25, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Recently, I received a notice from a local community garden organizer about a grant opportunity sponsored by a fertilizer company. I shared it with my e-mail group and found one […]

My Personal Food and Faith Story

February 22, 2014 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

How did faith play a role in shaping my food and faith experience? Food was very much a part of my growing up and interactions with both of my parents’ […]

My Personal Food and Faith Story

February 22, 2014 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

How did faith play a role in shaping my food and faith experience? Food was very much a part of my growing up and interactions with both of my parents’ […]

2014 PHW Certification & Mini-Grants: We’re Now Accepting Applications!

February 21, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

New activities and requirements for the 2014 Partners in Health and Wholeness Certification Program are now posted on our website! We hope that you will join this statewide movement to […]

2014 PHW Certification & Mini-Grants: We’re Now Accepting Applications!

February 21, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

New activities and requirements for the 2014 Partners in Health and Wholeness Certification Program are now posted on our website! We hope that you will join this statewide movement to […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Introduction

February 20, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: The Circle Maker, Introduction

February 20, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

HKonJ 2014 — Moral March and People’s Assembly

February 9, 2014 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

A cross-section of North Carolinians and progressives from other states flooded downtown Raleigh on Saturday as part of HKonJ 2014. Longtime activists from across the state walked with college students, parents […]

HKonJ 2014 — Moral March and People’s Assembly

February 9, 2014 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Pray with Us on Friday, March with Us on Saturday

February 6, 2014 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

Join the NC NAACP, the North Carolina Council of Churches, and coalition partners for this weekend’s Moral March on Raleigh and HKonJ People’s Assembly. Events include: A Mass Meeting and […]

Pray with Us on Friday, March with Us on Saturday

February 6, 2014 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

Join the NC NAACP, the North Carolina Council of Churches, and coalition partners for this weekend’s Moral March on Raleigh and HKonJ People’s Assembly. Events include: A Mass Meeting and […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Nineteen

February 6, 2014 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Nineteen

February 6, 2014 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Beech Valley Baptist Church in Sugar Grove to Participate in Strive to Revive Cardiac Arrest Rescue Program

February 5, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

High Country Press Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), the North Carolina Council of Churches, the American Red Cross and Rep. Becky Carney have selected Beech Valley […]

Beech Valley Baptist Church in Sugar Grove to Participate in Strive to Revive Cardiac Arrest Rescue Program

February 5, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

High Country Press Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), the North Carolina Council of Churches, the American Red Cross and Rep. Becky Carney have selected Beech Valley […]

Are We Past The Holiday Pounds?

January 28, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

I know that we are past the holidays, but are we past the pounds that we might have packed on? Many times, we are so bombarded by the holiday hype […]

Are We Past The Holiday Pounds?

January 28, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

I know that we are past the holidays, but are we past the pounds that we might have packed on? Many times, we are so bombarded by the holiday hype […]

Share your Affordable Care Act Stories

January 24, 2014 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

The Health Insurance Marketplace has been open for nearly four months now, which leads us to believe that there are some stories out there waiting to be told. The NC […]

Share your Affordable Care Act Stories

January 24, 2014 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

The Health Insurance Marketplace has been open for nearly four months now, which leads us to believe that there are some stories out there waiting to be told. The NC […]

A Canine’s Love for Health

January 23, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Have you ever thought about what your pet may think of your diet? I had some fun exploring this idea with a friend’s pet. Heidi is a dachshund with a […]

A Canine’s Love for Health

January 23, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Have you ever thought about what your pet may think of your diet? I had some fun exploring this idea with a friend’s pet. Heidi is a dachshund with a […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Seventeen

January 23, 2014 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Seventeen

January 23, 2014 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Pope Supports Breastfeeding in Public

January 18, 2014 By Marnie Cooper Priest, Former Project Director for the Breastfeeding Collaborative

Breastfeeding mothers everywhere have another reason to smile. On two separate occasions, one at the General Audience in December and another during a Baptism last week at the Cistene Chapel, Pope […]

Pope Supports Breastfeeding in Public

January 18, 2014 · by Marnie Cooper Priest, Former Project Director for the Breastfeeding Collaborative

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Sixteen

January 16, 2014 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Sixteen

January 16, 2014 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Receives Outstanding Community Service Award

January 13, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

PHW received an Outstanding Community Service Award from Peletah Ministries in New Bern, under the leadership of Pastors Anthony and Dawn Baldwin Gibson, on Saturday, January 11. Peletah Ministries, a […]

PHW Receives Outstanding Community Service Award

January 13, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Walking Together

January 11, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Partners in Health and Wholeness cannot do its work without your involvement. We are dedicated to equipping individuals and churches with the proper resources to be successful at implementing healthier […]

Walking Together

January 11, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

ACA Update

January 10, 2014 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Now that the holidays are over and we have returned to our daily routines, it is a good time to review what has transpired since I last posted. On January […]

ACA Update

January 10, 2014 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Now that the holidays are over and we have returned to our daily routines, it is a good time to review what has transpired since I last posted. On January […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Fifteen

January 9, 2014 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Fifteen

January 9, 2014 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Ashes to Beauty

January 8, 2014 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; […]

Ashes to Beauty

January 8, 2014 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; […]

PHW Success Story – Tabernacle of Deliverance, Rocky Mount

January 4, 2014 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Tabernacle of Deliverance is a non-denominational church located in a low socioeconomic community that strives to promote health and wellness along with spiritual guidance to those residing in the community. […]

PHW Success Story – Tabernacle of Deliverance, Rocky Mount

January 4, 2014 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Outer Banks Half Marathon, Part 2

December 31, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

In the opening scene of the holiday movie Love Actually, Hugh Grant’s character has a beautiful monologue that begins, “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I […]

Outer Banks Half Marathon, Part 2

December 31, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

In the opening scene of the holiday movie Love Actually, Hugh Grant’s character has a beautiful monologue that begins, “Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I […]

A Year of Setbacks, Pushbacks

December 29, 2013 By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

At the close of a momentous year for politics and public policy in North Carolina – a year that challenged many people of faith to act on their beliefs — […]

A Year of Setbacks, Pushbacks

December 29, 2013 · by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

At the close of a momentous year for politics and public policy in North Carolina – a year that challenged many people of faith to act on their beliefs — […]

Run Your Own Race: Outer Banks Half Marathon, Part 1

December 28, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

On the second weekend in November the Outer Banks hosted a marathon, half-marathon, and a variety of other running events. The “1 Corinthians 9:24 Runners” was one group that participated, based […]

Run Your Own Race: Outer Banks Half Marathon, Part 1

December 28, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Thirteen

December 26, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Thirteen

December 26, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Calvary Baptist Takes Part in Cardiac Arrest Rescue Program

December 21, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

The Sylva Herald

“Our congregation is committed to protecting the health of our members, and Strive to Revive helps us take this commitment to the next level,” said the Rev. Avery Brown, church pastor. “With more than 50-75 people attending our church each week, we have the potential to save lives and make a real difference in our community.” Strive to Revive kicked off in Charlotte in 2010 by awarding 20 organizations with AEDs and CPR training. BCBSNC, the North Carolina Council of Churches, the American Red Cross and Carney are committed to expanding the program statewide by distributing AEDs and providing CPR training to places of worship across North Carolina with the goal of reaching all 100 counties.

Calvary Baptist Takes Part in Cardiac Arrest Rescue Program

December 21, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

The Sylva Herald

Strive to Revive kicked off in Charlotte in 2010 by awarding 20 organizations with AEDs and CPR training. BCBSNC, the North Carolina Council of Churches, the American Red Cross and Carney are committed to expanding the program statewide by distributing AEDs and providing CPR training to places of worship across North Carolina with the goal of reaching all 100 counties.

Experts Discuss Junk Food Advertising Focused on Children

December 18, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

The holiday season, unfortunately, has become one of the more appropriate times of the year to talk about advertising. From Black Friday through day after Christmas shopping, there are ads all around […]

Experts Discuss Junk Food Advertising Focused on Children

December 18, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Eat as an Act of Worship this Holiday Season

December 16, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

This is a special time of year. For Christians, it’s a time of Advent or expectant waiting for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This period of anticipation culminates on […]

Eat as an Act of Worship this Holiday Season

December 16, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

This is a special time of year. For Christians, it’s a time of Advent or expectant waiting for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This period of anticipation culminates on […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Eleven

December 12, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Eleven

December 12, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Launches New Breastfeeding Program, Welcomes New Staff

December 12, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

PHW was recently awarded a two-year implementation grant from the John Rex Endowment to promote breastfeeding in low-resource congregations in Wake County. Marnie Cooper Priest, a native of Maine and […]

PHW Launches New Breastfeeding Program, Welcomes New Staff

December 12, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Smarter Holiday Eating

December 10, 2013 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

For any of us trying to lose weight or to maintain a healthy weight, the weeks from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day are the hardest of the year. All that […]

Smarter Holiday Eating

December 10, 2013 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

For any of us trying to lose weight or to maintain a healthy weight, the weeks from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day are the hardest of the year. All that […]

Coverage is Coming

December 9, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

December is here and Advent has arrived — a season which Christians joyfully and expectantly welcome as we await the celebration of Christ’s birth. This year, for many Americans, the […]

Coverage is Coming

December 9, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

December is here and Advent has arrived — a season which Christians joyfully and expectantly welcome as we await the celebration of Christ’s birth. This year, for many Americans, the […]

Church Youth Groups Invited to Apply for Funding to Create Healthier Communities

December 6, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Partners in Health and Wholeness is teaming up with the NC Alliance of YMCAs to identify organizations, like churches, with active youth groups who seek to improve the health of […]

Church Youth Groups Invited to Apply for Funding to Create Healthier Communities

December 6, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Partners in Health and Wholeness is teaming up with the NC Alliance of YMCAs to identify organizations, like churches, with active youth groups who seek to improve the health of […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Ten

December 5, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Ten

December 5, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Call for Special Legislative Session on Medicaid and Unemployment

November 30, 2013 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

On Tuesday, Executive Director George Reed took part in an NAACP-organized press conference urging Gov. Pat McCrory to call a special legislative session to reconsider decisions blocking Medicaid expansion and cutting off unemployment […]

Call for Special Legislative Session on Medicaid and Unemployment

November 30, 2013 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal,Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Nine

November 28, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal,Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Nine

November 28, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Signers Welcome — Letter to Governor McCrory

November 25, 2013 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

The NC NAACP has endorsed an open letter to Gov. McCrory about the state’s decision to deny certain unemployment insurance benefits and expanded Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of […]

Signers Welcome — Letter to Governor McCrory

November 25, 2013 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

The NC NAACP has endorsed an open letter to Gov. McCrory about the state’s decision to deny certain unemployment insurance benefits and expanded Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of […]

Deadline Approaching: Survey to Assess Churches’ Facility Use by Community Members

November 21, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Partners in Health and Wholeness would like to learn about the use of your congregation’s facilities by outside groups and individuals through a Faith Community Facility Use Agreement Survey. Findings […]

Deadline Approaching: Survey to Assess Churches’ Facility Use by Community Members

November 21, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Eight

November 21, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Eight

November 21, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Our Second Healthy Food Pantry Workshop

November 15, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Many churches highlight feeding ministries and fighting hunger as one of their most important and holy missions, taking very seriously the call of Jesus to feed his sheep, as he commands […]

Our Second Healthy Food Pantry Workshop

November 15, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Many churches highlight feeding ministries and fighting hunger as one of their most important and holy missions, taking very seriously the call of Jesus to feed his sheep, as he commands […]

PHW Bookclub Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Chapter Seven

November 14, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Bookclub Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Chapter Seven

November 14, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Federal Marketplace Basics in Powerpoint

November 4, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

The Affordable Care Act is a law with many complex parts. One of those parts, the individual mandate to have a minimum standard of health insurance coverage, goes into effect […]

Federal Marketplace Basics in Powerpoint

November 4, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

The Affordable Care Act is a law with many complex parts. One of those parts, the individual mandate to have a minimum standard of health insurance coverage, goes into effect […]

NC Council of Churches Offers ACA Marketplace Webinar

November 2, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

In response to a number of requests for information about the Affordable Care Act and the new federal health care marketplace, the NC Council of Churches will host a webinar […]

NC Council of Churches Offers ACA Marketplace Webinar

November 2, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

In response to a number of requests for information about the Affordable Care Act and the new federal health care marketplace, the NC Council of Churches will host a webinar […]

PHW Success Story – St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Durham

November 2, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Our congregation has used PHW’s gold status requirements as a framework for implementing activities throughout the year. Our priest, Jonah Kendall, led our health directive through his healthy and active […]

PHW Success Story – St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Durham

November 2, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Healthy Young America Video Contest

November 1, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

The Department of Health and Human Services reports that young adults ages 18 – 34 account for 41 percent of those who are uninsured and possibly eligible for coverage through […]

Healthy Young America Video Contest

November 1, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

The Department of Health and Human Services reports that young adults ages 18 – 34 account for 41 percent of those who are uninsured and possibly eligible for coverage through […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Five

October 31, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Five

October 31, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Adam Searing:Putting ACA Website Problems in Perspective

October 29, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Adam Searing, Director of the NC Justice Center’s Health Access Coalition, has added some needed perspective for North Carolinians to the current challenges plaguing the federal Health Insurance Marketplace. He […]

Adam Searing:Putting ACA Website Problems in Perspective

October 29, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Survey to Assess Churches’ Facility Use by Local Community Members

October 27, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

Survey to Assess Churches’ Facility Use by Local Community Members

October 27, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

PHW Success Story – Zion Wall Free Will Baptist, Linden

October 26, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

We are honored to be the recipient of the Bronze mini-grant award in the amount of $500. Under the leadership and guidance of Elder Jerry Jones, the membership of Zion […]

PHW Success Story – Zion Wall Free Will Baptist, Linden

October 26, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

We are honored to be the recipient of the Bronze mini-grant award in the amount of $500. Under the leadership and guidance of Elder Jerry Jones, the membership of Zion […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable Miracle, Chapter Four

October 24, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable Miracle, Chapter Four

October 24, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Trapped in the Coverage Gap

October 24, 2013 By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

Isn’t the federal Affordable Care Act supposed to help low-income Americans obtain the health insurance coverage that has been out of reach for millions? To be sure, that’s the idea […]

Trapped in the Coverage Gap

October 24, 2013 · by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

Isn’t the federal Affordable Care Act supposed to help low-income Americans obtain the health insurance coverage that has been out of reach for millions? To be sure, that’s the idea […]

Health Care from the Pulpit Kicks Off Oct. 25-27

October 21, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

This weekend, October 25 – 27, is National Faith Weekend of Action for Get Covered America, and it kicks off the new Health Care from the Pulpit program. The effort is designed to engage […]

Health Care from the Pulpit Kicks Off Oct. 25-27

October 21, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

This weekend, October 25 – 27, is National Faith Weekend of Action for Get Covered America, and it kicks off the new Health Care from the Pulpit program. The effort is designed to engage […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Three

October 17, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter Three

October 17, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

Braising Kale + Praising Produce = Soul Food

October 15, 2013 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

I have a conflicted relationship with cooking. For the big food holidays, moments of inspired recipe testing, and the occasional soup or marinara prep and freeze binge, I’m your gal. […]

Braising Kale + Praising Produce = Soul Food

October 15, 2013 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

I have a conflicted relationship with cooking. For the big food holidays, moments of inspired recipe testing, and the occasional soup or marinara prep and freeze binge, I’m your gal. […]

Community Organizations Collaborate to Educate the Public about the ACA

October 14, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Adam Searing, Director of the NC Justice Center’s Health Access Coalition, describes one effort of the local community around Roanoke Rapids to educate their residents about the Affordable Care Act. The […]

Community Organizations Collaborate to Educate the Public about the ACA

October 14, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

PHW Receives Faith & Community Health Excellence Award

October 13, 2013 By Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

I had the pleasure of attending the Tri-Regional Faith and Community Health Summit in Atlanta, GA on October 3-5. The event was chock-full of dynamic speakers and informative sessions. Some […]

PHW Receives Faith & Community Health Excellence Award

October 13, 2013 · by Willona Stallings, Former Program Coordinator – Partners in Health & Wholeness

I had the pleasure of attending the Tri-Regional Faith and Community Health Summit in Atlanta, GA on October 3-5. The event was chock-full of dynamic speakers and informative sessions. Some […]

Five Enrollment Tips for the Health Insurance Marketplace

October 12, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Whether you plan to enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace on your own or through the assistance of a trained Navigator or Certified Application Counselor (CAC), I have five tips […]

Five Enrollment Tips for the Health Insurance Marketplace

October 12, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Whether you plan to enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace on your own or through the assistance of a trained Navigator or Certified Application Counselor (CAC), I have five tips […]

Shutdown Scenario: The Hunger Brink

October 11, 2013 By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

The political stakes and motives are plain to see. President Obama and his Democratic allies on Capitol Hill are locked in a desperate struggle with the Republicans who control the […]

Shutdown Scenario: The Hunger Brink

October 11, 2013 · by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

The political stakes and motives are plain to see. President Obama and his Democratic allies on Capitol Hill are locked in a desperate struggle with the Republicans who control the […]

Bulletin Inserts on the Affordable Care Act

October 3, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Download the bulletin insert: Color | Black & White Trouble printing? You may have to adjust PDF print settings in order to get a complete copy. Printing Instructions here. This fall marks […]

Bulletin Inserts on the Affordable Care Act

October 3, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

Download the bulletin insert: Color | Black & White Trouble printing? You may have to adjust PDF print settings in order to get a complete copy. Printing Instructions here. This fall marks […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter One

October 3, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Chapter One

October 3, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why our […]

ACA Welcomes Volunteers to Help with Enrollment

September 28, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

An exciting moment in the history of our country has arrived, and we need your help. North Carolina’s new federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace is opening on October 1. For an […]

ACA Welcomes Volunteers to Help with Enrollment

September 28, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

An exciting moment in the history of our country has arrived, and we need your help. North Carolina’s new federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace is opening on October 1. For an […]

Avoid Health Insurance Marketplace Fraud

September 25, 2013 By Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

As the beginning of the enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace approaches, it is important to be aware of ways dishonest individuals may try to gain access to your […]

Avoid Health Insurance Marketplace Fraud

September 25, 2013 · by Lauren Chesson, Former MSW Intern

As the beginning of the enrollment period for the Health Insurance Marketplace approaches, it is important to be aware of ways dishonest individuals may try to gain access to your […]

The Pumpkin Paradox

September 25, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Fall is in the air. There has been a crispness in the air that, until recently, has been a distant memory. But where did I first catch a glimpse of fall? Not […]

The Pumpkin Paradox

September 25, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

Fall is in the air. There has been a crispness in the air that, until recently, has been a distant memory. But where did I first catch a glimpse of fall? Not […]

Conversations Today or Crisis Tomorrow

September 24, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

I spent August 2011 through August 2012 working as a chaplain resident at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem. During my residency I took care of the everyday pastoral care needs […]

Conversations Today or Crisis Tomorrow

September 24, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

I spent August 2011 through August 2012 working as a chaplain resident at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem. During my residency I took care of the everyday pastoral care needs […]

Continuing the Conversation: Healthy Food Pantry Workshop

September 23, 2013 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

The recent workshop on healthy food pantries that Partners in Health and Wholeness presented with the Partnership for Community Care was a huge success. The food was delicious, and the presentation […]

Continuing the Conversation: Healthy Food Pantry Workshop

September 23, 2013 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

ACA Meets the YouToons

September 12, 2013 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Helping people get the health care they need is serious and important stuff. As the next phase of the Affordable Care Act kicks in on October 1, a lot of […]

ACA Meets the YouToons

September 12, 2013 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Helping people get the health care they need is serious and important stuff. As the next phase of the Affordable Care Act kicks in on October 1, a lot of […]

Speaking Truth About the ACA

September 5, 2013 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

One of the problems for people of faith trying to understand the Affordable Care Act and its requirements and benefits for them is that there is bad information out there. […]

Speaking Truth About the ACA

September 5, 2013 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

One of the problems for people of faith trying to understand the Affordable Care Act and its requirements and benefits for them is that there is bad information out there. […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Chapter Eleven

September 5, 2013 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Chapter Eleven

September 5, 2013 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why […]

ACA Offers Real Answers

September 3, 2013 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

For health care advocates, the Affordable Care Act means they can finally offer solutions to those who have previously been uninsured and “uninsurable.” In a Point of View column for Saturday’s News […]

ACA Offers Real Answers

September 3, 2013 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Heed the Governor on Drug Tests

August 30, 2013 By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

When the General Assembly during its recently concluded session turned out one misguided bill after another – to hold down the racial minority vote, weaken environmental rules, cut taxes for […]

Heed the Governor on Drug Tests

August 30, 2013 · by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

When the General Assembly during its recently concluded session turned out one misguided bill after another – to hold down the racial minority vote, weaken environmental rules, cut taxes for […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Chapter Ten

August 29, 2013 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Chapter Ten

August 29, 2013 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Chapter Nine

August 22, 2013 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why […]

PHW Book Club Discussion: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Chapter Nine

August 22, 2013 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Thank you for joining the Partners in Health and Wholeness Book Club. You can officially sign-up here. Through it, we hope to engage people of faith in discussions over why […]