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Join Us for the PHW Faith and Health Summit

October 5, 2017 By Michelle Peedin, Program Coordinator, Partners in Health and Wholeness

On Thursday, October 19th Partners in Health and Wholeness will host our 2017 Faith and Health Summit. Thursday’s events include a community gardens and permaculture tour throughout the city of […]

Join Us for the PHW Faith and Health Summit

October 5, 2017 · by Michelle Peedin, Program Coordinator, Partners in Health and Wholeness

On Thursday, October 19th Partners in Health and Wholeness will host our 2017 Faith and Health Summit. Thursday’s events include a community gardens and permaculture tour throughout the city of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Community Gardens, Food, Health, Mental Health, News, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Partners in Health and Wholeness Announces Photography Contest

August 23, 2017 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and we want to hear what you have to say. The theme of this year’s PHW Faith and Health Summit is, […]

Partners in Health and Wholeness Announces Photography Contest

August 23, 2017 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and we want to hear what you have to say. The theme of this year’s PHW Faith and Health Summit is, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Health, Religion & Society

Revised Health Care Bill, Same Devastating Effects

July 14, 2017 By Andrew Hudgins, Program Associate for Operations

Yesterday, the Senate unveiled a revised version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act. According to a report from our friends at the North Carolina Justice Center the changes, and their […]

Revised Health Care Bill, Same Devastating Effects

July 14, 2017 · by Andrew Hudgins, Program Associate for Operations

Yesterday, the Senate unveiled a revised version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act. According to a report from our friends at the North Carolina Justice Center the changes, and their […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Economic Justice, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Mental Health, People with Disabilities, Religion & Society, Taxes

Now what? Staying Engaged and Grow the Interfaith Climate Movement

June 2, 2017 By Susannah Tuttle, Eco-Justice Connection Director

We were already living in a time of profound consequence. President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement means that while the needs of our endangered climate are increasing, […]

Now what? Staying Engaged and Grow the Interfaith Climate Movement

June 2, 2017 · by Susannah Tuttle, Eco-Justice Connection Director

We were already living in a time of profound consequence. President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement means that while the needs of our endangered climate are increasing, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Christian Unity, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Food, Fracking, Good Government, Health, Human Rights, Hunger, Interfaith, Prophetic Voice, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society

House Passage of AHCA — We are Better Than This

May 4, 2017 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The passage of the American Health Care Act by the House of Representatives reflects a political choice on a life-or-death matter. If House members truly believed that this was the […]

House Passage of AHCA — We are Better Than This

May 4, 2017 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The passage of the American Health Care Act by the House of Representatives reflects a political choice on a life-or-death matter. If House members truly believed that this was the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Action Alert, Children & Youth, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Mental Health, Religion & Society

Efforts to Cut Health Care Continue in Congress

April 24, 2017 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The public is opposed to efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, but some members of the U.S. House of Representatives seem determined to forge ahead anyway. The latest version […]

Efforts to Cut Health Care Continue in Congress

April 24, 2017 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The public is opposed to efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, but some members of the U.S. House of Representatives seem determined to forge ahead anyway. The latest version […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Human Rights, Mental Health, Religion & Society, Rural Life

If a Budget is a Moral Document, Then What Does this One Preach?

March 17, 2017 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The budget blueprint for 2018 released by President Trump on Thursday cuts a wide swath through programs that serve women, people of color, those of low income (for poor women […]

If a Budget is a Moral Document, Then What Does this One Preach?

March 17, 2017 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The budget blueprint for 2018 released by President Trump on Thursday cuts a wide swath through programs that serve women, people of color, those of low income (for poor women […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Domestic Violence, Economic Justice, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Food, Fracking, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Housing, Hunger, Immigration, Living Wage, Mental Health, Peace, People with Disabilities, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Refugees, Religion & Society, Taxes

2017 Legislative Seminar: Advocate in NC as well as DC

March 6, 2017 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The political situation at the national level has occupied the time and attention of many faithful progressives. Each day has brought with it more reasons to be concerned for our […]

2017 Legislative Seminar: Advocate in NC as well as DC

March 6, 2017 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The political situation at the national level has occupied the time and attention of many faithful progressives. Each day has brought with it more reasons to be concerned for our […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Civil Discourse, Civil Liberties, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Farmworkers, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Mental Health, N.C. General Assembly, Peace, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Refugees, Religion & Society, Rural Life, State Budget, Taxes

PHW Launches Collaborative; Certify for 2017

March 3, 2017 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

We are pleased to introduce the PHW Collaborative. Mostly, it is a change in the name, so if your congregation has been a part of the Partners in Health and […]

PHW Launches Collaborative; Certify for 2017

March 3, 2017 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

We are pleased to introduce the PHW Collaborative. Mostly, it is a change in the name, so if your congregation has been a part of the Partners in Health and […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Community Gardens, Environment, Farmworkers, Food, Health, Healthcare Reform, Hunger, Interfaith, Mental Health, Religion & Society

PHW is Expanding

February 20, 2017 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Partners in Health and Wholeness is hiring for two new regional coordinators, one to serve in the Charlotte area and the other in the Wilmington area. Both positions are open […]

PHW is Expanding

February 20, 2017 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Partners in Health and Wholeness is hiring for two new regional coordinators, one to serve in the Charlotte area and the other in the Wilmington area. Both positions are open […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Christian Unity, Community Gardens, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Farmworkers, Food, Health, Healthcare Reform, Hunger, Interfaith, Mental Health, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, Rural Life, Substance Abuse

Getting Back to Our Normal: Some Suggestions for the Long Haul

January 27, 2017 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Our friend Rob Schofield over at Policy Watch wrote a column on Tuesday that was as vitally important in its truth-telling as it was hard to read for the future […]

Getting Back to Our Normal: Some Suggestions for the Long Haul

January 27, 2017 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Our friend Rob Schofield over at Policy Watch wrote a column on Tuesday that was as vitally important in its truth-telling as it was hard to read for the future […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Christian Unity, Civil Discourse, Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Farmworkers, Food, Fracking, Gender, Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Hunger, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Living Wage, Mental Health, N.C. General Assembly, Organized Labor, Peace, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, Rural Life, Taxes

Let’s Keep Marching

January 23, 2017 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

At another time in my life, I would not have spent most of Saturday occupying my tiny square of personal space in the heart of Washington DC, literally shoulder to […]

Let’s Keep Marching

January 23, 2017 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

At another time in my life, I would not have spent most of Saturday occupying my tiny square of personal space in the heart of Washington DC, literally shoulder to […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Christian Unity, Civil Discourse, Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Food, Fracking, Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Healthcare Reform, Housing, Human Rights, Hunger, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Living Wage, Mental Health, Organized Labor, Peace, People with Disabilities, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Medicaid Push: Cooper’s Strong Start

January 20, 2017 By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

For many of us, these are troubling times as Donald Trump ascends to the nation’s highest office. We can hope for the best but it’s hard not to anticipate the […]

Medicaid Push: Cooper’s Strong Start

January 20, 2017 · by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

For many of us, these are troubling times as Donald Trump ascends to the nation’s highest office. We can hope for the best but it’s hard not to anticipate the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Health, Healthcare Reform, N.C. General Assembly, Religion & Society

Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference

January 17, 2017 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Pizazz. Laughter. Friends. Singing. These words describe the Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference. But, did you know that a faith and health national conference even exists? Healthy Churches 2020 held […]

Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference

January 17, 2017 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Pizazz. Laughter. Friends. Singing. These words describe the Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference. But, did you know that a faith and health national conference even exists? Healthy Churches 2020 held […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Equality & Reconciliation, Food, Health, Hunger, Interfaith, Mental Health, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society

Speak Out on Cabinet Nominees

January 10, 2017 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Groups at the state and national level continue to mobilize around concerns about President-Elect Donald Trump’s stated policy objectives and choices for cabinet posts. The NC NAACP, Interfaith Power & […]

Speak Out on Cabinet Nominees

January 10, 2017 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Groups at the state and national level continue to mobilize around concerns about President-Elect Donald Trump’s stated policy objectives and choices for cabinet posts. The NC NAACP, Interfaith Power & […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Action Alert, Children & Youth, Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Domestic Violence, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Fracking, Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Healthcare Reform, Human Rights, Hunger, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Living Wage, Mental Health, Organized Labor, Peace, People with Disabilities, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, Rural Life, Substance Abuse

PHW Mini-Grants Now Open

January 7, 2017 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting mini-grant applications. Congregations who were certified in 2016 (and have not already received a grant from the last cycle) are […]

PHW Mini-Grants Now Open

January 7, 2017 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

We are excited to announce that we are now accepting mini-grant applications. Congregations who were certified in 2016 (and have not already received a grant from the last cycle) are […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Community Gardens, Environment, Food, Health, Hunger, Interfaith, Mental Health, Religion & Society, Rural Life

The Rural Oasis: Conetoe Family Life Center

December 28, 2016 By Rev. Jessica Stokes, Associate Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness, Mental Health Advocacy

The amount of grassroots, efficient, and sustainable Kingdom work happening in North Carolina is astounding. People across our state are working together in various communities to promote health and wholeness. […]

The Rural Oasis: Conetoe Family Life Center

December 28, 2016 · by Rev. Jessica Stokes, Associate Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness, Mental Health Advocacy

The amount of grassroots, efficient, and sustainable Kingdom work happening in North Carolina is astounding. People across our state are working together in various communities to promote health and wholeness. […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christian Unity, Community Gardens, Environment, Food, Health, Religion & Society, Rural Life

The Council Welcomes Your End-of-Year Gift

December 26, 2016 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Looking ahead to 2017, there is much more work for the Council to do than we ever imagined. Please join us. Your financial support helps us continue what began in […]

The Council Welcomes Your End-of-Year Gift

December 26, 2016 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Looking ahead to 2017, there is much more work for the Council to do than we ever imagined. Please join us. Your financial support helps us continue what began in […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Action Alert, Christian Unity, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Farmworkers, Food, Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Healthcare Reform, Hunger, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, N.C. General Assembly, News, Peace, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Support North Carolina’s Faithful Voice for Justice, Unity, and Peace

December 18, 2016 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

We are living in unsettling times. Progress we once thought inviolable now feels threatened. One constant is the NC Council of Churches and our commitment to a more just, united, […]

Support North Carolina’s Faithful Voice for Justice, Unity, and Peace

December 18, 2016 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

We are living in unsettling times. Progress we once thought inviolable now feels threatened. One constant is the NC Council of Churches and our commitment to a more just, united, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christian Unity, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Farmworkers, Food, Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Healthcare Reform, Hunger, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, N.C. General Assembly, News, Peace, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Join in the Support of Belhaven’s Pungo Hospital

December 16, 2016 By Rev. Jessica Stokes, Associate Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness, Mental Health Advocacy

Community leaders continue to work endlessly to save the Pungo Hospital in Belhaven. Please join clergy and those concerned for justice this Wednesday, December 21, 10 a.m., at the Wake […]

Join in the Support of Belhaven’s Pungo Hospital

December 16, 2016 · by Rev. Jessica Stokes, Associate Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness, Mental Health Advocacy

Community leaders continue to work endlessly to save the Pungo Hospital in Belhaven. Please join clergy and those concerned for justice this Wednesday, December 21, 10 a.m., at the Wake […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Human Rights, Interfaith, N.C. General Assembly, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Community Contributes to Our Wholeness

November 10, 2016 By Rev. Jessica Stokes, Associate Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness, Mental Health Advocacy

Partners in Health and Wholeness ambitiously endeavors to work for and toward issues of mind, body, and spirit with faith communities. The words ‘health’ and ‘wholeness’ are truly huge words, […]

Community Contributes to Our Wholeness

November 10, 2016 · by Rev. Jessica Stokes, Associate Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness, Mental Health Advocacy

Partners in Health and Wholeness ambitiously endeavors to work for and toward issues of mind, body, and spirit with faith communities. The words ‘health’ and ‘wholeness’ are truly huge words, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Environment, Health, Hunger, Interfaith, Religion & Society, Rural Life

At Campaign Trail’s End, Voters Rule

October 27, 2016 By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

As the 2016 campaign season grinds along the final stretch toward Election Day on Nov. 8 – and with thousands of North Carolinians already having cast their ballots – we […]

At Campaign Trail’s End, Voters Rule

October 27, 2016 · by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

As the 2016 campaign season grinds along the final stretch toward Election Day on Nov. 8 – and with thousands of North Carolinians already having cast their ballots – we […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Civil Discourse, Civil Liberties, Elections, Equality & Reconciliation, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Living Wage, Moral Mondays, N.C. General Assembly, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, State Budget

Reform Medicaid by Expanding It

April 4, 2016 By Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Remarks delivered on March 30 by Volunteer Program Associate Sandy Irving at the Raleigh public hearing on Medicaid reform. As Medicaid reform is being planned, please consider including Medicaid expansion […]

Reform Medicaid by Expanding It

April 4, 2016 · by Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Remarks delivered on March 30 by Volunteer Program Associate Sandy Irving at the Raleigh public hearing on Medicaid reform. As Medicaid reform is being planned, please consider including Medicaid expansion […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Interfaith, Mental Health, People with Disabilities, Prophetic Voice, Religion & Society

“None of These Diseases” – Faith, Justice, and God’s Desire for Healthy Community

February 16, 2016 By Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

By Brian Hollingsworth, Partners in Health and Wholeness Intern, Wake Forest University School of Divinity …When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it […]

“None of These Diseases” – Faith, Justice, and God’s Desire for Healthy Community

February 16, 2016 · by Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

By Brian Hollingsworth, Partners in Health and Wholeness Intern, Wake Forest University School of Divinity …When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Health, Prophetic Voice, Religion & Society

Statement on the Supreme Court’s ACA Decision

June 25, 2015 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

The North Carolina Council of Churches celebrates today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act.  For decades, the Council has supported universal health care, and while the current version […]

Statement on the Supreme Court’s ACA Decision

June 25, 2015 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

The North Carolina Council of Churches celebrates today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act.  For decades, the Council has supported universal health care, and while the current version […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Economic Justice, Equality & Reconciliation, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Human Rights, Mental Health, People with Disabilities, Prophetic Voice, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, Substance Abuse

Justice Advocates Convene for the Cause

April 18, 2015 By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

The Council of Churches’ Legislative Seminar – its top-profile public event of the year – is meant to inform, and it’s meant to inspire. We’re not too bashful to say […]

Justice Advocates Convene for the Cause

April 18, 2015 · by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

The Council of Churches’ Legislative Seminar – its top-profile public event of the year – is meant to inform, and it’s meant to inspire. We’re not too bashful to say […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Death Penalty, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Immigration, LGBTQ, Living Wage, N.C. General Assembly, Organized Labor, Public Education, Religion & Society, State Budget, Taxes

Council Puts Hot Topics on the Table

March 16, 2015 By Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

The mission of the NC Council of Churches extends into many areas that highlight the links between faith and public policies. And of the various events and activities sponsored by […]

Council Puts Hot Topics on the Table

March 16, 2015 · by Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

The mission of the NC Council of Churches extends into many areas that highlight the links between faith and public policies. And of the various events and activities sponsored by […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Living Wage, N.C. General Assembly, News, Public Education, Religion & Society, State Budget, Taxes

Register for 2015 Legislative Seminar — Updated with Workshops and Presenters

March 3, 2015 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Join us on April 14 at Greenwood Forest Baptist Church in Cary for the Council’s 2015 Legislative Seminar. Held every two years, the Seminar equips people of faith with the […]

Register for 2015 Legislative Seminar — Updated with Workshops and Presenters

March 3, 2015 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Join us on April 14 at Greenwood Forest Baptist Church in Cary for the Council’s 2015 Legislative Seminar. Held every two years, the Seminar equips people of faith with the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Christian Unity, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Living Wage, N.C. General Assembly, News, Organized Labor, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, Religion & Society, State Budget, Taxes

What Frightens Civitas?

January 28, 2015 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Apparently I scare Civitas. Maybe it’s my upbringing. I was raised by a single mom (my parents divorced when I was a toddler) who was fortunate to have a solid […]

What Frightens Civitas?

January 28, 2015 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Apparently I scare Civitas. Maybe it’s my upbringing. I was raised by a single mom (my parents divorced when I was a toddler) who was fortunate to have a solid […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Death Penalty, Economic Justice, Environment, Health, Healthcare Reform, Human Rights, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Living Wage, Mental Health, Moral Mondays, News, Peace, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society

Petition to Expand Medicaid in NC — Signers Welcome

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

Health Care for All NC is continuing the important work for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. The group is hoping concerned residents will add their names to a petition calling on […]

Petition to Expand Medicaid in NC — Signers Welcome

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

Health Care for All NC is continuing the important work for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. The group is hoping concerned residents will add their names to a petition calling on […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Equality & Reconciliation, Health, Healthcare Reform, Human Rights, Interfaith, Mental Health, Religion & Society

Cary Congregation with Liberian ties Collects Medical Supplies

August 11, 2014 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

We have all been touched by news of the growing Ebola crisis in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Nigeria, a crisis that so far has resisted efforts at containment. Those […]

Cary Congregation with Liberian ties Collects Medical Supplies

August 11, 2014 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

We have all been touched by news of the growing Ebola crisis in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Nigeria, a crisis that so far has resisted efforts at containment. Those […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Christian Unity, Health, Interfaith, Peace, Religion & Society

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

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.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Farmworkers, Food, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Housing, Hunger, Immigration, Public Education, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society, State Budget, Worship

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

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 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Fracking, Gender, Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Housing, Hunger, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Living Wage, Mental Health, Moral Mondays, N.C. General Assembly, Public Education, Religion & Society, State Budget, Taxes

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 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Christian Unity, Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Elections, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Healthcare Reform, Housing, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Moral Mondays, N.C. General Assembly, Prophetic Voice, Public Education, Religion & Society, State Budget, Taxes

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 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Economic Justice, Food, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Human Rights, Hunger, People with Disabilities, Religion & Society

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 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Health, Religion & Society

How NC Tax-reform Plans Could Fray Safety Nets

July 13, 2013 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

The News & Observer

These are difficult times. We pray that our lawmakers and governor will demonstrate compassion for our fellow North Carolinians who need food, clothing, health care and shelter and for the many charitable nonprofit organizations that provide this support.

How NC Tax-reform Plans Could Fray Safety Nets

July 13, 2013 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

The News & Observer

These are difficult times. We pray that our lawmakers and governor will demonstrate compassion for our fellow North Carolinians who need food, clothing, health care and shelter and for the many charitable nonprofit organizations that provide this support.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Food, Good Government, Health, Religion & Society, State Budget, Taxes

Why I Went to Jail for Justice on June 24, 2013

June 25, 2013 By Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

NCCC Volunteer Program Associate Sandy Irving was arrested at the June 24 Moral Monday. Thirty-five years ago today, I became a mother—and in these last 35 years, I’ve spent a […]

Why I Went to Jail for Justice on June 24, 2013

June 25, 2013 · by Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

NCCC Volunteer Program Associate Sandy Irving was arrested at the June 24 Moral Monday. Thirty-five years ago today, I became a mother—and in these last 35 years, I’ve spent a […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Civil Liberties, Economic Justice, Environment, Equality & Reconciliation, Food, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Immigration, Living Wage, Moral Mondays, Public Education, Religion & Society, State Budget, Taxes

Please Pray for Oklahoma

May 21, 2013 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

All people affected by this week’s devastating storms, particularly those in Moore, Oklahoma, need our prayers. In addition, donations can be made to organizations providing assistance, including denominational relief agencies, […]

Please Pray for Oklahoma

May 21, 2013 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

All people affected by this week’s devastating storms, particularly those in Moore, Oklahoma, need our prayers. In addition, donations can be made to organizations providing assistance, including denominational relief agencies, […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Environment, Food, Good Government, Health, Housing, Mental Health, Public Education, Religion & Society

Needed: Lobbyists for the Voiceless

December 7, 2012 By Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Congress is overwhelmed with lobbyists for corporations, Chambers of Commerce, AARP, the Department of Defense, etc. But those living in poverty are short on lobbyist as the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ […]

Needed: Lobbyists for the Voiceless

December 7, 2012 · by Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Congress is overwhelmed with lobbyists for corporations, Chambers of Commerce, AARP, the Department of Defense, etc. But those living in poverty are short on lobbyist as the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Civil Discourse, Economic Justice, Food, Good Government, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Living Wage, Mental Health, People with Disabilities, Religion & Society, Taxes

Health Care for All God’s Children — ACA Upheld

June 28, 2012 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The NC Council of Churches rejoices in today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which affirms the decades-long work and concerns of the NCCC […]

Health Care for All God’s Children — ACA Upheld

June 28, 2012 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The NC Council of Churches rejoices in today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which affirms the decades-long work and concerns of the NCCC […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aging, Children & Youth, Civil Discourse, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, People with Disabilities, Religion & Society

Rio+20 and The Climate is Changed!

June 19, 2012 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

One of my friends just posted this amazing YouTube video of Severn Suzuki who, at age 12, addressed the United Nations at the first Earth Summit in Rio twenty years […]

Rio+20 and The Climate is Changed!

June 19, 2012 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

One of my friends just posted this amazing YouTube video of Severn Suzuki who, at age 12, addressed the United Nations at the first Earth Summit in Rio twenty years […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Environment, Food, Fracking, Good Government, Health, Human Rights, Interfaith, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Raleigh Report — May 18 Update

May 21, 2012 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The General Assembly convened this past Wednesday for its regular “short session.” As always, the primary purpose of the short session is to tweak the budget for the fiscal year […]

Raleigh Report — May 18 Update

May 21, 2012 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The General Assembly convened this past Wednesday for its regular “short session.” As always, the primary purpose of the short session is to tweak the budget for the fiscal year […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Religion & Society, State Budget

Statement on Passage of Amendment One

May 9, 2012 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

In light of yesterday’s vote to add a discriminatory amendment about marriage to our state’s constitution, it is important to consider what was accomplished through this campaign and what it […]

Statement on Passage of Amendment One

May 9, 2012 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

In light of yesterday’s vote to add a discriminatory amendment about marriage to our state’s constitution, it is important to consider what was accomplished through this campaign and what it […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Civil Discourse, Civil Liberties, Domestic Violence, Equality & Reconciliation, Gender, Good Government, Health, Human Rights, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Religion & Society

Care of Creation Faith Message Has Legs on Capitol Hill

May 8, 2012 By Susannah Tuttle, Eco-Justice Connection Director

Susannah Tuttle and I had the privilege of representing NCIPL at the annual meeting of Interfaith Power & Light last week in Washington, DC. We spent two days immersed in […]

Care of Creation Faith Message Has Legs on Capitol Hill

May 8, 2012 · by Susannah Tuttle, Eco-Justice Connection Director

Susannah Tuttle and I had the privilege of representing NCIPL at the annual meeting of Interfaith Power & Light last week in Washington, DC. We spent two days immersed in […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Environment, Food, Good Government, Health, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Being Crazy Christians

April 27, 2012 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

It was a beautiful day spent at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem on April 19.  I was there for the annual NC Council of Churches Critical Issues Seminar; this […]

Being Crazy Christians

April 27, 2012 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

It was a beautiful day spent at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem on April 19.  I was there for the annual NC Council of Churches Critical Issues Seminar; this […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Economic Justice, Food, Health, Religion & Society, Worship

Deadline for Critical Issues Seminar Extended; Eva Clayton to Speak at Lunch

April 2, 2012 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The deadline to guarantee lunch at the 2012 Critical Issues Seminar has been extended to April 12. This year’s seminar, Eating Well for Ourselves, For Our Neighbors, For Our Planet, takes […]

Deadline for Critical Issues Seminar Extended; Eva Clayton to Speak at Lunch

April 2, 2012 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The deadline to guarantee lunch at the 2012 Critical Issues Seminar has been extended to April 12. This year’s seminar, Eating Well for Ourselves, For Our Neighbors, For Our Planet, takes […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Community Gardens, Economic Justice, Environment, Farmworkers, Food, Health, Interfaith, Peace, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Keynoter and Distinguished Service Award Recipient Announced for Critical Issues

March 26, 2012 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Alexia Kelley will deliver the keynote address for the North Carolina Council of Churches’ 2012 Critical Issues Seminar, and Father Joe Vetter will receive the Council’s Distinguished Service Award at the […]

Keynoter and Distinguished Service Award Recipient Announced for Critical Issues

March 26, 2012 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Alexia Kelley will deliver the keynote address for the North Carolina Council of Churches’ 2012 Critical Issues Seminar, and Father Joe Vetter will receive the Council’s Distinguished Service Award at the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Community Gardens, Environment, Farmworkers, Food, Health, News, Peace, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Too Many Victims — Gun Violence Vigil on January 8

January 3, 2012 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

As part of the national “Too Many Victims” campaign, there will be a vigil in Raleigh on Sunday, January 8. That day is the one-year anniversary of the Tucson shootings, which […]

Too Many Victims — Gun Violence Vigil on January 8

January 3, 2012 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

As part of the national “Too Many Victims” campaign, there will be a vigil in Raleigh on Sunday, January 8. That day is the one-year anniversary of the Tucson shootings, which […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Good Government, Gun Violence, Health, Religion & Society

Churches Unite: Being Healthy Being Faithful 2012

November 28, 2011 By Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Each year in North Carolina, thousands of people die of preventable diseases and almost 1.5 million North Carolinians currently lack health insurance. As Christians, we follow Christ, The Great Physician; […]

Churches Unite: Being Healthy Being Faithful 2012

November 28, 2011 · by Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

Each year in North Carolina, thousands of people die of preventable diseases and almost 1.5 million North Carolinians currently lack health insurance. As Christians, we follow Christ, The Great Physician; […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Food, Health, Peace, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society

The Daniel Fast is Not a Diet

October 13, 2011 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

I’ve been thinking about Daniel a lot lately. Daniel and his buddies were in the first wave of exiles to Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar had them brought to the palace and […]

The Daniel Fast is Not a Diet

October 13, 2011 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

I’ve been thinking about Daniel a lot lately. Daniel and his buddies were in the first wave of exiles to Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar had them brought to the palace and […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Farmworkers, Food, Health, Religion & Society, Rural Life

Tell Your Story to Help Medicaid and Medicare

July 22, 2011 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

I was on a Faithful Reform in Health Care conference call this week and one of the participants was Cynthia Abrams from the United Methodist Church — General Board of […]

Tell Your Story to Help Medicaid and Medicare

July 22, 2011 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

I was on a Faithful Reform in Health Care conference call this week and one of the participants was Cynthia Abrams from the United Methodist Church — General Board of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Health, Healthcare Reform, Religion & Society

As We Enter A New Year

January 4, 2011 By Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Friends, We look ahead to 2011 knowing we face many challenges and that our commitment to the work we believe in must be fortified and renewed. The environment in which […]

As We Enter A New Year

January 4, 2011 · by Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Friends, We look ahead to 2011 knowing we face many challenges and that our commitment to the work we believe in must be fortified and renewed. The environment in which […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children & Youth, Civil Discourse, Economic Justice, Environment, Farmworkers, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform, Immigration, Public Education, Religion & Society

Reflections on Our 75th Anniversary

October 29, 2010 By George Reed, Former Executive Director

I was struck, as I listened to remembrances from the past, that we really are seeing progress on issues of social justice. But it happens over a period of years or even decades. The issues we heard about at the Anniversary are difficult ones. They have produced years of frustration and sometimes what looked like complete failure. And yet . . .

Reflections on Our 75th Anniversary

October 29, 2010 · by George Reed, Former Executive Director

I was struck, as I listened to remembrances from the past, that we really are seeing progress on issues of social justice. But it happens over a period of years or even decades. The issues we heard about at the Anniversary are difficult ones. They have produced years of frustration and sometimes what looked like complete failure. And yet . . .

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christian Unity, Economic Justice, Environment, Farmworkers, Health, Immigration, Interfaith, LGBTQ, Peace, Race/Ethnicity, Religion & Society

The role of the church in modern politics and social change

May 27, 2010 By Chris Pernell, Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness

NC Policy Watch

In the 21st Century, we must no longer view Church as a semiweekly activity that occurs within the confines of a physical structure with four walls and a pulpit. Instead, we must take our message of hope, justice, unity and peace to the wider community, and, yes, even Capitol Hill! I believe that real change happens when various groups - public and private, secular and religious, progressive and conservative, privileged and disadvantaged, old and young, black and white - work together to achieve a common goal.

The role of the church in modern politics and social change

May 27, 2010 · by Chris Pernell, Director, Partners in Health and Wholeness

NC Policy Watch

In the 21st Century, we must no longer view Church as a semiweekly activity that occurs within the confines of a physical structure with four walls and a pulpit. Instead, we must take our message of hope, justice, unity and peace to the wider community, and, yes, even Capitol Hill! I believe that real change happens when various groups – public and private, secular and religious, progressive and conservative, privileged and disadvantaged, old and young, black and white – work together to achieve a common goal.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Health, Religion & Society

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