Hot dogs with a higher purpose
Lake Institute on Faith & Giving: Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Bristol, Virginia, purchased a hot dog cart so they could serve a hot meal to unhoused individuals around their city.
Inside a Brooklyn church where immigration activism is the gospel
Religion News Service: As fear drives many immigrants away from public life, Good Shepherd offers a counter-story: an immigrant-majority church led by an immigrant, committed to providing care, protection and resistance.
‘Threads of Community’: Quilting and the Black church
Faith & Leadership: In a joint project with a historically white church, members of Wilson Temple United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, created quilted portraits of Black women from the community.
Why one student chose the church instead
Trinity Connection: The church did not change this young person’s life through a sermon, a special event or a one-time outreach project. The church changed her trajectory because it consistently showed up.
With three prisoners scheduled for execution, southern churches toll their bells
Religion News Service: Faith-based anti-death penalty activists have used the bell-tolling tactic throughout the country in various waves.
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