Description
If we love one another as Jesus instructed his disciples, we don’t let one another go hungry, live without safe housing, suffer from lack of health care, or languish without educational or work opportunities. Instead, as loving kin, we embrace our biblical and theological roots and also we practice embodied actions to stand in solidarity with the most vulnerable. In our time together, we will share from biblical texts that undergird our commitment to social, economic and ecological justice and we will explore what you are seeing in your congregations and communities as models of “love in action.” In addition, we will discuss how to learn from the wisdom of youth and other social movements around the world how to embrace joy and community in hard times. Finally, we will engage some practices to discern our own personal calling to action in our own lives and communities. In each period of history there are challenges to stand for peace and justice from a place of faith, and to discern how best to take action that fits with one’s position, skill set, social location and relationships. We are certainly in a challenging time in our country and in our world as we see violent wars, climate change disasters, the quelling of social movements across the globe. In response, we can stand together, strengthen our communities and congregations, and embody love through faithful engagement and action.
Workshop Leader: Rebecca Barnes
Rev. Rebecca Barnes is the manager of the Presbyterian Hunger Program in Louisville, KY where she coordinates domestic and global hunger, poverty and environmental work. She is author of “50 Ways to Help Save the Earth: How You and Your Congregation Can Make a Difference” and participates in social justice work in her congregation and broader community.
Co-Leader: