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August 2021
Sacred Conversations: How to Host an Overdose Awareness day service
Join us for a Sacred Conversation to talk about Overdose Awareness Day (August 31) and ideas of how faith communities can host an Overdose Awareness Day Service. We are joined by Sarah Howell Miller Senior Pastor of Green Street United Methodist Church / Faith in Harm Reduction and Erica Poellot Director, Faith in Harm Reduction, NHRC & Director of Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention Ministries, UCC for this important conversation. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Find out more »November 2021
Sacred Conversation Practical Peace: Transforming Health from the Roots Up
Insights from the field of Peace and Conflict Studies can inform our ongoing pursuit of health-related justice in our congregations and communities. Join us to gain practical tools to pivot from injustice to the beloved community through lasting transformation. Krista Westervelt is a senior Peace and Conflict Studies major and Gerontology minor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is currently completing her Senior Practicum in Peace and Conflict Studies here at PHW. Krista’s academic interests include investigating…
Find out more »December 2021
Sacred Conversations: HIV 101
Join us on December 10 for Sacred Conversations: HIV 101. According to the Southern Aids Coalition, the South has 52% of the undiagnosed HIV infections in the United States. Learn what HIV looks like in NC and how faith communities can get involved. Our speaker will be Caressa J. Harding. She is a Public Health Practitioner has spent 25 years assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating local, regional, and state community health programs in Communicable Diseases. As the Data to Action Program…
Find out more »January 2022
Sacred Conversation: Women and HIV
Women living with HIV face different challenges and stigma than other people living with HIV. Join us for the Sacred Conversations: Women in HIV to talk about an intersectional approach for women living with HIV and ways faith communities can get involved in HIV work. Join us on Jan. 28th for the next in our series of Sacred Conversations: Women and HIV. According to the Office of Women's Health "One in four people living with HIV in the United States…
Find out more »February 2022
Sacred Conversation: PHW 101
Partners in Health and Wholeness (PHW), an initiative of the North Carolina Council of Churches, is designed to bridge issues of faith, health, and justice. This initiative seeks to provide people of faith with the tools necessary to lead healthy, abundant lives. Join us on February 4th from 11 am-12 pm to learn more about the PHW Faith Community Collaborative, the annual mini-grant program, educational events, and additional resources available to NC communities. Click here to register.
Find out more »Faith Health Connection, the Opioid Settlement
In 2021, it was announced that North Carolina would receive $750 million from the multi-state settlement with opioid pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Johnson & Johnson. This money will soon be coming to counties, cities, and the North Carolina General Assembly. Join us on February 10 from 11:00-12:30 for Faith Health Connection, the Opioid Settlement. Participants will learn about the background of the Opioid Settlement, What is the Memorandum of Agreement, and ways congregations can get involved in advocating…
Find out more »Sacred Conversations Wholly Sacred and Beautifully Ordinary: Water
“A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.” – Lucy Larcom Join us for the first of four Environment, Health and Faith-focused Sacred Conversations. For this first Sacred Conversations: Wholly Sacred and Beautifully Ordinary: Water, we will explore the use of water in religious rituals and our everyday lives. We will ask questions such as “If water is used symbolically in rituals such as baptism to represent purification, what does…
Find out more »Sacred Conversations Wholly Sacred and Beautifully Ordinary: Water
“A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.” – Lucy Larcom Join us for the first of four Environment, Health and Faith-focused Sacred Conversations. For this first Sacred Conversations: Wholly Sacred and Beautifully Ordinary: Water, we will explore the use of water in religious rituals and our everyday lives. We will ask questions such as “If water is used symbolically in rituals such as baptism to represent purification, what does…
Find out more »Faith Health Connection: HIV Advocacy
NC Aids Action Network has been working since 2010 to improve the lives of people living with HIV in the state of North Carolina. Join to learn about the work, policies that affect people living with HIV and how to get involved in legislative advocacy. Click here to register.
Find out more »Faith and Health Connection: The Science of Water
“Water is the soul of the Earth.” – W. H. Auden Join us for the first of four Environment, Health and Faith focused Faith and Health Connection events. For this first Faith and Health Connection: The Science of Water, we will explore the vital importance of water for life and survival. We’ll be joined by science experts, Nicole Esch: Director of Crowd the Tap and Dr Caren Cooper: Associate Professor NCSU Forestry and Environmental Resources, who will walk us through…
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