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Rural Life

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The Rural Life Committee brings together a variety of groups concerned with issues affecting rural North Carolina, including agricultural policy, health care, hunger, disaster recovery, contract farming, sustainability, urbanization, and the survival of family farms.

Jennie Belle serves as the North Carolina Council of Churches staff to the Rural Life Committee. Scott Marlow serves as the Rural Advancement Foundation – International staff member to the committee. The Rural Church division of the Duke Endowment provides support to the Rural Life Committee. Robb Webb and Kristen Richardson Frick are members of the committee. The committee meets quarterly at the RAFI office in Pittsboro. If you would like to know more or are interested in attending meetings, please contact Jennie Belle at jennie@ncchurches.org.

Learn more about our history and current work: http://rafiusa.org/cttt/rural-life-committee

Several years ago, the Rural Life Committee realized that groups working on hunger and sustainable agriculture could work more closely – and that faith communities have a vital interest in both. The Come to the Table project was born. It’s a collaborative network of organizations seeking to broaden their approaches to these issues.

Visit the website: www.rafiusa.org/cttt

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Blog

From the Blog

  • Join Us for the PHW Faith and Health Summit (10/5/2017)
  • July 25 Update — Senate Health Care Vote Appears Likely Today (7/25/2017)
  • Gov. Cooper Speaks Up for Protecting NC’s Coast (7/24/2017)
  • Wood Pellet Plant Would Be Environmental Injustice (7/22/2017)
  • Rising Up with Richmond County (7/1/2017)
  • Heal the Sick (5/24/2017)
  • Budget’s Big Picture: A Crumbling Core (5/19/2017)
  • Shepherds of Creation (5/8/2017)
  • Efforts to Cut Health Care Continue in Congress (4/24/2017)
  • Raleigh Report — April 17, 2017 (4/17/2017)
  • New Push for Broader Medicaid, Better Health (4/14/2017)
  • Speak Out Against Anti-Climate Executive Order (3/29/2017)
  • 2017 Legislative Seminar — Thank You plus Worship and Awards Presentation Online (3/28/2017)
  • UPDATE: Trumpcare Just Got Worse — Call Before Today’s Vote (3/24/2017)
  • Increased Costs in NC Under Health Care Repeal (3/22/2017)
  • 2017 Legislative Seminar: Advocate in NC as well as DC (3/6/2017)
  • Ethical Debates on Industrial Agriculture (2/21/2017)
  • Whispers and Shouts (2/11/2017)
  • Getting Back to Our Normal: Some Suggestions for the Long Haul (1/27/2017)
  • Let’s Keep Marching (1/23/2017)

Resources

Resources

  • United States Farmworker Factsheet (9/19/2012)
  • Harvest of Dignity Film and Study Guide Now Available (9/17/2012)
  • New Curriculum: Eating Well (4/17/2012)
  • Rural Life Committee Supports Ban on Fracking (8/18/2011)
  • A Place To Lay Their Heads (7/11/2010)
  • Ownership of Agricultural Seeds (3/20/2010)
  • Come to the Table (2/12/2009)

Legislative Updates

Raleigh Report Legislative Updates

  • Budget’s Big Picture: A Crumbling Core (5/19/2017)
  • Raleigh Report — April 17, 2017 (4/17/2017)
  • New Push for Broader Medicaid, Better Health (4/14/2017)
  • Bills Wink at Polluters, Abusers (5/28/2015)
  • Capital’s End-of-Summer Fallout (9/6/2013)
  • Raleigh Report June 12 Update (6/12/2012)
  • Raleigh Report: Racial Justice Act Veto Override and Lobby Day to Stop Fracking Bill (6/4/2012)
  • Racial Justice Act and Fracking — Make Your Voice Heard on Two Critical Issues (11/28/2011)
  • Raleigh Report – April 4, 2011 (4/4/2011)
  • Raleigh Report – March 7, 2011 (3/17/2011)

In the Media

In the Media

  • Laurinburg Presbyterian Lets People Grow Food on its Property (7/9/2013)
  • Piney Grove Baptist Ministries Helped with Healthy Eating Equipment Grant (7/3/2013)
  • Annual Christian Educational Institute to be held in Dobbins Heights (3/19/2012)
  • Garden of Promise Guarantees Commune With Nature (3/10/2011)

Sermons

Sermons

  • Living on an Ark (10/3/2010)
  • Being a Creature Means You Eat (10/11/2009)

Issue Statements

Issue Statements

  • Rural Life Committee Supports Ban on Fracking (8/18/2011)
  • Ownership of Agricultural Seeds (3/20/2010)
  • Support for Farmers by Buying Locally and Encouraging Sustainable Farming (10/16/1990)
  • The Church and the Rural Crisis in North Carolina (5/5/1988)

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Lectionary Resources

    State Budget – Easter 5

    Lectionary Week: Year B – Easter 5
    Date: April 29, 2018
    Topic: State Budget
    Text: 1 John 4:7-21

    When we examine our conscience to consider how we have sinned, we must look at not only what we have done, but also what we have failed to do. Do my actions show a love for all? Am I working for the common good? Am I simply concerned with my personal needs and the needs of my immediate family and my own kind—or do I demonstrate a love and concern for all God’s people?


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