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Each Labor Day weekend, in cities across the country,
thousands of congregations participate in Labor in the Pulpits /
on the Bimah / in the Minbar. The goals of Labor
in the Pulpits are to educate congregations about connections
between faith and work, inspire new friendships between people
in religious communities and unions, present congregations with
opportunities for acting on the social teachings of their faith
groups, and give union members a deeper experience of their
faith in action.
The 2009 Labor in the Pulpits/ on the
Bimah/ in the Minbar program concentrates on how the
realities of the health care system are
impacting millions of working
families. Access to quality health care is a
fundamental moral value, yet 47 million people in the United
States, nearly 750,00 of them Missourians, lack health
coverage.
Missouri Jobs with Justice in partnership
with Missouri Health Care for All is
working for access to affordable, high-quality healthcare
for every Missourian. Health care reform efforts are
currently moving in Congress and there are many components of
federal health care reform that will have significant impact on
whether working people in Missouri will have quality, affordable
health care.
For more information on Labor in the Pulpits, or to involve
your congregation in 2010, contact Katrina Molnar at kmolnar687@hotmail.com
,314.644.0466.
The following Missouri congregations and faith organizations
are already committed to participating in Labor in the Pulpits /
on the Bimah / in the Minbar this Labor Day weekend.
St. Louis City
Central
Reform Congregation
Rabbi Susan
Talve
Rabbi Randy
Fleisher
Christ Church
Cathedral
The Very Rev. Michael D. Kinman,
M. Div.; The Rev. Canon Renee Fenner, M. Div.
Compton Heights Christian Church
The Rev. Jacqueline
Foster
Epiphany United Church of Christ
The Rev. Mary Albert
Greater Mt.
Carmel Missionary Baptist Church
The Rev. Earl E.
Nance Jr.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Fr. Richard Creason
Islamic Community
Center
Imam Muhamed
Hasic
Lane Tabernacle CME
The Rev. James T. Morris
Liberation Christian Church
Pastor Dietra
Wise |
Rev. Michael Vosler, UCC,
speaks at a press conference to save Overtime Pay
Rev. James Morris at with his
congregation Lane Tabernacle CME. They are participating
this year.
Sr. Connie
Probst, FSOLP, at a Press Conference to support
raising Missouri's Minimum Wage.
Rev. Tommie Pierson, Greater
St. Mark Family Church, and Archbishop Raymond Burke at a rally
supporting Immigrant Workers' Rights.
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Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist
Chruch
The Rev. Dr. Sammie Jones
Pilgrim Congregational United Church of
Christ
The Rev. Cynthia Bumb
St.
Johns
Episcopal Church
Pastor Teresa Mithen
St. Marks Epsicopal Church
The Rev. Lydia Speller
Shiloh Missionary
Baptist Church
The Rev. JD
Clark
Shiloh Temple
Church of God
Melody Sipp
Tyler Place
Presbeyterian Church
The Rev. Robert
Hagel
St. Louis
County
Ethical Society
of St. Louis - Clayton
Kate Lovelady
Greater St. Mark
Family Church
The Rev. Tommie Pierson/The Rev. W. Audrey
Hollis
Emerson Unitarian
Univeralist Chapel
The Rev. Krista
Taves
St.
Charles County
Trinity Episcopal
Church
The Rev. Tamsen
E. Whistler
Jefferson
County
St. John Lateran
Catholic Church - Imperial
Fr. Steve Robeson
Columbia
Columbia Hope
Church
The Rev. Heather
M. McCain
Calvary Episcopal
Church
The Reverand
Paula Robinson; The Reverand Amy Chambers Cortright
Rock Bridge
Christian Church
The Rev. Maureen
Dickmann
Saint
Louis Faith Organizations
Aquinas Institute of Theology
Jews United for Justice
Labor in the Pulpits / on the Bimah / in the Minbar is
coordinated nationally by Interfaith Worker Justice, www.iwj.org. |
