The Matthew 25 Initiative is our next Wednesday Lecture Series topic. On February 24, at 7 pm, Dr. Floretta “Flo” Barbee-Watkins will speak with us about the Matthew 25 initiative, as part of our new monthly Wednesday lecture series. Dr. Flo is the Interim Executive Presbyter for our presbytery.
The PC (USA) Matthew 25 Initiative encourages congregations to embrace one or more of these focuses:
- Building congregational vitality by challenging people and congregations to deepen their faith and get actively and joyfully engaged with their community and the world;
- Dismantling structural racism by advocating and acting to break down the systems, practices and thinking that underlie discrimination, bias, prejudice and oppression of people of color;
- Eradicating systemic poverty by working to change laws, policies, plans and structures in our society that perpetuate economic exploitation of people who are poor.
