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UNY pastor produces videos with Peace with Justice grant
March 21, 2016 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The Rev. Dana Horrell – an elder of the Upper New York Conference appointed to extension ministry as executive director at the Faithful Citizen, Inc. – has been producing a series of 3- to 5-minute long instructional videos that answer the question, “How can church leaders demonstrate sensitivity to people with racial and class differences?”
The videos are designed for social ministry providers and new church planters in the UNY Conference and beyond. The first two videos – “It’s How You Want To Be Treated” and “Think Like a Supermarket” – are complete. Both videos were filmed on location at the West Side Campaign Against Hunger, which is located in the basement of St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church.
Funding for this video project comes from the UNY Peace with Justice grant, which is administered by the Social Holiness Team.
“The Social Holiness Team was pleased to support Rev. Horrell’s innovative angle toward educating congregations about the need to treat those in poverty with respect and ways to go about that,” said Heather Smith, Peace with Justice Coordinator. “These short videos would make great conversation starters as a study of poverty issues or training for volunteers going into these situations. Ministry with the marginalized will always be more meaningful than ministering to them.”
The Peace with Justice grant program provides financial support to projects, educational workshops, and other ministries seeking to address root causes of poverty. It also promotes self-development of people and communities working to end human rights injustices that oppress minority groups, and works on other justice-related issues.
For more information and to download the Peace with Justice Grant application, click here.