Day: July 14, 2016
What Happens When Ex-Offenders Return to Our Communities?
What Happens When Ex-Offenders Return to Our Communities? States may also elect to opt out of some of the federally mandated collateral consequences for some convictions. For instance, people convicted of drug offenses are, according to federal law, not permitted to receive some “welfare benefits,” or to live in federally subsidized housing. This is a […]
Barack and Michelle Speak
Barack Obama Said… I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton’s Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort […]
Bail Reform Dead for this Legislative Session
Bail Reform Dead for this Legislative Session According to the Hartford Courant, in November 2015 Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called for an overhaul of the state’s bail system. “Many jurisdictions have begun to reconsider whether existing bail systems are fair and just since many started to think whether can you be denied bail, which eventually […]
The Widowmaker Repents
The Widowmaker Repents After decades of dysfunction, one church publicly confessed its mistreatment of former ministers. Roving journalist Charles Kuralt once called Madison, Indiana, “the most beautiful river town in America. For decades though, the beauty masked an ugly truth. One of Madison’s key congregations was rife with toxic church politics that hurt and expelled minister […]
Catch Up!
KEEP CALM… AND CATCH UP! Haven’t met your full pledge yet? It’s Catch-Up Sunday- Every Sunday in June! You can do it!
Men’s and Women’s Day Weekend
Men’s and Women’s Day Weekend was June 18th and 19th! Our brothers and sisters had a wonderful time in ministry this weekend. The luncheon fee included a specially designed Faith Congregational Church T-shirt. It’s not too late! Please see Sister Wendy Nixon or Sister Betty Ann Rooks to order a T-shirt. The donation is $10.00.
Scholarship Sunday 2016
June 12, 2016 was Scholarship Sunday We celebrated our “Class of 2016” graduates: Bailey D. Hutchinson Destiny Poteat Josiah Strickland CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS! OUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT BECAUSE OF YOU!