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Christmas Feasts and Festivities

3 years ago

Let the Festivities Begin What with Christmas celebrations and December birthdays, it seems like my family has a number of holiday gatherings. That’s okay with me. The more the merrier at this time of year. This past weekend saw the family gathering for lunch followed by a superb school performance of the Nutcracker. . .... 

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Jean Carnahan

New kind of ministry: North city church seeks to treat drug addicts, find them jobs

3 years ago
While many churches look to fill a gap in economic development and social services, a north St. Louis ministry is doing it from the heart of the community it serves. Its ambition is nothing less than transforming the people there who are “dipped in trauma.” It’s a dramatic change for the urban evangelical free church, and it's a test of whether the new model can help to reduce concentrated poverty, which was identified by St. Louis' primary economic development group as holding back the region, including via racial wealth gaps.
James Drew