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Six Duke Master of Divinity students were welcomed into five leading communities of practice during summer 2008. Read reflections from their journeys:  Cari Willis, right, during her placement at The Church of the Saviour
The Church of the Saviour For more than 50 years, this ecumenical Christian community in the diverse neighborhood of Adams-Morgan has birthed a network of organizations addressing issues of poverty and injustice. Each of their 12 small churches emphasize a commitment to an outward journey of mission and service and an inward journey of deepening one’s relationship with God through a disciplined life of prayer, scripture study, and committed Christian fellowship.  Tolulupe Sosanya pictured with girls from GEMS, a mentoring program for teenage girls that Tolu worked with as part of her internship
New Song Ministries & Church Grounded in an interracial worshipping congregation, New Song concentrates on 15 blocks in the Sandtown-Winchester community of West Baltimore, which struggles with concentrated, enduring poverty. More than 80 staff, mostly from the surrounding neighborhood, live in the community and work together on efforts from New Song Academy (K-8 public school, 130 students) to over 200 houses completed via Sandtown Habitat for Humanity. Many different individuals-black and white, affluent and poor, urban and suburban-work closely together to break down barriers, including 10,000 annual volunteers.  Jillaine Van Essen with children from her placement at Circle Urban Ministries Reflection: Unexpected Blessings
Circle Urban Ministries & Rock of Our Salvation Church Circle/Rock has been serving as a witness to Christ in the Austin community (population 100,000) on Chicago's west side for nearly three decades. Their joint, intensely interracial ministry in one of the city's lowest-income communities sprawls across a city block and serves thousands each year. Rock Church, an Evangelical Free Church of America congregation, is strongly focused on interracial life and mission.  Stuart Harrell (right), who spent the summer at L’Arche Daybreak in Toronto, with two L’Arche core members and others boating on the St. Lawrence Seaway Reflection: The Journey by Boat
L’Arche Daybreak Community Founded in 1964 by Jean Vanier, L’Arche is an international federation of 130 communities in 30 countries for people with disabilities and assistants who share life, worship, meals, and daytime activities together in family-like settings that are integrated into local neighborhoods. The Duke partnership is with Daybreak, the oldest and largest L’Arche community in North America and home to a vibrant community of 100.  Leia Harper laughs on a sewing break from a ministry initiative that provides employment opportunities and training for women on the road to freedom from the nearby red-light districts Reflection: The Place of Honor
Word Made Flesh Word Made Flesh is called and committed to serving Jesus among the poorest of the poor. This calling is realized as a prophetic ministry for, and a holistic, incarnational ministry among, the world's poor. Word Made Flesh focuses its energy to make Jesus known among the poor while reconciling the church with the poor. This ministry's involvement for the poor is primarily through serving the church as a prophetic voice articulating God's passion for the poor through Scripture and further educating them concerning the needs of the world. This movement of bringing the church and the poor together is done through preaching, teaching, discipleship, music, media and other creative means.  Amey Victoria Adkins claps along at a dance session in Calcutta, India Reflection: On Christ and Cookies
Word Made Flesh Word Made Flesh is called and committed to serving Jesus among the poorest of the poor. This calling is realized as a prophetic ministry for, and a holistic, incarnational ministry among, the world's poor. Word Made Flesh focuses its energy to make Jesus known among the poor while reconciling the church with the poor. This ministry's involvement for the poor is primarily through serving the church as a prophetic voice articulating God's passion for the poor through Scripture and further educating them concerning the needs of the world. This movement of bringing the church and the poor together is done through preaching, teaching, discipleship, music, media and other creative means. |
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