We hope you have all managed through the various amounts of snow in our area. We’re grateful that through technology we are still able to hear a word from our scheduled guest preacher, Bishop William J. Barber, II. You can find the sermon for today at this link.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QOqljtnpVTE&feature=youtu.beAs you may know, Bishop Barber’s organization, Repairers of the Breach, is in the midst of two weeks of important work and action in North Carolina in support of voting rights, health care, living wages, and so much more. Several Watts Streeters are already registered for some of the marches and the rally in Raleigh on Saturday, February 14. Email the church office if you are interested in joining in. We’re grateful for the message Bishop Barber has for us today.
About Bishop Barber: The Bishop William Joseph Barber II is President of Repairers of the Breach and Director and Professor in the Practice at the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. He serves as Bishop with The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, Executive Board Member of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival, a Kettering Foundation Senior Fellow, and a Steering Committee Member for the Save America Movement, a dedicated group of Americans fighting for right vs. wrong, not left vs. right.
Bishop Barber earned a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina Central University, a Master of Divinity from Duke University, and a Doctorate from Drew University, with a concentration in Public Policy and Pastoral Care. He has received twelve honorary doctorates. Bishop Barber is the author of five books – the most recent,White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy. He publishes the Substack newsletter “Our Moral Moment” with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
As a moral leader, Bishop Barber has been arrested more than 15 times in various states for engaging in civil disobedience with those who have been marginalized by systematic racism, poverty, and injustice.
We’re delighted to hear a prophetic message from Bishop Barber as he and his team with Repairers of the Breach prepare for action in North Carolina in support of voting rights, health care, living wages, and so much more. To learn more about the upcoming Love Forward Moral March and Mass People’s Assembly in Raleigh, visit https://breachrepairers.org/
