For Clergy
& Religious Leaders:
September 26
Monday
9-10am
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Bahnson Center Saal For the General Public:
September 26
Monday
7-8:30pm
No registration required
Zions UCC
620 W. Hamilton Blvd.
Allentown, PA
BOTH PROGRAMS ARE FREE
for the morning event
Moravian Seminary encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Amanda Griesser
610-861-1516 at least one week prior to the event. |
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“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored?” Jeremiah 8:22
The words of the prophet Jeremiah are not too far off from the lived experience of many people living and worshiping throughout the Greater Lehigh Valley. And like the prophet, we too need to ask the same questions. Why, with all the medical advances, high-tech interventions, and an ever- growing knowledge base about healthy living, do the people in and around our congregations have poor health?
Moravian Theological Seminary and Congregations United for Neighborhood Action (CUNA) want to start answering that question. To help in this process, we have invited Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, a nationally recognized primary care physician from Camden, NJ, whose work on medical “hotspots” was recently featured by The New Yorker and PBS Frontline, to join the Greater Lehigh Valley Faith Community on September 26th to reflect on his work and offer his guidance in our efforts to improve the health of our people. Please join us for this critically important conversation.
Click Here to View PBS Frontline Report: ‘Dr. Hotspot’
Please Note: On Friday, October 28, we will continue our conversation on community health with the Pastoral Care Week Lectures at Moravian Seminary, a series of discussions by local health care providers and religious and community leaders on the topic, “Health and Wealth: A Widening Gap?”, using clips from the PBS documentary, “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” For more information, click here. |
