by Tom Peterson | May 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
The North Star Faith Health Network met Monday night to develop strategy to align health assets in Rockingham County. This effort, with leadership from Ashley Cooper and Jennifer Nixon, is exploring models for working with faith communities. It emerged independently...
by Tom Peterson | May 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Rev. Ray Howell, senior minister at First Baptist Church, Lexington, asks why should the business community care about FaithHealthNC? In an article, An Idea Whose Time Has Come, in the Lexington Dispatch, Howell answers his own question: first of all, it’s wellness....
by Tom Peterson | Apr 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Teresa Cutts I recently had the luxury of spending almost two hours learning from the brain and spirit of Burr Sullivan, President and CEO of Lexington Chamber of Commerce. Since the first formal meeting in summer 2012, Burr has been a strong...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
An article in the The Charlotte Observer describes a new service designed to help homeless people in Mecklenburg County. According to the article, the goal of the “Coordinated Assessment” program “is to prevent homeless people from...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
On Sunday National Public Radio ran a story about a statue in North Carolina that some love and some don’t. “Jesus the Homeless” was created by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz. Listen to the story and get more information here. The bronze...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Les Gura It wasn’t long after Rev. David Blackburn arrived at his new post as director of missions for the Ashe Baptist Association that he saw the difficulty people in his rural county were having finding work. He wanted to do something to help them with...