From the Matthew 25 Mid-Atlantic Regional Summit
The following are the valuable tools and resources shared during the Matthew 25 Mid-Atlantic Regional Summit organized by the Dismantling Racism Teams of the Presbytery of Baltimore and National Capital Presbytery. We are also including this link to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance for Hurricane Helene.
Plenaries
Ending Christian Nationalism – Amanda Tyler
- How to End Christian Nationalism by Amanda Tyler
- Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Freedom
- Statement of Christians Against Christian Nationalism
- Overture to the 226th PCUSA General Assembly (2024) to study White Christian Nationalism
The Next Generation Initiative – Rev. Warren Lesane
Introduction to the Next Generation Initiative
The Repair of Historic Harms – Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam
Center for the Repair of Historic Harms
Video Archive
Workshops
Matthew 25 Mid-Atlantic Summit Workshop Descriptions
Caring for God’s Creation: Ecological Justice and Matthew 25
- Best Practices – Options for church EV chargers
- Climate Care Challenge
- Creation Justice Ministries
- Earth Care Congregations bulletin insert
- Earth Care Congregation Application/Audit
- Environmental Racism Poster
- Electric Vehicles to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: How Individuals and Churches Can Make a Difference
- Guide to Greening Presbyterian Churches (Spanish)
- Interfaith Power & Light – Going Solar in Your Congregation
- Presbyterians for Earth Care
- Warner Memorial Solar Panel Story
- WMPC Community Solar Story.pdf
Creating a Culture of Repair: Taking Action On The Road To Reparations
- Channel 5 Cleveland News Report on Effort for Repair at Forest Hills Presbyterian Church
- Video of Steps toward Repair at Northern Lights United Church, Juneau, Alaska
Articles by Rev. Jermaine Ross-Allam
- Breaking the Miller Cycle: The Center for the Repair of Historical Harms and the Ministry of Planetary Peace
- Reparations and the Ministry of Planetary Peace
How to get Started with Matthew 25
- www.pcusa.org/matthew25
- www.pcusa.org/innovation
- Carlton Johnson’s presentation: From Becoming to Doing
- DeEtte Decker’s presentation: https://app.presentations.ai/view/4CqMvW
- Resources from Falls Church Presbyterian Church (FCPC)
- Power Point Presentation by FCPC
- Resources from Interwoven Congregations:
- Pat Jackson’s presentation
- Congregational Antiracism Survey – A resource to help congregations gauge where they are on their antiracism journey and what some next steps may be.
- Congregational Antiracism Audit Guide. An outline to guide an internal review of a congregation with a racial lens.
- Is Your Antiracism Balanced? A quick tool to see if your congregation, or you personally, are developing a holistic approach to racial justice and healing.
- Pledge for Racial Justice and Healing
- Scriptural passages that guide us on our antiracism journey
How to Write an Anti-Racism Policy
Powerpoint Presentation by Samantha Davis
Matthew 25 – Seeing Jesus in the Least of These
- Introduction of Matthew 25 from PCUSA website
- Commentary on Matthew 25:31-46 by Warren Carter
- Sermon Brainwave (including Matthew 25)
- Presentation by Guy Moody
Navigating Brave Conversations
- Touchpoints of Courageous Conversations – sample guidelines for a covenant of behavior
- What Scripture Says about Conflict
Poverty 101 – Where the Intersection of Poverty and Social Justice Meet
Watch this space for resources from this workshop.
Taking Care of Ourselves while working for Justice (BIPOC attendees)
Free meditation app and breathing videos:
- Insight Timer
- Video: The Correct Way to Breathe In
- Video: How to Breathe
- Video: Change Your Breath, Change Your Life
Webinar: Understanding and Healing Racial Trauma (This resource was not a part of the workshop, but a webinar contributed to the Summit Resource page by Summit participant Pat Jackson from Interwoven Congregations.)
Taking Care of Ourselves while working for Justice (White attendees)
- Rediscipling the White Church, From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity
- 5 Tips For Being An Ally – YouTube video
- https://onbeing.org/social-healing-at-on-being/civil-conversations-project/ Interviews from the radio program On Being – Krista Tippett and Civil Rights activist.
- https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/matthew-25/matt-25-resources/ Rich resources from PCUSA supporting the mission and vision of Matthew 25 churches
- www.ChallengingRacism.org – a non-profit organization based in Arlington VA
Will we always have the poor? Responding Faithfully to End Poverty
- All of US report – https://www.organizingallofus.org/
- FCOP, Bible Study – https://kairoscenter.org/freedomchurch/
- Kairos Center – linktr.ee/KairosCenter
- Kairos Center Friendraiser Video
- Power Point Presentation – Adam Barnes
- We Cry Justice
- Songbook
- 140 Million – policy
- Local organizations working to address poverty:
