Mothers for Breath

01/25/2025

10/25/2024

Should Trump be elected in two weeks, his domestic plan appears to be to transform our democracy into a fascist state, and his foreign policy plan seems to be appeasement.

10/03/2024

Sarah Towle is bringing her award-winning exposé of the U.S. immigration system Crossing
the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands to Harrisburg PA region on Wednesday, October
30, just in time for the 2024 election. The day will include three events of witness and learning
sponsored in part by host church Grace United Methodist Church, 216 State Street,
Harrisburg.
• Author Sarah Towle will address the issue of immigration, migration and refugees in
the United States, 2-4 pm.
• Silent Vigil on the front steps of the PA Capitol Building, 4-5 pm
• Book Discussion led by Sarah Towle, 6:30 pm. There will be a community soup
supper at 5:30 pm at the Church for those who will participate in the book discussion
(reservations requested)
As with many of the folks highlighted in her book, it was family separation and “kids in cages”
that drove Sarah to bear witness to what the media refers to ad nauseum as “the crisis at the
border.” On discovering the many-headed hydra that is the U.S. immigration system—and the
heroic determination of those caught under its knee—she could never look away
again. Crossing the Line charts Sarah’s journey from outrage to activism to abolition as she
reveals, layer by “broken” layer, the global deterrence to detention to deportation complex that
is failing everyone—save the profiteers and demagogues who benefit from it.

Listen to this interview with author Sarah Towle and PennLive's Joyce M. Davis on immigration issues and the 2024 elections https://lnkd.in/e2YmvvN3 via

10/03/2024

World Mental Health Day is tomorrow. Join us for this important panel discussion with experts in the field of health equity!

09/29/2024

Psalm 52[a]

For the director of music. A maskil[b] of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”

1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 You who practice deceit,
your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor.
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.[c]
4 You love every harmful word,
you deceitful tongue!
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will sn**ch you up and pluck you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!”
8 But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
9 For what you have done I will always praise you
in the presence of your faithful people.
And I will hope in your name,
for your name is good.

08/23/2024

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Let's support our children!!!

08/17/2024

For all those who go to church, or who might if it was interesting enough, why don't you give it another try on Sunday. I'll be bringing the message this Sunday at both the 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. services.

Title: Lord, I Don't Want to Go!

See ya Sunday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church!

08/13/2024

Yes, we are WACH proud! Our 2024 Global Scholars from our summer Internship & Enrichment Program What a truly inspiring group of young leaders.

07/27/2024

Looks like things have gotten worse at the Dauphin County Clerk of Courts since the democratically elected Clerk of Courts was forced out in what many say was a politically motivated pressure to threaten contempt of court hearings.

Bridget Whitley was the first Democrat elected to the row office in 100 years and met fierce resistance to her leadership, even threatening her with contempt of court hearings.

Will there be hearings to determine what led to this egregious mistake that endangered the entire community? Why has the acting Clerk of Court refusing to speak to the media?

The community needs answers.

Dauphin County Prison "acted appropriately" based on the paperwork that was given to them, according to a Dauphin County spokesperson.

07/27/2024

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