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Monthly Archives: October 2014

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Deciding Which Community Ministries to Support

When I was at a meeting with ministers, one of them asked me how a congregation decided which service ministries to support financially and which ministries for them to create or be involved with.  I explained that a...

Read more October 30, 2014 at 5:02 pm Beth

Just As They Are

Simone Weil wrote in Waiting for God: “I have the essential need… to move among of every class and complexion, mixing with them and sharing their life and outlook, so far that is...

Read more October 27, 2014 at 1:49 pm Beth

That’s Understanding!

This week I was in Roswell, Georgia,to present workshops to both Roswell Presbyterian Church and to  nonprofits who partner with the host organization, HomeStretch, a vital nonprofit that works with families for 12-18 months...

Read more October 24, 2014 at 10:06 am Beth

Walking the Labyrinth

I was winding my way out of the center of a labyrinth at a local church, I noticed that the stones occasionally aligned three straight across. At other times, the three stones did not...

Read more October 20, 2014 at 6:22 pm Beth

Order of the Silver Crescent

On October 16, Beth Lindsay Templeton received the Order of the Silver Crescent. The Order of the Silver Crescent is South Carolina’s highest civilian honor for community service. It is awarded to residents of South...

Read more October 18, 2014 at 10:11 am Beth

Excerpt from Angelika’s Journal by Beth Lindsay Templeton by New York ASCD

The following excerpt from Angelika’s Journal was recently published on the New York State ASCD. Click here to view the article. September 6 I am so embarrassed. Our school tries its best not to...

Read more October 16, 2014 at 10:48 pm oureyeswere

Suppose You Had No Car

Suppose you had no car. Sit with that a moment. Where I live, 27,913 residents or 14.0% get to work in another way than driving themselves so they depend on someone else to get...

Read more October 16, 2014 at 11:52 am Beth

A Poor Person Speaks

Not infrequently through the years, I have been asked to bring a program participant with me when I have talked with groups about poverty. People want to hear from someone who lives what I teach about....

Read more October 12, 2014 at 4:57 pm Beth

The Kind of Leaders We Need

With elections around the corner,  the words of Marian Wright Edelman of the Children’s Defense Fund seem very appropriate. She calls us to renewed vision and commitment for those who follow in our footsteps. She writes in The...

Read more October 9, 2014 at 12:00 pm Beth

Many Gifts

I met a long haul truck driver who shared with me his personal ministry of caring for others. While he is out on the road, he writes articles of encouragement which appear in his...

Read more October 6, 2014 at 2:23 pm Beth

If I Can Do It…

Several years ago the local paper ran an article about a young man who hopped a train from Raleigh to Charleston with $25 in his pocket. Within six months, he had saved $2500 and...

Read more October 2, 2014 at 10:37 am Beth

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As a community activist, author, minister, consultant and teacher, Beth Templeton hosts a variety of workshops to help remove our "blinders" when addressing persistent poverty in our society.

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