April 28, 2010
By Lynette Wilson

NEWARK, New Jersey – "Healing the worst of the poverty in this nation is intrinsically connected to restoring human beings to right relationship with the rest of creation," said Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori in a keynote address that touched on most every factor – shelter, food, environment, health care, employment and economics – that plays a role in domestic poverty.

More than 170 Episcopalians, the presiding bishop, House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson and others interested in social service gathered here April 28 for "Called to Serve: The Episcopal Church Responds to Domestic Poverty," a conference designed to explore the nature of domestic poverty and the church's role in addressing it.

The three-day conference is supported by Jubilee Ministries, Episcopal Community Services in America and National Episcopal Health Ministries and is an opportunity for conference-goers to share ideas to better implement and strengthen programming through workshops and plenary sessions, and to build relationships locally, regionally and nationally by networking.

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