Repairers of the Breach

We will gather in the parlor after coffee hour on Sunday. There will be sandwiches and salad provided for lunch. You can grab lunch whenever you arrive, and the workshop itself will begin at 1 p.m.

Our country is at a hinge moment that calls for people of faith to stand up against all sinful systems of oppression and violence.  Many members of St. Peter’s are deeply engaged in this work. St. Peter’s Repairers of the Breach Workshops will feature lay ministers who will share what they are doing to confront the political  powers that diminish, violate, and threaten the lives of our neighbors.

This two-part workshop will feature parishioner Beverly Woods, who has spent a career in both community-based organizations and municipal government. Recent examples of her projects include stabilizing communities after building collapses and utility failures; community-based COVID-19 vaccination programs; heat injury prevention programs; high quality shelter spaces for homeless families; and business development interventions to preserve services in neighborhoods. Retired in December 2024, Beverly has pivoted to providing the same skills, expertise, and access to the organizations for which she volunteers, which include Reinvestment Fund; Philly Bridge and Jawn (PB&J), a nascent youth- serving organization in Philadelphia’s Kensington community; Mission First Housing Group; Northern Children’s Services; and the Powelton Village Civic Association, where she lives.

Clergy will provide Biblical and theological context, giving participants the opportunity to discuss how the work being done is discipleship in practice.