15th Sunday after Pentecost Year A

Nerds At Church

Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 23 or Proper 18, which falls on September 10th this year, including our deep dive into responding to abuse.

The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. Check out church abuse prevention resources like this general one and this volunteer-focused one from Church Mutual. Also, check out this Safe Church training from the Episcopal Church. The CDC also has a resource (in English and Spanish) for preventing child abuse at program activities. New York also came out with some best practices for an abuse-free environment.

If abuse does happen, this resource from the Southwest Minnesota Synod of the ELCA covers everything from preventing to reporting and responding. This is a great resource to look at community-based intervention. Abolitionist Tools has many great resources, including ones from Beyond Courts. This resource specifically focuses on questions to consider when considering responding to harm without involving the criminal justice system.

We mentioned last week’s episode on vengeance, last year’s episode on criminal (in)justice with Dr. Sally Frank, our first season’s episode on prison abolition with Rev. Elle Dowd, this season’s episode on disarmament, and this season’s episode on the Office of the Keys with Bp. Brenda Bos.

CN: we talk about abuse during the deep dive.
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