The Reverend Bill Stanfield is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metanoia Community Development Corporation, a faith-based movement committed to the Chicora/Cherokee area of North Charleston and the recipient of our current Charitable Giving Campaign. Established in 2003, Metanoia (“making a positive change”) invests in neighborhood assets to build leaders, establish quality housing and generate economic development. Bill, an Associate Minister of St. Matthew Baptist Church and the 2011 North Charleston Citizen of the Year, is a committed community leader and a compelling speaker.
Reverend Stanfield delivered this address to our church on September 30, 2012.
Our book for this week is Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps for a Better World (Bridgeleader Books). Every day we are confronted by challenging societal problems, from poverty and institutional racism to AIDS and homelessness. It can all seem so overwhelming. But while none of us can do everything, all of us can do something. This handbook will help you discover what you can do.
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On a the rainy Sunday morning of February 19, 2012, we convened “Blues Sunday” with a sermon from the book of Job. What do those who are suffering a trial, hardship or simply “the blues” need from us? What might we need when we are the ones who are hurting? Since Reverend Danny Reed says we can’t talk about the Blues without hearing the Blues, we’ve invited special musicians, “
On October 9, 2011, The Reverend Danny Ray Reed was installed as called minister of The Unitarian Church in Charleston. This is an edited recording of that service.