|
Verse of the day
|
|
|
|
Home
Individuals Honored for 'Lives of Significance'
CHICAGO, IL (April 17, 2006) - Best-selling author Kathleen Norris spoke
briefly during a North Park University reception at Hamming Hall
honoring several individuals in keeping with the "Lives of Significance"
campus theme for the year.
She encouraged those in attendance to continue participating in the work
of God, to be people who "just show up" so that God can use them>
Those honored are:
- Christine Pokorny, who attends Edgebrook Evangelical Covenant Church
and spearheads an innovative knitting ministry that supplies
hand-knitted garments for more than 500 disadvantaged families each year
through the North Park Friendship Center (NPFC). People from around the
country supply garments. Pokorny is chair of the NPFC board and is
involved in ministries of justice and compassion at Edgebrook.
- The St. Sabina's Volunteer Cooking Team, which organizes and cooks
143 home-cooked meals 11 Saturday nights each year for residents and
staff of Bonaventure House, a transitional living home for men and women
suffering with HIV/AIDS. The team includes Christine Davis, Lenore
Jackson, Shirley Lyke, Peggy McCoy and Janice Yokely, who are
parishioners of St. Sabina, an African American Catholic Community.
- Laurel Nelson, a retired nurse. Nelson retired in 2001 as a nurse at
the North Park University Health Center, where she worked for more than
10 years. She continues to be a beloved member of her church home and
community.
- Jon Trott, an outspoken advocate for maintaining affordable housing
for the poor. A member of the Jesus People U.S.A. community (JEPUSA),
Trott has been a prolific writer for Cornerstone Magazine for 20
years.
|
|
|
|
|
|
