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I was sick and you looked after me

Watch

Rev. Dr. Barbara Horner-Ibler explains our Christian calling to heal in this short video about the Bread of Healing Clinic, with a supplemental video about disparities in medical insurance coverage and how we can get involved.

​Healthcare Denied: How the Church can Confront Racism
The Rev. Nicole Farley interviews Mary Jessen, Director of Community Benefit for Ascension Wisconsin and scholar on the topic of race, health, and healthcare. Learn more about disparities and actions we can take as efforts to lessen these differences.


Carroll University's Collaboration with Waukesha Free Clinic
The Rev. Elizabeth McCord, Chaplain at Carroll University, discusses the Waukesha Free Clinic with Dr. James Brandes, M.D., Clinical Professor and Program Director of our Physician Assistant Studies.  Dr. Brandes has an ongoing relationship with the Waukesha Free Clinic and helped craft the partnership between the clinic and Carroll University.

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Learn

2020 Medical Debt Summit recording from RIP Medical Debt

"67 Percent of Bankruptcy Filers Cite Illness and Medical Bills as Contributors to Financial Ruin" news release from Physicians for a National Health Program
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"Boise Church Pays Off $1.6M in Medical Debt" article by Shirah Matsuzawa

Breakdown Whiteness: Healthcare website

"Churches Find a New Calling: Paying Off Other People's Medical Debt" article by Roxie Hammill
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"Coronavirus Kills far More Hispanic and Black Children than White Youths, CDC Study Finds"
article by William Wan

"Michael Bloomberg Gives $100 Million to Help Historically Black Med School Grads Pay Off Loans" article by Chandni Ganesh

"Moderna Vaccine Trial Contractors Fail to Enroll Enough Minorities, Prompting Slowdown" article by Julie Steenhuysen

​Racism is a Public Health Crisis Resolution (2018) from the Wisconsin Public Health Association

"Running on Fumes" article by Bernard E. Trappey, MD

"Say Her Name: Dr. Susan Moore" opinion by Aletha Maybank, Camara Phyllis Jones, Uché Blackstock and Joia Crear Perry
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Act

Medical Debt 
  • Pay down medical debt at a significant discount
  • Five Winona Churches Joined Forces to Relieve Medical Debt in Minnesota and Wisconsin by partnering with RIP Medical Debt
Donations to help pay down medical debt can be sent to the Presbytery Office through November 6th, indicate "Medical Debt" on the check or remittance form

Formally declare racism to be a public health crisis and take steps to address it

Donate to or volunteer with Bread of Healing Clinic or your local, reduced-cost health clinic

Be a Community Health Volunteer for Common Ground, telephoning COVID-positive people who are monitoring their health conditions from home

U.S. mission physicians have been providing care and medical education in the DRC for more than a century, and now the U.S. has lifesaving things to learn from the Congolese health system. Come to the virtual sessions, “Health Care in the Time of COVID-19,” on Saturday, Oct. 3 and Saturday, Oct. 10, and learn more. Start time is 10:00 a.m. CST 

Participate in the virtual program  Racism is a Public Health Crisis...and what we can do about it  on Wednesday, November 11th, 12:00-4:30 p.m. This is a preconference event that can be attended independently of the Toward One Wisconsin conference

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  • Welcome
  • Newsletter & Meetings
    • Presbytery Meetings
    • eNewsletter: Fresh Impressions
    • Calendar
  • People & Teams
    • Council & Work Groups
    • Commissions
    • Committees
    • Presbytery Staff
    • Presbytery Assembly
    • Small Church Vitality
    • Ministry Partners
  • Churches
    • Find a Congregation
    • Alternative Christian Communities
    • Employment Opportunities
  • Documents & Resources
    • Commission on Transitional Ministries
    • Commission on Pastoral Ministries
    • Commission on Cong Vitality >
      • Spirit-inspired Worship
      • Ecclesial Health
      • Caring Relationships
      • Empowered Leadership
      • Elder Preaching Class 2024
      • Lifelong Discipleship
      • Outward Focus
      • Evangelism
      • Congregational Vitality Grant Application (Fill out electronically)
      • Leadership Development Grant Application
      • Camp Scholarship Application
      • Virtual Services >
        • When God Creates
        • Becoming Living Stones
        • Minor Prophets Worship and Bible Study Resources
    • Resources for Discerning Your Congregation's Future
    • Clerks of Session >
      • Clerks of Session Handbook
      • Stated Clerk Advisory Opinions
      • Forms & Policies
      • Minutes & Manual of Operations >
        • 2019 Minute Review Checklist
        • 2020 Minute Review Checklist
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        • Sample ByLaws
        • Sample Manual of Operations
        • Checklist for ByLaws & Manual of Administrative Operations
      • Annual Reporting >
        • Enter Online Statistical Report
    • Forms & Policies >
      • Forms >
        • Presbytery Remittance Form - PDF
        • Presbyterian Mission Agency Remittance Form - PDF
        • Synod Remittance Form - PDF
        • Presbytery Voucher Form
        • 2025 Shared Mission Pledge Form - PDF
        • 2025 Church Information Form
      • Policies >
        • Manual of Operations
        • ByLaws
        • Standards of Ethical Conduct
    • Pulpit Supply >
      • Application for Inclusion on Pulpit Supply List
    • Disaster Preparedness & Response Task Force
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