Faith advocacy
Subscribe to AM’s Monthly Faith Leaders’ Update
Once each month our Executive Director, Mike Yoder, sends out an email highlighting engagement and educational opportunities that may be of interest to Pierce County faith leaders (see a copy…
Read MorePeople of faith, now what?
Thursday evening, October 27, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Bethany Presbyterian, First United Methodist, and Tacoma College Ministry hosted a workshop led by Professor and author Dr. Jen Harvey. The dialogue of the…
Read MoreIt’s hard to focus on the big picture when you are living in trauma
When Linda was referred to our Family Permanent Housing program, she was sleeping at the Salvation Army emergency overflow shelter with her 2-year-old daughter. When we first started to work…
Read MoreA Powerful Call to Community Action
Members of our community were inspired by powerful messages from faith and city leaders on July 14 as part of the gathering “A Call to Action and Prayer.” Organized by…
Read MoreMeet David Alger
Editorial Note: The article below was written by an Associated Ministries’ Next Move intern in conjunction with two other Next Move interns. Associated Ministries was pleased to host three students…
Read MoreInterfaith Dialogue on Peace Building – Saturday, June 11th, 1-2PM
The Tacoma Buddhist Temple, in partnership with Associated Ministries, will host an interfaith dialogue on peace building on June 11, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. This is a free public event…
Read MoreApril is Volunteer Appreciation Month!
Volunteers. Associated Ministries is grateful for the thousands of hours that our volunteer each year to help with programs such as Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Pierce…
Read MoreNew Homeless Coordinated Entry System in Pierce County
by Marcy Stahl, Program Manager On Friday, April 8, 150 community housing and healthcare providers attended a presentation about the launch of Coordinated Entry hosted by Pierce County Community Connections…
Read More"America's Original Sin"
By Greta Brackman, Housing Counselor Jim Wallis, the President and CEO of Sojourners Magazine, is the author of several books dealing with faith, politics, and social justice. His most recent,…
Read MoreFaith and Good Works are Alive in Lakewood!
This is a guest post by Donald Leske, Sr., Property Manager at BCI Properties, LLC, in Lakewood. We thank Donald for his spontaneous outpouring of several stories like this one…
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