People of Faith, Healing the Sick
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People of Faith, Healing the Sick - Agenda Faithful History of Healing the Sick Faithful Values that Support Healing the Sick
Compassion Stewardship Community Family
Fearful Barriers that are Overcome by LOVE Politics Complexity
How People of Faith Heal the Sick Work through your family, community, or place of worship Don’t be afraid to use your faithful values and faithful voices
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A Faithful History
The leg-bone (femur) proves an early sense of
compassion
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Early fossilized human bones show their compassion to the sick and injured.
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For the Faithful, Health Care is a SOCIAL JUSTICE issueJustice = Fairness
Fairness has NO favorites
For God,
We are All Favorites
And all worthy of
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In ancient times, health care was found through the kindness of others, sometimes, strangers.
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Consider the Good Samaritan:The rich and respected ignored the sick and beaten man.The Good Samaritan cared for him with time, money, and love.
When we spend our own money on health insurance, we give health care to strangers in our community, knowing that sometime later, others might help us.
When there is sickness, everything stops. The Faithful respond with love for their neighbor by healing the sick.
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“.. what does the Lord require of youbut to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God” - Micah 6:8
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another”. - John 13:34
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People without health insurance deal with substandard care through emergency rooms and almost no preventive care. This cannot stand!
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“Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, ‘Open yourhand to the poor and needy neighbour in your land.’” – Deut. 15:11
“If anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?” - 1 John 3:17
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Healing the SickValue of Compassion
“It’s not enough to be compassionate…
YOU MUST ACT”
People of Faith know this, and we have been compassionately “Healing the Sick” for millenia!
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Value of Stewardship
Healing the SickValue of Stewardship
We are Called to be
Wise Stewards
of God’s Abundant Resources
(including health care)
which are on “loan” to us to use effectively, to
God’s Glory
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Value of Community
Healing the Sick – Value of Community
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What Happens to You,Affects me, Emotionally,Spiritually,Physically,Even Financially, including your illness and injury
We are all Connected!
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People of Faith try to look through God’s eyes.
Then, we can see that each person has GIFTS, and good health-care can help open the door to the life they were GIFTED TO LEAD.
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Value of Family
Healing the SickValue of Family
The more family and friends-like family
we love,
the more we want
quality health care, including preventive care,
for ALL our loved ones,
for ALL people
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The Ever-Growing Family Tree
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Fearful Barriers that are Overcome by LOVE
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Not Fear, Just Love – Issue of POLITICS
The political naysayers are fearful and they want YOU to be fearful too.
But we don’t have buy into that.
The ACA is not perfect, BUT…It’s a NEW DAY, A NEW HOPE for
better health care for ALL.
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Politics – Don’t buy into it.
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Question: Who will we alienate? Who will leave our church?
Answer: No one… if you remind them of who you are…People of Faith, Healing the Sick, in LOVING KINDNESS.
Be brave.
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” -
C.S. Lewis
Healing the Sick – Not Fear, Just LovePolitics – Elephant in the Room, and we’re not just talking about Republicans
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Question: What about our Tax-Free status? Shouldn’t we stay clear of a government program like the ACA?
Answer: Non-profits are FREE to work on ISSUES like Health Care or BILLS like the ACA without endangering their Tax-Free status. No worries!
Healing the Sick – Not Fear, Just LovePolitics – Don’t worry about the IRS
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Not Fear, Just Love – Issue of COMPLEXITY
Concern: There’s so much to this! We’ll just visit the sick.That’s good enough.
Response: The Faithful Community is a perfect fit to reach vulnerable people with your loving, gentle touch.
Leave the gritty details to others.
Healing the Sick – Not Fear, Just LoveCOMPLEXITY– It’s NOT too hard for you!
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How People of Faith Heal the Sick
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Work through your family
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Work through your family Talk to your friends and family about Health Care.
Make sure that they:• Have health insurance• Have a doctor, • Are getting check-ups, • Are getting preventive care, • Are taking care of their health.
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Work through your community
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Work through your community Join Raising Women’s Voices, or
Join Enroll America groups in your State, or
Join other Community groups involved in Outreach and Education, or
THEN, Invite Speakers to Organizations you have connections to.
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Work through your place of worship
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Partner with your place of worshipStart from our sample Bulletin Inserts
Start from our
“Top Ten Faithful Concepts for Promoting the ACA”
Invite a group from your state’s Navigators to set up a station to sign people up for Health Insurance.
Invite a speaker from Raising Women’s Voices or an Outreach and Education community group to speak.
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Don’t be afraid to be faithful – use those values and that voice
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Don’t be afraid to use your faithful values and faithful voices Write Letters to the Editor, “As a person of faith” Get editing help from Raising Women’s Voices or other
community leaders… you’ll be glad you did! Use moral, spiritual, religious words: that’s your gift.
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Thank you for your time and for caring about your neighbors!
Cathy Levy, Raising Women’s Voices, Regional Coordinator for Ohio
Questions?
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SourcesThe Biologian: http://thesymbiont.blogspot.com/2010/10/history-of-
nice-compassion-in-human.html