Rev. Michael Pater at Central Congregational United Church of Christ also touched on the "war on poverty" in his Sunday sermon.
A senior minister at Central Congregational United Church of Christ in Briarcliff said this week that the United States' war on drugs has become a "war on drug addicts." Rev. Michael Pater also touched on the "war on poverty," another popular term he criticized as an unintentional misnomer. Some of his remark's were posted Wednesday on the church's Facebook page: From Rev. Michael, a final thought from Sunday's sermon (12 Aug): I remain unconvinced that we have declared a war on drugs; I fear that we have declared a war on drug addicts when we underfund and defund programs that support recovery while we fill our prisons. I am convinced that we do not have a war on poverty, but rather a war on poor people. We want to decrease the funding of…
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Senior Minister Michael Pater at Central Congregational United Church of Christ talks about Easter and Good Friday in his blog.
A discussion with local pastor Rev. Dr. Michael Pater on faith, his calling to be a pastor, religion's place in politics and more.
Several months ago, I sat down with the Rev. Dr. Michael Pater, senior pastor at Central United Church of Christ. In an effort to understand our community and religious leaders and what brought them to the pulpit and what drives them still, I asked Pater a series of questions. We talked about, faith, his calling as a pastor, his church’s liberal, progressive message, the place of religion in politics and more. Chris: Churches are often thought of as big familes or communities. Of course, pastors and everyone in the church comes from their own family. Can you tell me about your background and family? Pater: I grew up in Germany but mostly the Midwest here in the states. That is where I am from. I came here, to this church, I’m eight days …
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4:05 pm on Thursday, August 16, 2012
I am a 75 year old daughter of a minister. My Mother fed hobos on our back steps altho our drapes were made of feed sacks. My husband grew up in rural Ala where if someone was sick or needed help, the community pitched in. Doctors over-charged for surgery from those who could afford it; then provided free services to the 'poor'. There were no funds from the state and federal gov. The churches and… more ›