12 December 2019
From Our Community With Love
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No CommentsFrom Our Community With Love By Hannah Hasan (Person 1) There are those who have asked for us to tell our stories of unity Those who need for us to be a vision of diversity (Person 2) And there are many reasons that this call has been made Many people who hope that we can […]
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A Message From Crisis Assistance: Loving Our Neighbors Experiencing Poverty
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No CommentsMeck Min Thanksgiving 2019 Good evening. It’s always an honor for Crisis Assistance Ministry to be part of this special service. For too many Charlotteans experiencing poverty, worry about where their next meal will come from, or how they’ll make rent, hangs over the holiday season. People like Robert. After 23 years on the job, […]
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A Message From Crisis Assistance: Our Neighbors Experiencing Poverty
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No CommentsMeck Min Thanksgiving 2019 Good evening. It’s always an honor for Crisis Assistance Ministry to be part of this special service. For too many Charlotteans experiencing poverty, worry about where their next meal will come from, or how they’ll make rent, hangs over the holiday season. People like Robert. After 23 years on the job, […]
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Do You Know Where You Live?
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No CommentsAs we reach out to ask for your support and involvement, we want to start with a question. Do you know where you live? Perhaps you have the easy answer to that question – Charlotte, Pineville, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews? But do you really know where you live? It is estimated that our metropolitan area now […]
Read More7 November 2019
MeckMIN Welcomes LeDayne McLeese Polaski as New Executive Director
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No Comments
MeckMIN Welcomes LeDayne McLeese Polaski as New Executive Director MeckMIN is deeply grateful for all of the personal sacrifice, hard work, beautiful oratory and social uplift given to us by Rev. Fredrick Robinson in the capacity of Executive Director over the last two and a half years. We pray he is blessed with providence and wish the […]
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Comments at the Bahá’í Center of Charlotte’s Interfaith Gathering Celebrating the Oneness of Humanity
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No Comments
Comments at the Bahá’í Center of Charlotte’s Interfaith Gathering Celebrating the Oneness of Humanity Note: The service was part of a week of events celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of the Báb, the forerunner and herald of the Bahá’í faith. It is an honor and a delight to be here with you as we […]
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Looking Back and Looking Forward
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No CommentsA year ago, MeckMin’s future was insecure. A year ago, MeckMin accepted that change was needed. A year ago, our dedicated staff agreed to take on these uncertainties and reimagine a sustainable and vibrant interfaith network for the future. Today, MeckMin has completed a non-profit business assessment. Today, MeckMin has put in place plans to […]
Read More24 October 2016
Showing Up, Standing Beside and Listening
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No CommentsPastoral reflection from the Charlotte Protests, excerpted from sermon delivered by Rev. Amy Jacks Dean at Park Road Baptist Church, September 25, 2016. I feel as though I have learned more in one week than in my whole life put together because I Showed Up and Stood Beside. And I listened. I make my living […]
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Reflections of Our City
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No CommentsFrom Rev. Amanthan Barbee, Statesville Avenue Presbyterian Church Our city is a place of unrest. There are so many unanswered questions, emotions, feelings, misunderstandings, and fears that we simply don’t know which way to turn. This is new to many of us. As a native Charlottean, it’s easy to say, “this is not my city.” […]
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Unaccompanied Children
by LeDayne McLeese Polaski / No CommentsFrom Joyce Deaton, Caldwell Presbyterian Church In saying yes to the mystery of God, we are also seeking some direction for living our lives. I don’t know about you, but with this affirmation I have found, inconveniently, that when life presents me with a situation of injustice, I can no longer just sit there. I […]
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