Social justice can also include setting a goal of paying your director of religious education a living wage . The minister or lay leader can inspire social justice. More than 40 signed up to lobby legislators, stuff envelopes, make phone calls and attend rallies. In some communities there may be enough soup kitchens, but there are seldom enough volunteers to staff them. Instead of starting your own program, volunteer to help with existing services.
Some congregations join interdenominational social justice groups for greater impact.
Social justice is the focus for 1998-99. About 100 members have signed up to help. The suburban Twin Cities congregation supports a womens' shelter, food pantry, Meals on Wheels and a temporary housing program for needy single women with children. This page was last updated January 4, 2000. There have been 267 accesses to this page since January 4, 2000.