{"id":3449,"date":"2022-01-07T19:25:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T19:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2022-09-07T13:23:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:23:33","slug":"tending-the-civic-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/tending-the-civic-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"Tending the Civic Soil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A Worship Resource for Election Season<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tending the Civic Soil Overview\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VeKN-VWk1Sg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many factors drive or determine health \u2013 how safe you feel in your community, access to parks, healthy food, high quality early learning and education, and availability of health care providers and good paying jobs. These social factors will impact how healthy your community is and how healthy you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now more than ever, health is a life-or-death issue and decisions about your health are being made by elected officials. In some cases, these are officials who have been elected at the local level by a very small portion of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Health Fund, we are passionate about improving the health and wholeness of Kansans. Our work focuses on access to care, early childhood development and improving community and congregational health through the Healthy Congregations program. To achieve these goals we\u2019ve funded programs, worked on policy and systems change and regularly convene partners, policymakers and community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re increasingly learning that the more civically engaged a community is, the healthier the community. Unfortunately, Kansans are not voting in local elections at healthy levels. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/kansashealth.org\/2016\/05\/05\/kansas-civil-health-index\/\">Civic Health Index of 2016<\/a>, authored by the Kansas Health Foundation and the National Conference on Citizenship, Kansas ranks just 41st in the country in adults who report they vote in local elections. The report highlights: \u201cEven more concerning is that certain population groups in Kansas exhibit even lower levels of political involvement, including Kansans with lower levels of income, education, and those from racial\/ethnic minority backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the understanding that civic participation is tied to community health and that Kansans are not politically active \u2013 especially at the local level \u2013 we see an opportunity to improve community health by improving civic engagement. That\u2019s why we are excited to share this sermon guide and toolkit to help support civic engagement and support <strong>Faith in Democracy<\/strong>, an initiative dedicated to ensuring that every Kansan is able to be an informed, enthusiastic, engaged voter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tending the Civic Soil <\/em>was written by the <a href=\"https:\/\/neighboringmovement.org\/\">Neighboring Movement<\/a> team with the preacher and worship planner in mind. We have designed this tool as a one-stop shop for all the worship components you may have in your congregation. Each week includes ideas and suggestions to fill your bulletin, including songs, prayers, children\u2019s sermon, exegesis, sermon ideas, and creative responses to the sermon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eaeef1\"><strong>Downloads:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-1.pdf\">Sermon Guide and Toolkit<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-Bulletin-1.pdf\">Bulletin Insert 1<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-Bulletin-2.pdf\">Bulletin Insert 2<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-Bulletin-3.pdf\">Bulletin Insert 3<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-Bulletin-4.pdf\">Bulletin Insert 4<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Powerpoint-4x3-1.pptx\">PowerPoint Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>We\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/strong>&nbsp;Did you use the sermon guide and\/or toolkit? Would you be willing to share your feedback and experiences? Would you consider recording a brief video to share? Questions or suggestions? Please send us an email at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:hcnews@healthfund.org\">hcnews@healthfund.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resources in this sermon guide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bulletin-Inserts-for-Voter-Network.docx\">Editable bulletin insert<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksvotes.org\/\">KSVotes.org<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoternetwork.org\/ksballot-2\/\">KSBallot.org<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoternetwork.org\/\">The Voter Network<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kansashealth.org\/2016\/05\/05\/kansas-civil-health-index\/\">Civic Health Index of 2016<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Powerpoint-4x3-1.pptx\">Editable PowerPoint presentation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wZAMZtFMojY\">Week 1 sermon video<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/jcmgf.org\/the-world-wood-web-how-fungi-supports-communication-between-plants\/\">\u201cPlants Talk to Each Other Using an Internet of Fungus\u201d<\/a><\/li><li>The Neighbor Next Door podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4le04EpDXIypuW9kKILWjE\">\u201cJoy Lenz: Transformative Neighboring\u201d<\/a><\/li><li>Sojourners, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sojo.net\/articles\/4-guidelines-voting-while-christian\">4 Guidelines to Voting While Christian\u201d<\/a><\/li><li>History.com, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/great-depression\/dust-bowl\">\u201cDust Bowl\u201d<\/a><\/li><li>Natural Resources Conservation Service, New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/detail\/ny\/technical\/?cid=nrcs144p2_027252\">\u201cCover Crops \u2013 Keeping Soil in Place While Providing Other Benefits\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Tending the Civic Soil Social Media Tiles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are social media tiles to help you promote the series. We would love to know if you use the guide\u2014please tag us on Twitter or Facebook (@umhealthfund).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" data-id=\"3451\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-FB-1024x858.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-FB-1024x858.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-FB-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tending-the-Civic-Soil-Sermon-Guide-FB-768x644.png 768w, 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"4576\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-2-Facebook.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-2-Facebook.png 800w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-2-Facebook-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-2-Facebook-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-2-Facebook-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"4577\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-3-Facebook.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4577\" 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size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"4573\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-3-Twitter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-3-Twitter.png 1600w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-3-Twitter-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-3-Twitter-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-3-Twitter-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-3-Twitter-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"4574\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-4-Twitter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-4-Twitter.png 1600w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-4-Twitter-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-4-Twitter-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-4-Twitter-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Civic-Soil-Week-4-Twitter-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">#CivicSoil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Worship Resource for Election Season Many factors drive or determine health \u2013 how safe you feel in your community, access to parks, healthy food, high quality early learning and education, and availability of health care providers and good paying jobs. These social factors will impact how healthy your community is and how healthy you &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[31,30,32,33],"class_list":["post-3449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hc-news","tag-civic-engagement","tag-sermon-guide","tag-vote","tag-voting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3449"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4783,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions\/4783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}