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Fort Worth’s MLK Bowl Builds a Safer Future for Young People on January 15-18, 2027. New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church is bringing gun safety, specialty coffee, spiritual renewal, Black history, and winter relief together for one ambitious four-day weekend. On a January weekend in Fort Worth, a church on Mississippi Avenue will transform Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a shared destiny into a working community agenda. From January 15 through 18, 2027, New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church and the Ministers Justice Coalition of Texas will host the 2027 MLK Bowl Weekend , a four-day gathering centered on youth health, safety, education, faith, and economic opportunity. The theme is direct: “Our Common Destiny Is Health and Safety.” It draws from Dr. King’s warning in his Letter from Birmingham Jail : “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one direct...

  STAND SUNDAY SERVICE James 1:27 Join us tomorrow morning for Stand Sunday at New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church. Sunday, November 8, 2026 · 11:00 AM Guest Speaker: Pastor A.C. Blake “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…” — James 1:27 |  Join us in the morning as we stand for our children. Link:   https://www.standsunday.com/ #StandSunday2028 Will you stand with New Mount Rose as we serve vulnerable children and families and welcome our immigrant neighbors? We support families from South and Central America through English for the Professions, and offer gardening, farming, and after-school opportunities for African refugee youth. James 1:27 calls us to care for those in need. Deuteronomy 28:43 reminds us that how we treat our neighbors matters. Every church can do something. Everyone has a place to stand. Join us for prayer, awareness, and practical action in support of children and...

  HELP AND HOPE. Silencing the Stigma: JPS Citizens Healthcare Academy Changes Pastors’ Perspective on Care in Tarrant County. From President and CEO Dr. Karen Duncan’s surprise pop quiz at the inaugural JPS Citizens Healthcare Academy to Tarrant County Commissioner Rodrick Miles’s closing remarks connecting health care with faith care, one message became clear: JPS is not the hospital many people remember from the past. About 20 pastors and faith leaders from communities across Tarrant County—many with some of the county’s poorest health outcomes—took part in six weeks of training. They learned about JPS services and met with leaders across the network, exploring topics that included trauma care, women’s health, mental health and jail health care. Some pastors entered the academy uncertain about the quality of care JPS provides. After listening, asking questions and learning about the network’s work, they left with a renewed sense of confidence in JPS and a better understanding of...