The Faith & Work Forum is a conversation series on Grounds that discusses the interplay between faith, work, and life. Each semester we feature guest speakers with leadership experience from across a wide range of vocations, who bring authentic stories about seeking a meaningful, purpose-driven life. RSVP required. Email Christy Yates to learn more. 

OUR second FALL 2023 FAITH & WORK LUNCH WITH BE ON THURSDAY, November 9th, 12:30-1:30PM WITH CLAUDE ATCHO & SAM HEATH. IN PERSON ONLy at the Bonhoeffer house.

Claude Atcho is an award-winning author and ordained priest in the Anglican Church of North America. He serves as the pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, VA, having previously pastored in Boston, MA and Memphis, TN. Claude is the author of Reading Black Books: How African American Literature Can Make Our Faith More Whole and Just, and his writing has been featured in Christianity Today, Think Christian, and The Witness: A Black Collective. Claude previously taught writing and literature at the collegiate level and holds masters degrees in both English Literature and Theological Studies. 

Sam leads EJUSA’s engagement with evangelical people and spaces. His faith background enables him to tell stories about the realities of justice and injustice in America and hold together a view of the world as a place both exceptional and exploitative. Before coming on board with EJUSA in 2021, Sam taught high school history for 10 years in North Carolina and Virginia. He has a B.A. in education and psychology from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a master’s in theology, ethics, and culture from the University of Virginia. He also helps facilitate the Charlottesville Area Justice Coalition.