{"id":7810,"date":"2006-04-17T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2006-04-17T21:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7810"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:31:04","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:31:04","slug":"4855","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/04\/17\/4855\/","title":{"rendered":"Individuals Honored for &#8216;Lives of Significance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (April 17, 2006)  &#8211; Best-selling author Kathleen Norris spoke  briefly during a North Park University reception at Hamming Hall  honoring several individuals in keeping with the &#8220;Lives of Significance&#8221;  campus theme for the year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>She encouraged those in attendance to continue participating in the work  of God, to be people who &#8220;just show up&#8221; so that God can use them&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Those honored are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christine Pokorny, who attends Edgebrook Evangelical Covenant Church  and spearheads an innovative knitting ministry that supplies  hand-knitted garments for more than 500 disadvantaged families each year  through the North Park Friendship Center (NPFC). People from around the  country supply garments. Pokorny is chair of the NPFC board and is  involved in ministries of justice and compassion at Edgebrook.<\/li>\n<li>The St. Sabina&#8217;s Volunteer Cooking Team, which organizes and cooks  143 home-cooked meals 11 Saturday nights each year for residents and  staff of Bonaventure House, a transitional living home for men and women  suffering with HIV\/AIDS. The team includes Christine Davis, Lenore  Jackson, Shirley Lyke, Peggy McCoy and Janice Yokely, who are  parishioners of St. Sabina, an African American Catholic Community.<\/li>\n<li>Laurel Nelson, a retired nurse. Nelson retired in 2001 as a nurse at  the North Park University Health Center, where she worked for more than  10 years. She continues to be a beloved member of her church home and  community.<\/li>\n<li>Jon Trott, an outspoken advocate for maintaining affordable housing  for the poor. 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