We are excited for our 14th annual Justice Matters Sunday on February 2, 2025. Once a year during the service we focus on the issue of Human Trafficking and God’s heart for justice.

A QUICK UPDATE!

We just found out a couple of days ago that our guest speaker, John Cotton Richmond, injured his knee while hiking Mount Kilimanjaro and will not be able to join us.

Thankfully, we were able to invite Emily Milnes, who was John’s top recommendation to take his place.

Emily is an attorney, co-founder, and Chief of Staff for the Libertas Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating human trafficking, advancing democracy, and affirming human dignity. Before her work with the Libertas Council, she practiced immigration law for nearly a decade, specializing in forced labor and human trafficking cases.

You can read more about her background below, but we know you’ll enjoy what she has to share with us. I can’t wait!
 
We will also be offering 4 different workshops to help further our education and learn ways we can all help in the fight against trafficking. We hope you can spend the day with us and learn how together we can make a difference, and “Speak up for those who can’t speak for themselves” as it says in Proverbs 31:8-9. We will also have about 20 different ministries and organizations represented in the Fellowship Hall that would love the time to connect with you and share more about what they do, and how you can partner with them. Mark your calendars and invite some friends.

Watch Justice Matters 14

EMILY MILNES

Attorney, Co-founder and Chief of Staff for the Libertas Council

Emily Milnes is an attorney, co-founder and chief of staff for the Libertas Council, a nonprofit combating human trafficking, advancing democracy, and affirming human dignity. Prior to the Libertas Council, she practiced immigration law for nearly a decade specializing in forced labor and human trafficking. She also worked with the International Justice Mission in Uganda designing programs addressing crimes of violence against women and children and led program relations for Pepperdine University School of Public Policy. In addition to her law degree, she holds a Master of Public Policy and a Master of Laws in dispute resolution focusing on genocide and reconciliation. Emily speaks frequently on vocation, human rights law, and policy.

These organizations that we partner with will have tables at Justice Matters Sunday.

“He gives justice to the oppressed and food to the hungry. The Lord frees the prisoners. The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down. The Lord loves the godly. The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but He frustrates the plans of the wicked.”

PSALM 146:7-9