Habitat for Humanity of Evansville sponsors a Ministerial Breakfast each June to honor its faith-based partners. This year's breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. on June 17 at St. Mary Catholic Church, 613 Cherry St. Keynote speakers are Diane Clements, executive director of the City-County Human Relations Commission, and Maura G. Robinson, founding president of M. G. Robinson, Inc., and presently consulting with the city of Evansville to help boost local census response rates. They will speak about “Growing Our Ministries,” how a proactive response to changing demographics can change church dependence on “growing by birth” to welcoming newcomers from all walks of life.

Past keynote speakers have included Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel; Mildred Motley, director of the Evansville Housing Authority; Sue Ellspermann, director of the University of Southern Indiana’s Center for Applied Research and Economic Development; Vince Bertram, superintendent of the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation; and Mizell Stewart III, editor of the Evansville Courier & Press. More than 100 pastors, members of pastoral staffs and lay leaders typically attend.

For more information about the Ministerial Breakfast, email Sr. Jane Michele McClure, development director, or call her at (812) 423-5623, ext. 26. Additional information about sponsoring the Ministerial Breakfast can be found here.