Cynthia Jurrius, Executive Director of Mid Shore Community Mediation Center (MSCFMC), is the guest speaker at Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity’s meeting at Noon, Wednesday, May 13, at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church on Peachblossom Road in Easton. The public is invited to this lunch-and-learn meeting.
In service to the Eastern Shore since for over a decade, the Center most often is thought of as an alternative to the courts. But TACL chairman Bishop Joel Marcus Johnson proclaims it an adjunct to congregational ministries.
“We clergy are often called upon to resolve issues – whether family or business – of practical matters outside the realm of the life of the soul – for which we have been endowed. We need mediation experts as our partners in the parallel realm of the practical and legal.”
“Mid Shore Community Mediation Center is proving to be a grand partner,” the Bishop said.
In its 2015 report, MSCFMC has listed 1,504 volunteer hours providing mediation, 1,019 persons receiving resolution services, and 509 mediation sessions.
A former private practice attorney, Ms. Jurrius has been on staff since 2008, developing programs over the Shore in dispute resolution, parenting plan and workplace resolutions.Her works have included restorative medications among youths, elders and families.
“Cynthia is an invaluable contributor,” Bishop Joel added, “to two of our major TACL initiatives, for our restoration of community and congregational nursing, and the TACL-led Talbot Conversation on Race.”
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