“Frances Perkins should be known as the woman who brought us Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, banned child labor, minimum wage, created a 40 hour work week, and established rules for safe workplaces. She also advocated for immigrants and refugees, helping Jewish children immigrate to the United States during the Holocaust. But most of us have never heard her name.

Church shouldn’t be a history lesson, but history is part of understanding who we are. We will learn of Frances Perkins through readings, a time for all ages, and then a reflection on what to do with these stories. “