Narcisse: Guns to Gardens is something everybody can get behind
Jerry Heston, Evergreen member, left and Rev. James Gale, center, Executive Presbyter of Presbytery of the Mid-South with Rev. Joshua Henry Narcisse, right, at the Guns to Gardens drive at Presbyterian Place on the campus of the University of Memphis on Feb. 24, 2024. (Courtesy Evergreen Presbyterian Church)
Joshua Henry Narcisse
The Rev. Joshua Henry Narcisse is director of spiritual care at Church Health and serves as parish associate at Idlewild Presbyterian Church. He is co-host of “The Mystic”, a monthly discussion forum hosted at Crosstown Concourse, and he lives in Downtown Memphis.
“I was under no illusions that this one event would stem the tide of gun-related violence in our city, but I showed up to move the needle on an issue that touches each of us.”
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