Church Health unveils new eye clinic in Crosstown Concourse
With 1,200 square feet of space, 12 exam rooms and a staff of 12, the new Church Health Eye Clinic will expand vision-preserving and vision-restoring services for underserved Memphians.
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November 2024
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October 2024
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Church Health ‘gap year’ helps scholars become doctors
The Church Health Scholars program bridges the gap between undergraduate education and medical school for high-performing college graduates with fewer resources and connections.
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August 2024
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UTHSC honors Church Health’s Scott Morris for service to Memphis
Morris recently stepped down as CEO of Church Health, the nonprofit he founded 36 years ago to provide affordable health care for uninsured and underserved Memphians.
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July 2024
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Church Health introduces cohort of women leaders
The nation’s largest faith-based, privately funded health clinic has undergone a number of leadership changes — all of them women in senior roles.
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Calkins: Scott Morris on God, joy, the future — and stepping down from the only thing he’s ever done.
Scott Morris walked out of Crosstown Concourse Friday for the last time as CEO of Church Health. He’s not leaving, just changing his role. Here’s a Q&A with Dr. Morris.
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June 2024
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Craft Food and Wine Festival returns for fifth year
City Tasting Experiences’ fifth annual Craft Food & Wine Festival featured more than 70 local vendors. Proceeds benefited Church Health, which provides medical care for many food-industry workers.
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Morris: Shut out the negative and focus on what matters
“A city is made up of its people, and we have beautiful people. ... Every day, I come away inspired by the hardworking souls who go unseen in our midst.”
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Carnival Memphis’ Children’s Charity Initiative hits $5M in fundraising
Church Health, Binghampton Christian Academy and Girls Inc. of Memphis are this year’s chosen charities for Carnival Memphis’ Children’s Charity Initiative, which to date has donated more than $5 million to community organizations.
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May 2024
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Church Health founder discusses complexity of organization’s goal
Church Health founder Dr. Scott Morris talks on “Behind The Headlines” about the 37-year-old institution he founded and how complex it has become in an era of big medicine and big health-care institutions.
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Exclusive: Scott Morris will step down as Church Health CEO, successor named
Dr. Scott Morris, a physician and Methodist minister, will step down as CEO of Church Health, the clinic he founded in 1987 that is today the largest faith-based, privately funded health clinic in the United States.
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April 2024
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Recipe for success: Free cooking class takes beginners through the basics
Hands-on cooking classes are scarce, and Church Health’s Cook Well, Be Well program grew out of an acknowledgment that many locals need to learn basic culinary skills to eat more healthily.
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March 2024
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Work begins on playscape at Crosstown Concourse
The kids’ area that is more wheelchair-friendly than a traditional playground is an expansion of The Well, Church Health’s wellness program for children.
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January 2024
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The To-Do List: Monster club, Inscho art and a trip to Flavortown
This week, Arrow Creative celebrates all things Memphis, Keri Lee hosts a sound bath in the Sound Room and DJ Alpha Whiskey DJs her own birthday party.
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October 2023
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More than 100K lose TennCare coverage in first months of ‘unwinding’
TennCare says the majority who lost health coverage are eligible but fell through the cracks due to “procedural” reasons, such as failing to update their contact information after moving.
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September 2023
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Guest Column: ‘Our problems do not mean we are ... without hope’
“How do we describe our emotional response to the constant barrage that shapes so many days in Memphis? Weariness, that feeling that asks how we can keep enduring more of the same brokenness?”
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July 2023
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The To-Do List: Women’s punk, roller derby and Meddlesome mayhem
New art shows are opening at ANF Architects, the Metal Museum and Church Health. And big stars are back for the Big3 basketball game.
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April 2023
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Crosstown Concourse has been making communities since 1927
Since Crosstown Concourse had its grand reopening in 2017, decades of employees who worked in the old “Sears Crosstown” building have returned to check out the massive renovation.
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March 2023
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Mid-South nonprofits grapple with region’s hunger challenges
The Memphis Anti-Hunger Conference offered local nonprofits an opportunity to learn more about how hunger impacts the region, hear from partners working to address food insecurity and find ways to partner with the goal of ending hunger in Memphis.
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September 2022
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Caribbean medical school grads return home to serve Memphis
With large numbers of candidates vying for a small number of spots in U.S. medical schools, some Memphians are earning their medical degrees in the Caribbean.
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Church Health sees changes to Memphis, world in its waiting room
When Church Health first offered services on Sept. 1, 1987, it operated out of a single Midtown bungalow. It now serves more than 60,000 patients and occupies a massive space in Crosstown Concourse.
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Morris: Church Health continues to reflect the good in Memphis
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June 2022
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Calkins: The best dog in Memphis is gone. She wouldn’t want you to be sad.
Why is it so hard to say goodbye to our dogs? I asked Scott Morris, who is still saddened by the recent loss of Sidney, the best dog ever. He says the secret is love.
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May 2022
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TennCare expands pregnancy and postpartum benefits
Pregnant and postpartum mothers will also have a comprehensive dental benefit as part of the new coverage.
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July 2021
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Perea Preschool no longer affiliated with Church Health
Perea Preschool is no longer connected with Church Health, instead being absorbed into Perea Elementary School, as of July 1.
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May 2021
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Opinion: A friend’s death provides insight
Lynne Turley taught music in the Memphis City Schools for 22 years. She believed that every child was musical.
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April 2021
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Opinion: The shooting death of a 4-year-old calls for outrage
The children at Perea are taught that if they come across a gun, they are to “Stop, don’t touch, turn around, tell an adult.” The sad fact is that many of them can already tell the teacher exactly where the guns in their houses are hidden.
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