September 2001

Lyn Headley-Moore: NEAC’s Newest Board Member

Lyn Headley-Moore“I’ll be thankful the day I lose my job because there’s no more work,” Lyn Headley-Moore said. Lyn is executive director of the AIDS Resource Center- Community Development Corporation (ARC-CDC) of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark. In addition to feeding 150 to 175 homebound people daily, ARC-CDC offers a broad pastoral care ministry: support groups, education in prevention for people ranging from pre-teen to senior, respite services, trips, retreats, bereavement counseling, even massage therapy. “We work to have a supportive but spiritual presence,” Lyn said.

Trained as a social worker, Lyn came to the AIDS ministry after eight years of working with the homeless. “I find working with the church both fun and satisfying,” she commented. She must. She’s just ending a term as National President of the Episcopal Women’s Caucus.

What she sees as a special challenge for both herself and NEAC is to “find ways to translate General Convention resolutions into on-the-ground action.” She is emphatic on the importance of the curricula for youth but believes it’s not enough. She wants curricula for all ages, and she sees NEAC’s special role here as providing the spiritual component in AIDS education. “I’m concerned that AIDS is not a high enough priority for people, especially people of faith,” she said. “Especially today when more and more it’s affecting the least powerful, those who without us are not able to operate as a cohesive force for change.”