The Rev. Heidi Neumark is preaching on Saturday, July 12, at Come to the Waters 2008.

She currently serves Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan (ELCA), a multicultural, bilingual community with ministries that include a Latina support group, a resource center run by and for immigrants, an after-school program, and a shelter for homeless youth. For 19 years before that, she was pastor of Transfiguration Lutheran Church in the South Bronx. She was a founding member of South Bronx Churches, an ecumenical community organizing group that has trained local leaders and built hundreds of low-cost homes. Her experiences in congregational and community ministry in the Bronx led to her highly acclaimed book, Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx (Beacon Press).