Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Jeremiah is sick with grief. The poor have no advocates. Worse than that, no one cares enough to grieve after them. There is a drought of tears for the poor. The system is rigged in favor of the haves over the have-nots. County budgets are balanced on the backs of the...
Sep 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pilgrim: A Course for the Christian Journey approaches the great issues of faith not through persuasion but participation in a pattern of contemplation and discussion.Pilgrim is designed to help your church invite others to join the people of God on our great journey...
Sep 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
I will never forget it. I was walking around Ground Zero. It was two days after 9/11. The buildings were still on fire. We were passing out water. Socks. Prayers. Anything that would help those who were rummaging around in the rubble for life. I won’t ever forget the...
Sep 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
How do we build community, embrace our Baptismal Covenant and dismantle racism together? Read the second in a series of reflections by Dr. Catherine Meeks, chair of Beloved Community: Commission for Dismantling Racism. Parish participation, transformation and...
Sep 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
September is Suicide Awareness Month. The Episcopal Youth Community of Middle and North Georgia and the Bishop’s staff have created a video resource that you are encouraged to use in your work. This month, we ask you to be especially present in one another’s...
Sep 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Children of Grace (COG) preschool at Grace Episcopal Church in Gainesville is holding a fundraiser for the month of September in honor of Childhood Cancer Month. Unfortunately, the 2016-2017 school year brings two children to the school who have been diagnosed...
Sep 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Out-called” is who we are in Jesus. “Out-Called” from under the crush of the status quo. Out into a life of voluntary partnership with the Spirit. Out, beyond obligation, where joy is. “Out-called” we labor with Jesus in His stated purposes. Called out, we share the...
