Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
“We” – as in the first word of our Diocesan Purpose statement: “We challenge ourselves and the world to love like Jesus as we worship joyfully, serve compassionately, and grow spiritually.”“We” encompasses our parishes and worshipping communities,...
Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
On October 24, 2016, the Episcopal Charities Foundation announced that it would fund a $15,000 partnership between HouseProud Atlanta and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta to provide minor and moderate home restorations for area residents. Homeowners who meet the...
Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
On October 26, 2016 Bishop Robert Wright announced the Diocese of Atlanta’s plan to add a second Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program. The second program, scheduled for summer 2017 in Macon, Georgia, will be part of the Diocese of Atlanta’s continued...
Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
God has plans for you.This is a lesson that every child at the LAMB Institute learns from their teachers, caregivers and the volunteers that come to visit with them every year.What is the LAMB Institute? LAMB is a Christ-centered, multifaceted ministry based in...
Nov 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
A message to the people of the Episcopal Diocese of AtlantaBrothers and Sisters, I greet you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.Our tumultuous election season has come to an end. The people have spoken. For those elected, my prayer is that they would...
Nov 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
On October, 22, 2016, 175 people made a pilgrimage to Macon, to bear witnesses to the immorality of race-related violence. The pilgrimage, led by Catherine Meeks, chairwoman of the Diocese’s Beloved Community: Commission for Dismantling Racism, began before dawn...
Nov 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Prayer is not magic incantation. Prayer is focused incarnation – the focused incarnation of godliness that resides in me. Prayer is what I use to grow up. Prayer breaks indifference. Prayer is sitting and sifting the layers of who and what I am as I find the...
Nov 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
On Sunday, the Reverend Charles L. Fischer of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta made a $27,000 contribution to a grant for Episcopal students attending St. Augustine University located in Raleigh, N.C. The grant program is named for Absalom Jones, the first...
Nov 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
More than a decade ago, a few members of a temple in metro Atlanta set out to solve two of Atlanta’s most pressing issues: hunger and food waste. They conceptualized a plan where they could “rescue” leftover food from restaurants and grocery stores and deliver it to...
Nov 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
At last year’s Annual Council, our youth partnered with Stop Hunger Now to package and send 10,000 meals all over the world. This year, we want to invite everyone at Annual Council to serve in this effort together. Is your parish up to the challenge?On Friday...
