St. Edward’s, Lawrenceville partnered with Family Promise of Gwinnett to flip the house on the church’s property. Many donors were involved, but here is the result. This property now houses a family who needs a temporary home. The restoration happened...
Editor’s Note: Rebecca Land Segrest is Campus Missioner for the Northwest Georgia Canterbury Club which includes Berry College, Shorter College, and Georgia Highlands. A Registered Nurse working in critical care since 2004, Rebecca left Georgia on Easter Sunday for...
On March 15, 2020, the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia (ECF) partnered with the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) and local faith organizations for the 36th Annual Hunger Walk Run. Earlier that week, with COVID-19 beginning to spread in...
St. Margaret’s Community Outreach, which operates at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Carrollton, Georgia, has received multiple grants in the total amount of $15,000 to aid people in the community at risk of being evicted from apartments and hotels...
It was his grandmother’s faith and hands that inspired him, he said. Probably his salt of the earth upbringing in Slab Fork West, Virginia too. Whatever it was, I thank God for his soulful poetry that sang Jesus’ vision of neighborliness into our souls. His words sure...
“And so, we are fortunate this year to proclaim an Easter that stands on the shoulders of two thousand Easters. Knowing that each Easter past was a defiant response to the two thousand years of Good Fridays we’ve suffered. Each Easter supplied by the inexhaustible...
By John Ray, Deacon assigned to Holy Comforter Episcopal Church March 13th is a day many of us will never forget. That’s certainly true for those of us at Holy Comforter and the Friendship Center. The day before, our vicar, Ashley Carr, was pulled into...
Update as of 5/6/20 These funds have been exhausted and are no longer available. You can visit Inspiritus’s COVID-19 Relief Efforts page for more information about their efforts. Through our ministry partner Inspiritus, The Diocese of Atlanta has access to...
When St. Julian’s Episcopal Church Junior Warden, Taylor Edwards, found out that the parish’s Backpack Program at Annette Wynn Elementary had been suspended, it didn’t keep him from making sure that children are fed during this pandemic. Taylor cleaned off the...
On Maundy Thursday, which commemorates the Lord serving his friends by washing their feet at the Last Supper, Church of the Common Ground joined Crossroads to serve lunch! The Rev. Kim Jackson and a group of faithful volunteers have been here on Tuesday and Thursday...
