Episcopal Parish Fundraising Results in Hunger-Related Grants for Toco Hills Community Alliance and Local Ministries
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...
Stations of the Cross Outdoor Installation
A unique Stations of the Cross for pandemic days has been installed around the campus of Grace Church in Gainesville. Rector Stuart Higginbotham wrote to the parish, “While we grieve that we cannot pray inside our building in our typical ways, we also realize...
Great/First/Different
A mother of two sons came requesting a favor from Jesus, she wanted greatness and first-ness for her sons. That’s where Jesus’ leadership lesson begins. Leadership is not actually about aspiration to a role. It can’t actually be granted. Sure, titles can be conferred...Documentaries on Dismantling Racism
If you’re looking for ways to learn more about racial injustice here are three critically acclaimed documentaries you can stream right now. These documentaries look at the history of racism in America, racial inequality, and the civil rights movement. John Lewis: Good...I Linger as Long as I Can
‘ I linger for as long as I can. I pray and allow nature to bring me to silence – the beauty that brings us to peace and whispers that there is something more.’ C.S. Lewis on Addisons Walk Oxford Dear Friends and Colleagues, In a previous letter I talked of how...
Foundness
Peter and Paul, were both beneficiaries of God’s search and rescue mission. Both were lost in their own way. Both were found by God’s locating grace, mercy, and purpose. Their spirituality comes from remembering their lostness and how God rescued them and positioned...
Episcopal Community Foundation Grants $63,120 to Fight Poverty and Oppression
Today the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia (ECF) announces it has granted $63,120 to five organizations that are lifting people from poverty and oppression in the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. The grants have been made to Agape Youth and...
Dismantling Racism Literature
The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and many more have swept the nation and caused a public outcry for justice. It has launched a movement of change for our country and many are responding to the call by asking themselves how they can help....