Path To Shine®, a mentoring program of the Diocese of Atlanta serving young at-risk children, was threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic shut-down. Founding Director Deacon Lesley-Ann Drake said the need to shelter in place effectively closed the program built on...
On Saturday our Diocese issued the following statement in response to the President’s comments on Friday, deeming churches and other houses of worship “essential.” Official Statement A COVID-19 task force of clergy, legal, financial and public health experts is...
The Boyce L. Ansley School, a tuition free, private school for children of families who have experienced homelessness, is moving to a larger location. The school is leasing the first floor of 120 Ralph McGill Boulevard beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. The...
St. Anne’s popular Summer Book Discussion Group returns May 31! Sunday mornings, 9:00 a.m. via Zoom. We’ll discuss two books about getting to know the Bible, “a living, breathing, captivating, and confounding book that is able to equip us to join God’s loving...
Decades from now today’s children will tell their children and grandchildren about the time of COVID-19, a defining interruption of ordinary life in their formative years. Officials of the Atlanta History Center, realizing that, want to capture first-hand accounts of...
The Rev. Peter M. Wallace, host and executive producer of Day 1, is the featured preacher June 14 on “Day 1,” the nationally broadcast ecumenical radio program also accessible as a podcast and online at Day1.org. Wallace has served with the Alliance for Christian...
Concerned by the increasing financial needs of Gwinnett County’s Latino community due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Rev. Irma Guerra began searching for ways to fill those needs beyond what her parish was doing. The Associate Rector for Hispanic Ministry at Christ...
Editor’s Note: Rev. Isaías Rodríguez, the Diocese of Atlanta’s Canon for Hispanic Ministries, composed a written piece titled “El futuro de la humanidad. Una meditación sobre el coronavirus.” You can read the original Spanish version here. We...
On May 8, five Diocese of Atlanta ministries were among 245 nonprofits that received $5.3 million in grants from the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, a joint effort from Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and United Way of Greater Atlanta, in...
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church launched a fundraiser to pay off medical debt for families overwhelmed by hospital bills on the first Sunday of Lent, just two weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic paused worship gatherings by parishes in the Diocese of Atlanta. “In some...
