Beginning Again On This Day: 140 Confirmed, Received, or Reaffirmed at Diocesan Confirmation
More than 650 people gathered on March 16 at the Cathedral of St. Philip to celebrate 140 people from across The Diocese being confirmed, received, or reaffirmed. The 140 represented 17 parishes among the Diocese of Atlanta’s 120 worshipping communities across middle and north Georgia.
Shared Place of Grace: St. Alban’s Elberton Welcomes UMC Neighbors After Split
The two churches celebrated their commitment in October 2024 on their corner at Church Street and Brookside Drive by replacing three St. Alban’s signs with one sign. To Hamilton, the sign represents “a permanent and public witness to the community of Elberton that these two congregations could share a home —and exercise ministry —together.”
Making Room for All: St. Thomas Columbus Erases Barriers So Everyone Can Worship
To sing in the choir or join communion at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Columbus, you needed the ability to climb: two stories to the choir loft, three steps to the altar rail. Today those barriers are gone after the recent renovation funded by a capital campaign with the slogan “Making Room for All.”
Licensed for Ministry
Episcopalians promise to “serve Christ in all persons” as part of the baptismal covenant. After special training for their own ministries, 19 people recently were commissioned at the Cathedral of St. Philip as licensed lay ministers (LLMs) — a designation that permits people who are not clergy to provide pastoral care, sermons, Eucharist and more.