After 11 years with the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, as Bishop Rob Wright’s executive assistant, Kei Breedlove is stepping into a new role. Taking her place is Nicole King, who brings federal government experience to her first church position.
So many volunteers and organizing hours go into Vacation Bible School that fewer churches are offering VBS after the pandemic. For the week of June 16-20 however, five parishes in the Diocese of Atlanta will buck that trend by partnering to provide full-day programming for children entering kindergarten through rising fifth-graders.
The dungeons of Cape Coast Castle once held African people for sale. This is the destination for 21 Episcopalians from the Diocese of Atlanta in the fifth pilgrimage focused on racial reconciliation and partnership with Anglican churches in the Cape Coast Diocese.
In Atlanta, a longtime refugee resettlement area where 80 newly arrived families were stranded, Episcopalians mobilized with remarkable speed and results. Now, what’s needed immediately are volunteers to help refugee families adjust.
In 1825, inspired by a missionary priest, Macon residents founded the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta: Christ Church. Two centuries later, Christ Church celebrated its birthday with a service featuring The Right Rev. Rob Wright.
When the COVID-19 pandemic erupted five years ago this month, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church closed its doors as the first measure to keep worshippers safe. Two years ago this month, the community was shocked and devastated when the virus killed the rector’s husband. This month, to mark the human toll of this disease and the collective strength from weathering it, St. Dunstan’s consecrated a large icon with intricate scenes of the COVID era. After receiving the Eucharist in the March 16 consecration service, each worshipper was invited to put a bit of gold leaf on their thumb and add their...
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.
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.”
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.”
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.
