Roe Reversal Sparks Concern Among Georgia Episcopalians

Jun 27, 2022 | News

Photo: Donna Church wipes a tear as Rev. Horace Griffin at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta talks about the abortion ruling. Miguel Martinez. Georgia Episcopalians reacted with words of grief and calls for action to news on Friday that the United States Supreme...

Five Priests Ordained in the Diocese of Atlanta

Jun 27, 2022 | News

The Right Reverend Robert Christopher Wright, The Bishop of Atlanta, on Saturday, June 25, 2022, ordained five new priests to the Sacred Order of Priests in Christ’s One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. Those ordained are: Karen Anderson will serve as Curate...

A Joint Statement on the Supreme Court’s Roe Reversal

Jun 24, 2022 | News

We, the Episcopal bishops of Georgia, join with leaders of faith traditions, and many others around the State of Georgia, in lamenting the US Supreme Court decision in the case of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. We hurt with all who are grieved and...

Bishop Rob Wright on Pride and Juneteenth

Jun 23, 2022 | For People, News

I am something beautiful because a beautiful God made me just the way a beautiful God made you. I am complex. I am full of flaws and so are you. And at the same time we are the possessors of an amazing belovedness that comes through not only our own Christian...

A Conversation About Juneteenth with Dr. Catherine Meeks

Jun 23, 2022 | News

Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and Canon Stephanie Spellers discuss the meaning of Juneteenth and how we as followers of Jesus are called to the work of dismantling racism and building the Beloved Community in...

Winnie Varghese Speaks at National Cathedral

Jun 15, 2022 | News

 I was ordained at a time [2000] when it would not have been possible to speak clearly about the beloved mess of queer people from a pulpit. It still feels like an honor. The Reverend Winnie Varghese, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Atlanta, preached Sunday,...

Packed Open House for The Wright House

Jun 13, 2022 | News

ATHENS – The chapel at The Wright House was packed. There was singing, there was preaching, and there was even a collection taken – despite there being no altar, no vestments, and no paint on the walls. The open house on Saturday, June 11 – styled a...

Holy Trinity Parish Awards Centennial Scholarship to Alyssa Sali of St. Bede’s

Jun 13, 2022 | News

Alyssa Sali was baptized into the Christian Reformed Church and raised in Baptist churches in Sioux Falls, SD. She began to feel a call to ordained ministry as early as 5th grade but was not in a tradition that ordained women. So she chose to exercise her ministry in...

Help Emmaus House Close the Achievement Gap and Inspire Students to Learn

Jun 11, 2022 | News

Emmaus House is seeking donations to support our Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program. The summer is a critical time for disadvantaged students. Not only is it important to prevent learning loss, it’s an opportunity for students to leap forward,...

Episcopalians Gear up to Reduce Mass Killings

Jun 10, 2022 | News

In the lead-up to a June 11 “March for our Lives” in Atlanta, Episcopalians are focusing on developing new tactics to lessen the numbing, decades-long, repetition of mass shootings. On June 5, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta, WABE radio’s Lisa Hagen gave...