Episcopal Priest Joseph Shippen, Board Chair for Georgians For Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GFAPD), will host the Mary Ruth Weir Dinner, GFADP’s annual fundraiser, at Central Presbyterian Church. “Working to end the death penalty is not easy and there are...
In response to recent mass shootings in Brooklyn, New York; Southaven, Mississippi; Gilroy, California; El Paso, Texas; and Dayton, Ohio, political and religious leaders have released statements. Of course, statements are fine, even necessary. “Thoughts and Prayers...
The imaginations of the true laborers belong to God. They have seen God do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine, and so they trust. They trust that God, as the still point of the circle, is drawing the circle of harvest wider and wider and they want in! Laborers...
On April 28, 2019, the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia (ECF) partnered with the Atlanta Community Food Bank and local faith organizations for the 35th Annual Hunger Walk Run. Episcopalians walked, ran, or volunteered for the Diocese of...
Jacob slept and dreamed. He saw angels ascending and descending. Earth and heaven connected. We in Georgia come from a long line of dreamers. Oglethorpe dreamed of a Georgia with no slavery and no religious bigotry. Dr. King dreamed of an America with...
The Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia is currently accepting applications for both of our grant programs: General Grant LOIs: due September 30, 2019 Q4 Small Acts of Charity Grants: due September 15, 2019 Those interested in applying for...
As part of the 150th anniversary celebration of St. Paul’s Church, Macon, a new book has been published highlighting the church’s history with special emphasis on its stained glass windows. Since 1869, St. Paul’s Church members have glorified God in worship spaces...
The Episcopal Church of the Ascension celebrated their 175th year anniversary kick-off last week by hosting a celebratory reception with mayoral proclamation on Thursday. Mayor Matt Santini was present to proclaim that on November 6, 1844, the Episcopal Diocese of...
July 16, 2019 CORRECTION: The original version of this article did not properly credit vigil organizers Indivisible. We regret the error. Episcopalians were among the many hundreds of Georgians who gathered July 12th at vigils around the state protesting the treatment...
It’s easy to sleepwalk through life, school, marriage, work and retirement. This kind of life sleep is so insidious we can be asleep to the fact that we’re asleep! We would go on sleeping if pain or calamity didn’t shake us and wake us. Paul...
