Jun 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Rainbow Village Chief Operating Officer the Rev. Nancy Yancey announced that she will retire from the 26-year-old nonprofit serving homeless families with children on December 31, 2017. Yancey, 65, who was involved in the creation of Rainbow Village in 1991, has led...
Jun 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
We are God’s harvest made for God’s harvest. God’s people with a heart for God’s people everywhere. The Church was breathed into existence to increase God’s harvest. But, “…laborers are few.” Scarce laborers have caused a backlog of abundance in the world....
Jun 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia is currently accepting applications for our Q3 Small Acts of Charity Grants – the deadline is August 15, 2017! Each quarter, requests of no more than $5,000 are considered, and we will fund 1-2...
Jun 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Global Episcopal Mission Network (GEMN) honored Gini Peterson for her contributions to the global mission partnerships of The Episcopal Church during their annual mission conference. Gini and her husband Reid are members of St. Matthews Episcopal Church in...
Jun 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Appleton Episcopal Ministries held its annual Service of Recognition for The Order of St. Katharine deaconesses, the first Saints of the Diocese of Atlanta, on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Macon, GA. The commemoration honored the women of...
Jun 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
The weekend of June 2-4, 5 adults and 15 youth representing 12 of our parishes traveled to Isle of Palms for the inaugural Steps to Lead. Steps to Lead is a Youth Leadership Retreat and the newest module of leadership training in the Diocese of Atlanta. The adults...
Jun 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Emmaus House, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, is hosting its Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program for the third consecutive summer and they need your support.The CDF Freedom Schools® program is a summer program serving students from...
Jun 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Following Jesus is to “Go.” We “Go” with Jesus not as naive do good-ers or bleeding hearts. We “Go” because of God’s power revealed to us in Jesus. We “Go therefore.” Because we have seen and tasted, we worship. Having worshipped, we “Go” into the world with an odd,...
Jun 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Real spirituality is being a real human being. Jesus taught open-arms living not spiritual contortions. Jesus and Spirit guide us to true volition–an invitation to choose God. Really. The positive consequence of choosing God is fear gets overcome with trust, and...
May 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Ah… the moon belongs to everyone, the best things in life they’re free. Stars belong to everyone, they gleam there for you and for me. The flowers in Spring the robins that sing…the sunbeams that shine, they’re yours and they’re mine. Love can come to...
