May 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reflections on Faith & Reconciliation Across Troubled Waters By Alexis Hauk EMBARKING Ever since she was 12 years old, growing up in Guyana, St. Simon’s parishioner Claudette Seales, now 70, dreamed about visiting Ghana – in part because of the murmurings among...
May 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
– ECF Announces Four Local Grantees During Its Spring General Grant Cycle – – ECF Announces One Local Grantee During Its Q2 Small Acts of Charity – Atlanta, GA, May 14, 2019 — Today the Episcopal Community Foundation for Middle and North Georgia...
May 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Not exactly sure when I learned the words of the 23rd Psalm. I do know that my wife and I were careful to teach it to our children. I know as life has grown and become more complex, the words “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I...
May 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
If Peter got a second chance on that first Easter morning, so can we. So have we! This is the Easter message: You are more than your worst day… so is the individual or group of people you struggle to love. You are more than the pain you have suffered or caused....
Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
What do you mean when you say that you’re a Christian? Do you mean more than a system of moral teaching? Do you mean more than a building you visit regularly or irregularly? Or, do you mean you’ve experienced a transfer of power from a garbage dump outside of...
Apr 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Easter has a pattern. It begins in darkness almost at the point of despair. That’s when God shows up. That’s when God opens what is shut and un-openable. Then comes the part where we partner with God just like the women at the tomb. God rolled the stone away...
Apr 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
New Beginnings offers a chance for middle school youth to reflect on the important relationships in their lives and consider what “New Beginnings” they can take on in their own lives. Often, New Beginnings is the first opportunity for a young person to...
Apr 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Good Friday is God’s way of saying that we should not avoid reality. Jesus didn’t circumvent it, neither must we. Good Friday begs that we find our real God in the reality of our lives. Even the painful parts. Especially the painful parts! We have a God...
Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
This Message is about how to process the Blue Boxes and UTO Envelopes gathered at the UTO In gatherings and where to send the funds.Parishes collect the Blue Boxes or UTO Envelopes. The Parish Coordinator or Parish ECW Treasurer count the funds gathered and write one...
Apr 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
After the stories, healings, feedings and miracles, Jesus heads to Jerusalem. He knew the stakes and went anyway. He goes because he knows this is the place where they “kill the prophets.” Where the system is thick and dynamic with abuse. We would’ve told him,...
