Grow2B, founded by members of St. Mary and Martha of Bethany Episcopal Church, shares its bounty with families in need while its volunteers advocate for the hungry, implement regenerative agricultural practices that care for the land, and educate about how to better serve their neighbor and self.
Serve Pickens, Holy Family’s Day of Service, Named DDM’s Volunteer of the Year
Serve Pickens, Holy Family’s inaugural one day of service for Pickens County nonprofits was honored to be named Volunteer of the Year by the Developmental Disabilities Ministry for its work at its Pickens County group home for men.
Acworth Parish Draws Nearly 600 to Annual Live Nativity
St. Teresa’s Episcopal Church’s 12th Annual Live Nativity Celebration on December 17th drew hundreds of visitors from the sprawling northwest Cobb Brookstone development and beyond.
Cedartown Priest Becomes Diocese’s First Coast Guard Chaplain
While there are other Episcopal priests in the Diocese who serve as chaplains to police and fire, hospitals, schools, and retirement homes, Anderson is one of only two focused on the military.
Holy Family Celebrates Inaugural Serve Pickens Volunteer Event
Holy Family celebrated the first ever community-wide volunteer event in Pickens County on October 22, 2022. More than 240 volunteers from 10 churches, civic groups, veterans groups, and other adults and youth who wanted to have a fun day serving their community volunteered at 18 of the Pickens County non-profits. Holy Family’s Outreach Ministry developed the idea for this new event during the Covid pause when it could not have its usual Outreach events. It wanted to bring together diverse members of the community to work together for a common goal of making the community even better through...
College Park Parish Honors First Responders, a Tradition Halted by COVID
COLLEGE PARK, GA - Like Episcopal parishes across the nation, St. John’s Episcopal in College Park on Sunday resumed a longstanding tradition that had been suspended by COVID; their Tri-Cities First Responders Service and Picnic. The Rev. Tim Black said he was glad the restart could be on September 11, twenty-one years after the terrorist attack on America, and even more for the day’s appointed lectionary readings. “Sometimes things just fall into place,” Black said in his sermon. “It was also our good fortune that it was a Good Shepherd Sunday.” In his sermon, Black said “The shepherd...
Parish Rallies Community to Buy Tractor for Substance Recovery Center Garden
A HeartBeat Story * CLAYTON, GA - "Here it comes!" the excited group called out as they watched the new Kubota garden tractor and attachments roll into the driveway of Victory Home. The tractor’s arrival marked the culmination of a fast and furious community fundraising drive led by St. James Episcopal Church in Clayton. The Rev. Doris Graf-Smith, Priest-in-Charge of St. James, blessed the group, and the new tractor. It was another big achievement in the books for the small North Georgia parish. Neil King, Sales Manager, Jim Short Tractor & Equipment, Alto, GA, (center) hands keys to...